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Valeri Popovitch
Personal information
Full name
Valeri Aleksandrovich Popovitch
Date of birth
(1970-05-18) 18 May 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth
Gorky, USSR
Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)
Striker, Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1986
Khimik Dzerzhinsk
3
(1)
1987
Lokomotiv Gorky
3
(0)
1988–1989
CSKA Moscow
25
(0)
1990–1991
Spartak Moscow
10
(0)
1992–1993
TPV
48
(26)
1994
Ilves
12
(3)
1994–2008
Haka
323
(170)
1995–1996
→ Ikast (loan)
6
(3)
1999–2000
→ Heerenveen (loan)
18
(6)
2009
HJK
16
(3)
2010–2012
Ilves
?
(?)
International career
USSR U-17
USSR U-19
Managerial career
2010–2012
Ilves (player-coach)
2012
Haka (youth coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Valeri Aleksandrovich Popovitch (Russian: Валерий Александрович Попович; born 18 May 1970) is a Russian former football forward.[1] Popovitch is the all-time scoring leader of FC Haka. After his contract ended with HJK in 2010, he joined Ilves Tampere playing in Kakkonen, as a player-coach, signing a two-year contract. Currently he is a youth coach at FC Haka. Popovitch also holds the Finnish citizenship.
He has also capped several times for Soviet U-17 and U-19 National football teams. U-17 finished third in the 1986 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, and U-19 won the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in 1988. Popovitch played in both tournaments.
Popovitch played for FC CSKA Moscow in Soviet First League and FC Spartak Moscow in the Soviet Top League.[citation needed][2]
^Interview with Valeri Popovitch eurosport.ru
^"Popovich Valeriy Aleksandrovich". KLISF. Retrieved 30 March 2010.[dead link]
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