Valeri Popovitch
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Popovitch with Ilves in a charity match in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Valeri Aleksandrovich Popovitch | ||
| Date of birth | 18 May 1970 | ||
| 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 | ? | (?) |
| Total | 464 | (212) | |
| 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. 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.