Personal information | |||
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Full name | Strahil Venkov Popov[1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 August 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ümraniyespor | ||
Number | 90 | ||
Youth career | |||
Pirin Blagoevgrad | |||
Pirin 2001 | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2016 | Litex Lovech | 138 | (6) |
2009 | → Lokomotiv Mezdra (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2010 | → Montana (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2016–2020 | Kasımpaşa | 125 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Hatayspor | 57 | (0) |
2022 | Eyüpspor | 16 | (0) |
2022– | Ümraniyespor | 46 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2008 | Bulgaria U19 | 3 | (0) |
2009–2012 | Bulgaria U21 | 3 | (0) |
2014–2021 | Bulgaria | 35 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:50, 1 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:29, 25 March 2021 (UTC) |
Strahil Popov (Bulgarian: Страхил Попов; born 31 August 1990) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Ümraniyespor. He mainly plays as a right back.
Popov began his professional career at Litex Lovech in 2008. After loan spells at Lokomotiv Mezdra and Montana he became a regular in their team, playing 159 total games and scoring 6 goals for Litex. He signed for Kasımpaşa in January 2016.
Popov is a Bulgaria international, having represented his country at under-19 and under-21 level. He made his senior international debut in May 2014, aged 23, in a friendly match against Canada.