Serhiy Oleksandrovych Popov (; born 22 April 1971) is a Ukrainian football manager and former footballer. He is the highest scoring defender of the Ukraine national football team.
Career Popov is a graduate of the Donetsk sports school of Olympic reserve and started to compete at senior level at age of 17 playing for the Novator Mariupol (Zhdanov). After being drafted to the army, he defended colors of SKA Kiev and FC Nyva Vinnytsia in 1990–91.
After the fall of the Soviet Union Popov signed with Shakhtar Donetsk of the Ukrainian Premier League, with which he stayed until 2004. In the mid 90s he also spend couple of seasons for the Russian Zenit Saint Petersburg. Before retiring in 2006 Popov played for Metalurh Zaporizhia.
International career The hard-nosed defender was also a regular member of the Ukraine national football team from 1993 to 2003, having appeared in 54 international matches and notching 5 goals.
Career statistics International goals No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition123 October 1993Goodman Stadium, Bethlehem, United StatesFriendly match25 October 1996Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine1998 FIFA World Cup qualification35 June 1999Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv, UkraineUEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
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