Dimitar Nikolaev Popov ( bg, Димитър Николаев Попов; born 27 February 1970) is a former
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
n professional
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
.
Career
In his career Popov played for
Levski Sofia
Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 ...
,
Botev Plovdiv,
Spartak Plovdiv
PFC Spartak Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Спартак Пловдив) is a Bulgarian football club based in Plovdiv, which currently plays in the third tier of Bulgarian football, the Third League. The club was established in 1947 and folded its seni ...
,
CSKA Sofia
CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...
,
Maritsa Plovdiv
Maritsa ( bg, Марица) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Plovdiv, that plays in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football league system.
It was established in 1921, after the merger of the teams Vampir and ...
,
Lokomotiv Sofia
Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football.
Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...
,
Spartak Varna and
El Paso Patriots. For the
Bulgaria national football team, he participated at
Euro 1996
The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 ...
. Popov had 14 caps for the
Bulgaria national football team in the period 1993-1997. In April 2000, he signed with the
El Paso Patriots of the
USISL
United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues currently organized are the ...
.
2000 El Paso Patriots Stats
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References
1970 births
Living people
Bulgarian footballers
Association football goalkeepers
PFC Levski Sofia players
Botev Plovdiv players
FC Spartak Plovdiv players
PFC CSKA Sofia players
FC Maritsa Plovdiv players
FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players
PFC Spartak Varna players
El Paso Patriots players
UEFA Euro 1996 players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Bulgaria international footballers
Bulgarian expatriate footballers
USL League Two players
A-League (1995–2004) players
Bulgarian emigrants to the United States
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