Robert Popov ( mk, Роберт Попов; born 16 April 1982 in
Strumica
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in English and Macedon ...
) is a retired
footballer
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from
North Macedonia
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.
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
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The tournament ...
. In January 2008 Robert Popov signed with
AJ Auxerre
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. 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
friendly match
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against
Qatar
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and has earned a total of 17 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 2009 friendly against
Iran
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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
*
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
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