Robert Popov ( mk, Роберт Попов; born 16 April 1982 in

Strumica Strumica ( mk, Струмица, ) is the largest city2002 census results
in English and Macedon ...

) is a retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

from

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

Club career

Robert is a right defender or defensive midfielder. He started his career with

FK Belasica FK Belasica ( mk, ФК Беласица) is a football club based in the city of Strumica, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League. History The club was founded on 22 April 1922 at the cafe of Tašo Todorov ...

. In 2003 Popov signed with

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

for a fee of 200.000 €. In May 2004 he helped them win the

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament ...

. In January 2008 Robert Popov signed with

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division o ...

. Popov had a serious injury while at Auxerre but when he recovered, he did not play much so both Popov and the club mutually agreed to terminate his contract in the summer of 2010.

International career

He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a July 2001

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against

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and has earned a total of 17 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 2009 friendly against

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Personal life

He is the older brother of former national team left back

Goran Popov Goran Popov ( mk, Горан Попов; born 2 October 1984) is a retired Macedonian footballer, who played as a defender. Popov started his career with local side Belasica and moved to Greece with Proodeftiki and AEK Athens. He signed for R ...

References

External links

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Profile at MacedonianFootball.com
1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Strumica Association football fullbacks Macedonian footballers North Macedonia international footballers FK Belasica players PFC Litex Lovech players AJ Auxerre players SC Kriens players Macedonian First Football League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Ligue 1 players Swiss Challenge League players Macedonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in France Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{NorthMacedonia-footy-bio-stub