Hennadiy Popovych
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Hennadiy Ivanovych Popovych | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukrainian SSR | ||
| Date of death | 4 June 2010 (aged 37) | ||
| Place of death | Saint-Petersburg, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989 | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | ||
| 1990 | FC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk | ||
| 1991 | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1993 | FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 66 | (4) |
| 1992 | FC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk | 1 | (2) |
| 1994 | FC Zirka Kirovohrad | 17 | (5) |
| 1994–1995 | FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 25 | (3) |
| 1995 | FC Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 38 | (5) |
| 1997–2001 | FC Zenit Saint Petersburg | 109 | (30) |
| National team | |||
| 1995 | Ukraine (U-21) | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002–2005 | FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (administrator) | ||
| 2005–2006 | FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (reserves assistant) | ||
| 2007 | FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (reserves administrator) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Hennadiy Ivanovych Popovych (Ukrainian: Геннадій Іванович Попович; Russian: Геннадий Иванович Попович) (9 February 1973 – 4 June 2010) was an Ukrainian professional footballer. He was born in Dniprodzerzhynsk. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B in 1991 for FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.
Popovych was a trainee of the sport academy of Mettalurg from Dniprodzerzhynsk. He was playing for various teams at the early stage of his career including Prometei (1990), Kryvbas (1991–1994), Zirka (1994–1995), Shakhtar (1995–1996). In 1997 he moved to Russia, where he started to play for Zenit from Saint Petersburg, where he performed more than 100 caps and scored 41 goal. Together with "Zenit" he reached a peak of his career. In 2000 he scored two goals in the final of Intertoto Cup against Celta. Nevertheless, his goals did not help Zenit to win the cup. In 2001 Popovych won the bronze medal of Russian championship with Zenit also being the first sniper of the team in the season of 2001. In the end of 2001 according to strong recommendation from medics finished his football career due to the problems with heart.
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