Dmitri Lvovich Popov (russian: Дмитрий Львович Попов; born 27 February 1967) is a Russian
football
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official and a former player who played as a
left midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Football career
Popov was born in
Yaroslavl,
Soviet Union. He started playing professionally at local
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants
FC Spartak Moscow.
In 1993, Popov moved to Spain alongside teammate
Dmitri Radchenko, and would spend there the following six-and-a-half years, with
Racing de Santander (in the
1995–96 season, 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 campaign.
Popov returned to Spartak Moscow in 2008, as its
director of football. He obtained 21
caps and scored four goals for the
Russian national team, and was part of the national squad at the
1994 FIFA World Cup
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.
In 2009, he played in the national senior XI that won the
Legends Cup.
Honours
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Soviet Top League: 1989
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Soviet Cup: 1992
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Russian Premier League: 1992, 1993
References
External links
RussiaTeam biography and profile
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1967 births
Living people
Footballers from Yaroslavl
Soviet men's footballers
Russian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Soviet Top League players
Russian Premier League players
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players
FC Spartak Moscow players
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Racing de Santander players
SD Compostela footballers
CD Toledo players
Israeli Premier League players
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
Russia men's international footballers
1994 FIFA World Cup players
Russian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Israel