Ruslan Popov

Ruslan Viktorovych Popov (Ukrainian: Руслан Вікторович Попов; born 9 August 1977) is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer who played as a defender.^[1]

Ruslan Popov

Personal information
Full name	Ruslan Viktorovych Popov
Date of birth	(1977-08-09) 9 August 1977 (age 48)
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.

Honours

Nizhyn

• Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup: 2002

Spartak Sumy

• Ukrainian Second League: 2001–02