| Viktor Popov | |
| Fullname: | Viktor Nikolaev Popov |
| Birth Date: | 2000 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Varna, Bulgaria |
| Height: | [1] |
| Youthyears1: | 2010–2019 |
| Years1: | 2019– |
| Caps1: | 150 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019–2022 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 18 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam3: | Bulgaria |
| Nationalcaps3: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Clubnumber: | 6 |
| Pcupdate: | 22:27, 29 July 2024 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 19:00, 25 March 2024 (UTC) |
Viktor Nikolaev Popov (Bulgarian: Виктор Николаев Попов; born 5 March 2000) is a Bulgarian professional footballer[2] who plays as a right-back for Cherno More Varna and the Bulgaria national team.
Born and raised in Varna, Popov joined Cherno More's academy in 2010. He made his senior debut in May 2019, aged 19. Popov has also represented Bulgaria at various youth levels and made his senior debut in November 2019.
Popov made his first team debut for Cherno More in a 1–0 home win against Botev Plovdiv on 18 May 2019, playing full 90 minutes.[3] Ten days later he signed his first professional contract with the club.[4] On 10 July 2022, he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 away win over Lokomotiv Sofia in the opening game of the 2022–23 season.
On 14 November 2019, he earned his first cap for Bulgaria, coming on as a late second half substitute for Strahil Popov in the 0–1 home loss against Paraguay in a friendly match.[5]
| Club | League | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Cherno More | First League | 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||||
| 2020–21 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 1 | |||||
| 2023–24 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | |||||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 149 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 149 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 1 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 15 | 0 | ||