{{Short description|Bulgarian footballer (1944–2024)}} {{No significant coverage (sports)|find=football|date=November 2022}} {{for|the Soviet weightlifter|Georgi Popov (weightlifter)}} {{family name hatnote|Dimitrov|Popov|lang=Bulgarian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Georgi Popov | image = | caption = | full_name = Georgi Dimitrov Popov | birth_date = {{birth date|1944|07|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Plovdiv, Bulgaria | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|03|09|1944|07|14|df=y}} | height = 1.70m | position = Winger | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Maritsa Plovdiv | years1 = 1961–1975 | clubs1 = Botev Plovdiv | caps1 = 308 | goals1 = 83 | nationalyears1 = 1963-1970 | nationalteam1 = Bulgaria | nationalcaps1 = 22 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1996–1997 | managerclubs1 = Botev Plovdiv | manageryears2 = 2011– | managerclubs2 = Maritsa Plovdiv }}
'''Georgi Dimitrov Popov''' ({{langx|bg|Георги Димитров Попов}}; 14 July 1944 – 9 March 2024) was a Bulgarian football forward who played for Bulgaria in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071015133127/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=32/teams/team=43936.html 1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico]</ref> At club level, he spent 14 years of his career as a player at Botev Plovdiv.
==Career== Born in Plovdiv, Popov began his career with local club Maritsa Plovdiv. In 1961, as a schoolboy, he joined Botev Plovdiv.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bultras.com/novini-za-botev/legendite/georgi-popov-tumbi|publisher=bultras.com|title=Georgi Popov Career Facts|accessdate=|language=Bulgarian}}</ref> With Botev, he won one A PFG title, one Bulgarian Cup and one Balkans Cup. Popov earned 308 appearances in the league, scoring 83 goals. In the Bulgarian Cup, he played 50 matches and scored 15 goals.
Popov died on 9 March 2024, at the age of 79.<ref>[https://www.mediapool.bg/pochina-legendarniyat-futbolist-na-botev-plovdiv-georgi-popov-news356966.html Почина легендарният футболист на Ботев (Пловдив) Георги Попов] {{in lang|bg}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Botev Plovdiv''' * A Group: 1966–67 * Bulgarian Cup: 1961–62 * Balkans Cup: 1972
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130103054956/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=56391/index.html FIFA profile]
{{Bulgaria Squad 1970 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Popov, Georgi}} Category:1944 births Category:2024 deaths Category:Footballers from Plovdiv Category:Bulgarian men's footballers Category:20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen Category:Bulgaria men's international footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:1970 FIFA World Cup players Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Category:Botev Plovdiv players Category:botev Plovdiv managers