Olexiy Popov

Olexiy Mykolayovych Popov (Ukrainian: Олексій Миколайович Попов; born 6 April 1980 in Zaporizhya, USSR) is a professional Ukrainian futsal goalkeeper who plays for Russian club Norilsk Nickel.

Popov
Personal information
Full name Olexiy Popov
Date of birth (1980-03-06) 6 March 1980
Place of birth Zaporizhia, USSR
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Norilsk Nickel
Number 19
Youth career
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 0 (0)
1997–1999 Winner Ford-Universytet Zaporizhia ? (0)
1999–2001 Zaporizhkoks ? (0)
2001–2005 Shakhtar Donetsk ? (0)
2005–2013 Dinamo Moskva 144 (2)
2013–2014 Dina Moscow 0 (0)
2014 → Araz Naxçivan (loan) 16 (0)
2014– Norilsk Nickel 79 (1)
National team
2000–2005 Ukraine ? (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 February 2018

Career

Popov was a football player in his youth. Popov is a product of the Metalurh Zaporizhya Youth school system. He began his professional career in 1997 for FC Metalurh Zaporizhya, but then turned to futsal. Popov played for the Winner Ford-Universytet Zaporizhia. In 1999 – 2001 he was part of futsal club Zaporizhkoks. In 2001, he moved to the Shakhtar Donetsk. In 2005 Popov went to Russia, where he later played for the Dinamo Moskva[1], Dina Moscow, and Norilsk Nickel. In April 2008, Dinamo Moskva participated in the final games of the UEFA Futsal Cup. Olexiy helped the team to win the tournament and to get the title of the strongest team of Europe.

In the Ukrainian national futsal team Olexiy Popov was twice a silver medalist of UEFA Futsal Championship, in 2001 and 2003.

In August 2002, Olexiy became a member of a student team at the Student World Cup.

In the end of 2004, Popov as a part of the national team took part in the World Cup of his career.[2]

Honours

National Team

Club
  • UEFA Futsal Cup winner: 2006–07
  • Ukrainian Men's Futsal Championship champion (3): 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05
  • Russian Futsal Super League champion (6): 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13
  • Azerbaijan Futsal Premier League champion: 2013/14
  • Ukrainian Men's Futsal Cup winner (2): 2002/03, 2003/04
  • Russian Futsal Cup winner (5): 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2012/13

References
  1. Олексій ПОПОВ: «Якби не Динамо, грав би в Шахтарі до кінця» (in Ukrainian)
  2. [http://futsal.sport.ua/news/209580 Олексій ПОПОВ: «Коли грає Україна, кішки шкребуть на душі»] (in Ukrainian)
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