Dmitri Popov

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Dmitri Popov

Personal information
Full name	Dmitri Lvovich Popov
Date of birth	27 February 1969 (1969-02-27) (age 42)
Place of birth	Yaroslavl, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	FC Shinnik
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1984–1989	FC Shinnik	129	(11)
1989–1993	Spartak Moscow	78	(7)
1993–1996	Racing Santander	98	(21)
1996–1999	Compostela	76	(4)
1999	Toledo	6	(0)
2000	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4	(0)
National team
1992–1998	Russia	21	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Dmitri Lvovich Popov (Russian: Дмитрий Львович Попов; born 27 February 1967 in Yaroslavl) is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.

Football career

Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow.

In 1993, he moved to Spain alongside teammate Dmitri Radchenko, and would spend there the following six 1/2 years, with Racing de Santander (in 1995–96, he teamed up there with compatriot Ilshat Faizulin), SD Compostela and CD Toledo. In January 2000, he joined Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, retiring at the end of the season.

Popov returned to Spartak Moscow in 2008, as its director of football. He obtained 21 caps and scored four goals for the Russia national football team, and was part of the national squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. In 2009, he played in the national team that won the Legends Cup.

Honours

• Soviet League: 1989, runner-up 1991
• Soviet Cup: 1992
• Russian League: 1992, 1993

External links

• RussiaTeam biography and profile (Russian)
• BDFutbol profile
• Dmitri Popov at National-Football-Teams.com
• International appearances, at RSSSF

Persondata
Name	Popov, Dmitri
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Date of birth	27 February 1969
Place of birth	Yaroslavl, Soviet Union
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