Serhiy Popov

Serhiy Popov

Personal information
Full name	Serhiy Oleksandrovych Popov
Date of birth	(1971-04-22) 22 April 1971
Place of birth	Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989	FC Novator Mariupol	21	(0)
1990-91	SKA Kyiv	36	(2)
1991	FC Nyva Vinnytsia	24	(7)
1992-96	Shakhtar Donetsk	96	(12)
1996-97	Zenit St. Petersburg	38	(2)
1997-04	Shakhtar Donetsk	142	(28)
2004-06	Metalurh Zaporizhya	31	(2)
International career
1993-2003	Ukraine	54	(5)
Managerial career
?-2008	FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk
2008-2013	Shakhtar U-21 Donetsk
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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.

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.

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.

External links

• Serhiy Popov at FFU.org.ua (Ukrainian)