Olexiy Popov

Popov

Personal information
Full name	Olexiy Popov
Date of birth	(1980-03-06) 6 March 1980 (age 41)
Place of birth	Zaporizhzhia, USSR
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Norilsk Nickel
Number	19
Youth career
	FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997	FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	0	(0)
1997–1999		?	(0)
1999–2001		?	(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

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

Career[]

Popov was a football player in his youth. Popov is a product of the Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Youth school system. He began his professional career in 1997 for FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, but then turned to futsal. Popov played for the . In 1999 – 2001 he was part of futsal club . 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[]

• UEFA Futsal Championship runner-up (2): 2001, 2003

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
• winner (2): 2002/03, 2003/04
• winner (5): 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2012/13

References[]

External links[]

• Olexiy Popov at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• UEFA profile
• Profile at Russian Futsal Association (in Russian)
• MFK Dinamo squad (in Russian)
• MFK Norilsk Nickel squad (in Russian)