Denis Popović (born 15 October 1989) is a Slovenian professional

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who plays for

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. Primarily a

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, he can also play as a

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Club career

FC Zürich

On 2 July 2019, Popović signed a three-year contract with Swiss club

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. He made twelve appearances for the club in all competitions during the 2019–20 season, before terminating his contract on 29 January 2020.

Krylia Sovetov Samara

On 2 February 2020, he returned to Russia and signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with

Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

. He left Krylia Sovetov on 20 August 2020.

Qingdao Huanghai

On 30 August 2020, Popović joined

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side

Qingdao Huanghai Qingdao Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Qingdao and their home stadium was the Qingdao Gu ...

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 19 July 2021, Popović signed with

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

club

Anorthosis Famagusta Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fou ...

on a two-year contract until 2023. His contract with Anorthosis was terminated by mutual consent on 26 August 2022.

International career

Popović made his debut for

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on 7 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against

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, coming in as a 63rd-minute substitute.

Career statistics

Honours

Orenburg *

Russian Football National League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

: 2017–18 Celje *

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Football in Slovenia, Slovenian football league system. ...

: 2023–24

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