Denis Popov

Denis Popov

Personal information
Full name	Denis Aleksandrovich Popov
Date of birth	(1979-02-04) 4 February 1979
Place of birth	Novorossiysk, Russian SFSR
Height
Position(s)	striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996	FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk	2	(0)
1997	FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani	27	(16)
1998–2000	FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk	46	(11)
2001–2004	PFC CSKA Moscow	70	(19)
2004–2005	FC Kuban Krasnodar	43	(9)
2006	FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk	6	(6)
2006	FC Dinamo Minsk	6	(3)
2007	PFC Spartak Nalchik	4	(0)
2008	FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk	27	(15)
2008	FC Torpedo Moscow	14	(9)
2009	FC Khimki	2	(0)
Total		247	(88)
International career
2001–2003	Russia	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:21, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Popov.

Denis Aleksandrovich Popov (Russian: Денис Александрович Попов; born 4 February 1979) is a retired association footballer who played striker. He used to play for Russia. In February 2010, he moved into politics and is running for the Novorossiysk city council.

Honours

• Russian First Division top scorer: 2008 (24 goals).
• Russian Third League Zone 2 top scorer: 1997 (16 goals).

Career statistics

Year	Club	Games	Goals
1996	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	2	0
1997	Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani	27	16
1998	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	14	1
1999	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	13	2
2000	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	19	8
2001	PFC CSKA Moscow	18	4
2002	PFC CSKA Moscow	27	7
2003	PFC CSKA Moscow	20	8
2004	PFC CSKA Moscow	2	0
2004	Kuban Krasnodar	11	3
2005	Kuban Krasnodar	31	5
2006	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	6	6
2006	Dinamo Minsk	6	3
2007	Spartak Nalchik	4	0
2008	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	27	15
2008	FC Torpedo Moscow	14	9
2009	FC Khimki	2	0

External links

• Denis Popov at National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Player profile (Russian)