{{short description|Macedonian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Robert Popov | image = Robert Popov.jpg | full_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|4|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Strumica, SR Macedonia | height = 1.85 m | position = Defender | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1993–2000 | youthclubs1 = Belasica | years1 = 2000–2003 | clubs1 = Belasica | caps1 = 72 | goals1 = 7 | years2 = 2003–2008 | clubs2 = Litex Lovech | caps2 = 61 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2008–2010 | clubs3 = Auxerre | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2008–2010 | clubs4 = Auxerre B | caps4 = 28 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2011–2012 | clubs5 = Kriens | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2012–2015 | clubs6 = Wettswil-Bonstetten | caps6 = 31 | goals6 = 4 | years7 = 2015–2016 | clubs7 = FC Birmensdorf | caps7 = | goals7 = | nationalyears1 = 2001–2009 | nationalteam1 = Macedonia | nationalcaps1 = 17 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 1 June 2014 | nationalteam-update = }}
'''Robert Popov''' ({{langx|mk|Роберт Попов}}; born 16 April 1982 in Strumica) is a retired footballer from North Macedonia.
==Club career== Robert is a right defender or defensive midfielder. He started his career with FK Belasica. In 2003 Popov signed with Litex Lovech for a fee of 200.000 €.<ref name="popovrobert2020">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dnevnik.bg/sport/2003/07/06/143694_liteks_izprevari_cska_i_levski_v_selekciiata_na/|title="Литекс" изпревари ЦСКА и "Левски" в селекцията на чуждестранни играчи|work=dnevnik.bg|date=6 July 2003|access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref> In May 2004 he helped them win the Bulgarian Cup. In January 2008 Robert Popov signed with AJ Auxerre. Popov had a serious injury while at Auxerre but when he recovered, he did not play much so both Popov and the club mutually agreed to terminate his contract in the summer of 2010.
==International career== He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a July 2001 friendly match against Qatar and has earned a total of 17 caps, scoring no goals.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fyrom-recintlp.html Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team] – RSSSF</ref> His final international was a November 2009 friendly against Iran.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=24655|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is the older brother of former national team left back Goran Popov.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=4011}} *[http://macedonianfootball.com/robert-popov/ Profile at MacedonianFootball.com] {{in lang|en}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Popov, Robert}} Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Strumica Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Macedonian men's footballers Category:21st-century Macedonian sportsmen Category:North Macedonia men's international footballers Category:FK Belasica players Category:FC Lovech players Category:AJ Auxerre players Category:SC Kriens players Category:Macedonian First Football League players Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Challenge League (Switzerland) players Category:Macedonian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Category:Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France Category:Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in France Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Category:Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
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