Denis Popov

For goalkeeper born 2002, see Denis Popov (footballer, born 2002).

Not to be confused with Ukrainian football player Denys Popov.

Denis Aleksandrovich Popov (Russian: Денис Александрович Попов; born 4 February 1979) is a Russian football coach and former player who is the manager of Murom.

Denis Popov

Popov coaching Khimki in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Denis Aleksandrovich Popov
Date of birth	(1979-02-04) 4 February 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Novorossiysk, Russian SFSR
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Murom (manager)
Youth career
1995–1996	Chernomorets Novorossiysk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	2	(0)
1997	Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani	27	(16)
1998–2000	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	46	(11)
2001–2004	CSKA Moscow	70	(19)
2004–2007	Kuban Krasnodar	43	(9)
2006	→ Chernomorets Novorossiysk (loan)	6	(6)
2006	→ Dinamo Minsk (loan)	6	(3)
2007	→ Spartak Nalchik (loan)	4	(0)
2008	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	27	(15)
2008	Torpedo Moscow	14	(9)
2009	Khimki	2	(0)
Total		247	(88)
International career
2000	Russia U-21	2	(0)
2001–2003	Russia	5	(0)
Managerial career
2016–2017	Druzhba Maykop
2019	Dinamo Minsk (assistant)
2020–2021	SKA Rostov-on-Don (assistant)
2021	SKA Rostov-on-Don
2021–2022	SKA-Khabarovsk (assistant)
2022	Khimki (assistant)
2022	Ufa
2023	Alania Vladikavkaz (assistant)
2024	SKA Rostov-on-Don
2025–	Murom
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Popov.

Career

He played for Russia national football team.^[1]

Politics

In February 2010, he was involved into politics and was running for the Novorossiysk city council.^[2]