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Serhiy Oleksandrovych Popov (Ukrainian: Сергій Олександрович Попов; Russian: Серге́й Александрович Попов; born 22 April 1971 in Makiivka) is a former footballer from Ukraine. He is the highest scoring defender of the Ukraine national football team.

Serhiy Popov

Personal information
Full name	Serhiy Oleksandrovych Popov
Date of birth	(1971-04-22) 22 April 1971 (age 51)
Place of birth	Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Zorya Luhansk (assistant)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989	Novator Mariupol	21	(0)
1990–1991	SKA Kyiv	36	(2)
1991	Nyva Vinnytsia	24	(7)
1992–1996	Shakhtar Donetsk	96	(12)
1996–1997	Zenit Saint Petersburg	38	(2)
1997–2004	Shakhtar Donetsk	142	(28)
2004–2006	Metalurh Zaporizhya	31	(2)
Total		388	(53)
National team
1993–2003	Ukraine	54	(5)
Teams managed
2007–2008	Shakhtar Donetsk (U-19)
2008–2013	Shakhtar Donetsk (U-21)
2015–2016	Metalist Kharkiv (assistant)
2015–2016	Ukraine U-16
2016–2017	Ukraine U-17
2017–2018	Ukraine U-18
2019–	Zorya Luhansk (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Popov is a graduate of the Donetsk sports school of Olympic reserve and started to compete at senior level at age of 17 playing for the Novator Mariupol (Zhdanov). After being drafted to the army, he defended colors of SKA Kiev and FC Nyva Vinnytsia in 1990–91.[1]

After the fall of the Soviet Union Popov signed with Shakhtar Donetsk of the Ukrainian Premier League, with which he stayed until 2004. In the mid 90s he also spend couple of seasons for the Russian Zenit Saint Petersburg. Before retiring in 2006 Popov played for Metalurh Zaporizhia. ^{[citation needed]}

International career

The hard-nosed defender was also a regular member of the Ukraine national football team from 1993 to 2003, having appeared in 54 international matches and notching 5 goals.[2]

Career statistics

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	23 October 1993	Goodman Stadium, Bethlehem, United States	United States	1–0	1–0	Friendly match
2	5 October 1996	Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine	Portugal	1–0	2–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	5 June 1999	Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine	Andorra	1–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying

References

External links

• Serhiy Popov at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)

На других языках

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- [en] Serhiy Popov

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[it] Serhij Popov

Serhij Oleksandrovyč Popov (in ucraino: Сергій Олександрович Попов?; Makiïvka, 22 aprile 1971) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore ucraino, di ruolo difensore, assistente di Viktor Skrypnyk allo Zorja.

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[ru] Попов, Сергей Александрович (футболист)

Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Попо́в (укр. Сергій Олександрович Попов; 22 апреля 1971, Макеевка, Украинская ССР, СССР) — советский и украинский футболист и тренер.

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