Olexiy Popov

Olexiy Popov
Personal information
Date of birth	6 March 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Zaporizhzhia, USSR
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Norilsk Nickel (assistant)
Youth career
	FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997	FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
1997–1999	Winner Ford-Universytet Zaporizhia
1999–2001	Zaporizhkoks
2001–2005	Shakhtar Donetsk
2005–2013	Dinamo Moskva
2013–2014	Dina Moscow
2014	→ Araz Naxçivan (loan)
2014–2018	Norilsk Nickel
International career
2000–2005	Ukraine
Managerial career
2018–	Norilsk Nickel (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olexiy Mykolayovych Popov (Ukrainian: Олексій Миколайович Попов; born 6 April 1980) is a Ukrainian professional futsal coach and former player. He was a member of the Ukrainian national futsal team.

Career

Popov was a football player in his youth. Popov attended the Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Youth school system. He began his professional career in 1997 for FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, but then turned to futsal. Popov played for the Winner Ford-Universytet Zaporizhia. In 1999 – 2001 he was part of futsal club Zaporizhkoks. In 2001, he moved to the Shakhtar Donetsk. In 2005 Popov went to Russia, where he later played for the Dinamo Moskva,^[1] Dina Moscow, and Norilsk Nickel. In April 2008, Dinamo Moskva participated in the final games of the UEFA Futsal Cup. Olexiy helped the team to win the tournament and to get the title of the strongest team of Europe.

In the Ukrainian national futsal team Olexiy Popov was twice a silver medalist of UEFA Futsal Championship, in 2001 and 2003.

In August 2002, Olexiy became a member of a student team at the Student World Cup.

In the end of 2004, Popov as a part of the national team took part in the World Cup of his career.^[2]

On 25 May 2018, Popov announced his retirement at the age of 38.^[3]

After the end of his playing career, he was appointed assistant coach to Evgenii Kuksevich at Norilsk Nickel.^[4]

On 26 October 2020, he received the UEFA Futsal B Diploma.^[5]

Honours

Player

Winner Ford-Universytet

Ukrainian Men's Futsal Cup: 1998/99

Shakhtar

Ukrainian Men's Futsal Championship: 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05
Ukrainian Men's Futsal Cup: 2002–03, 2003–04

Dinamo

Russian Futsal Super League (6): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
Russian Futsal Cup: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13
UEFA Futsal Cup: 2006–07

Araz

Azerbaijan Futsal Premier League: 2013–14

Ukraine

UEFA Futsal Championship runner-up: 2001, 2003

Individual

Best goalkeeper of Ukrainian League: 2001–02

Assistant

Norilsk Nickel

Russian Futsal Cup: 2019–20

References

^ Олексій ПОПОВ: «Якби не Динамо, грав би в Шахтарі до кінця» (in Ukrainian)
^ Олексій ПОПОВ: «Коли грає Україна, кішки шкребуть на душі» (in Ukrainian)
^ "Спасибо, Алексей за проведенные игры в "Норникеле"". Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2018. (in Russian)
^ "Вратарь, завершивший карьеру продолжит работу в заполярном клубе". Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2018. (in Russian)
^ Відбулося вручення ліцензій слухачам курсу «В»-диплом УЄФА з футзалу (in Ukrainian)

External links

Olexiy Popov at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
UEFA profile
Profile at Russian Futsal Association (in Russian)
MFK Dinamo squad (in Russian)
MFK Norilsk Nickel squad (in Russian)

[1] Олексій ПОПОВ: «Якби не Динамо, грав би в Шахтарі до кінця» (in Ukrainian)

[2] Олексій ПОПОВ: «Коли грає Україна, кішки шкребуть на душі» (in Ukrainian)

[3] "Спасибо, Алексей за проведенные игры в "Норникеле"". Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2018. (in Russian)

[4] "Вратарь, завершивший карьеру продолжит работу в заполярном клубе". Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2018. (in Russian)

[5] Відбулося вручення ліцензій слухачам курсу «В»-диплом УЄФА з футзалу (in Ukrainian)

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