Ruslan Popov
Ukrainian footballer
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Ruslan Viktorovych Popov (Ukrainian: Руслан Вікторович Попов; born 9 August 1977) is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ruslan Viktorovych Popov | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Desna Chernihiv | 27 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | Spartak Sumy | 5 | (0) |
| 2002 | Nizhyn | 7 | (0) |
| 2006 | Avanhard Koryukivka | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 January 2022 | |||
Career
Ruslan Popov started his career in 1999 with Desna Chernihiv in Ukrainian Second League where he managed to play 11 matches and with the club he got 9 place in the league and he played 18 games and scored 1 goal in the season 1999–2000[2][3] In the season 2000–01 he played 9 matches and he got second place in the league.[4][5] In the summer of 2001 he moved back to Spartak Sumy in Ukrainian Second League where he played 5 matches and he managed to win the Ukrainian Second League in 2001–02. In the summer of 2001 he moved to Nizhyn, where he won the Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup in 2002. In 2006 he moved to Avanhard Koryukivka.
Personal life
His son Bohdan Popov is also a professional footballer who plays for Empoli.
