Apostol Popov
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Apostol Aleksandrov Popov | ||
Date of birth | 22 December 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back / Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
CSKA 1948 III (assistant manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2005 | Spartak Plovdiv | 84 | (5) |
2005–2006 | Belite Orli | 35 | (0) |
2007 | Haskovo | 22 | (1) |
2008–2009 | Botev Plovdiv | 40 | (1) |
2009–2015 | CSKA Sofia | 116 | (4) |
2015–2018 | Universitatea Craiova | 57 | (2) |
2018–2019 | CSKA 1948 | 26 | (0) |
2019 | Botev Vratsa | 8 | (0) |
2020 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 2 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Maritsa Plovdiv | 1 | (0) |
Total | 389 | (14) | |
International career | |||
2011–2014 | Bulgaria | 4 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2021–2022 | Maritsa (sporting director) | ||
2022– | CSKA 1948 III (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Apostol Aleksandrov Popov (Bulgarian: Апостол Попов; born 22 December 1982) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer and currently assistant manager of CSKA 1948 III.[1]
Career
Early career
Popov began his career with
Botev Plovdiv
Popov signed with
He scored his first goal on 27 September 2008, opening the scoring in a 5–0 home win over
CSKA Sofia
On 24 July 2009, Popov joined
On 13 August 2011, in the second league game of
In the following campaign, Popov formed a partnership with Plamen Krachunov in the centre of defence, appearing in 26 league matches. He was substituted only once during the entire league season. On 26 July 2012, he scored his first-ever European goal in a 1–1 home draw against Slovenian side ND Mura 05 in the Second qualifying round of 2012–13 Europa League.
On 17 July 2013, Popov signed a new two-year contract with CSKA.[7] After serving mainly as a centre back for the majority of his career, during 2013–14 season he started to be employed as the regular right back by CSKA head coach, Stoycho Mladenov.
On 8 March 2014, Popov again played as a goalkeeper for a few minutes in the 1:0 win over
On 27 July 2014, Popov made his 100th league appearance for CSKA in a 2–0 win against Levski Sofia.
Universitatea Craiova
On 6 June 2015, Popov signed a two-year contract with
CSKA 1948
On 13 June 2018, Popov joined Second League club CSKA 1948.[9]
International career
In August 2011, Popov was named in the Bulgarian squad for the first time for a friendly against Belarus.[10] He made his debut in the game on 11 August, coming on for the last 7 minutes in place of Chavdar Yankov as Bulgaria loss 1–0 at Dinamo Stadium in Minsk.[11]
Three years later, on 9 September 2014, in Bulgaria's first match of
Career statistics
Club
- As of 31 May 2015
Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Club | Season | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
Belite orli
|
2005–06
|
B Group | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | |||
2006–07
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||||
Total | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
Haskovo
|
2006–07
|
B Group | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||
2007–08
|
13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 1 | |||||
Total | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
Botev Plovdiv
|
2007–08
|
A Group | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | |||
2008–09
|
25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 1 | |||||
Total | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |||
CSKA Sofia | 2009–10
|
A Group | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 18 | 1 | ||
2010–11
|
20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 2 | ||||
2011–12
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
2012–13
|
26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 33 | 1 | ||||
2013–14
|
33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 1 | |||||
2014–15
|
18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | ||||
Total | 116 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 5 |
Honours
Club
- CSKA Sofia
- Bulgarian Cup (1): 2011
- Bulgarian Supercup (1): 2011
- Universitatea Craiova
- Cupa României (1): 2018
References
- ^ "Официално: Йордан Минев и Апостол Попов поеха третия отбор на ФК ЦСКА 1948". topsport.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Любимият Апостол на ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ "Ботев подписа с Апостол Попов" (in Bulgarian). plovdiv24.bg. 27 December 2007.
- ^ "Левски победи минимално Ботев в Пловдив и продължава уверено борбата за титлата" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 14 March 2009.
- ^ "Апостол Попов подписа с ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). dariknews.bg. 24 July 2009.
- ^ "Апостол Попов с тежка контузия, извън игра до края на годината" (in Bulgarian). sporta.bg. 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Апостол Попов се върна в ЦСКА с договор за 2 години" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 17 July 2013.
- ^ "Universitatea a transferat un internațional bulgar" (in Bulgarian). csuc.ro. 6 June 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Апостол Попов: Уникално е да си част от ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). cska1948.bg. 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Лотар Матеус обяви група от 25 футболисти за мача с Беларус" (in Bulgarian). sporta.bg. 4 August 2011.
- ^ "Беларус се подигра с България" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 11 August 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
External links
- Apostol Popov at Soccerway
- Apostol Popov at Footmercato.net
- Apostol Popov at FootballDatabase.eu
- Apostol Popov at National-Football-Teams.com