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Alexander Popov

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Alexander Alexandrovich Popov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Попо́в; born 31 August 1980) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played his whole professional career for Avangard Omsk, during which time he became a legend and cult figure for fans. He is the all-time scoring leader of Avangard. After 18 professional seasons with Omsk, Popov opted to leave as a free agent and signed a two-year contract with fellow KHL participants, HC CSKA Moscow, on 25 July 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Popov is the 687th most popular hockey player (down from 502nd in 2024), the 3,983rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,581st in 2019) and the 98th most popular Russian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Alexander Popov ranks 687 out of 676. Before him are Ray Emery, Anton Belov, Drew Doughty, Braden Holtby, Andrew Brunette, and Gustav Nyquist. After him are Mat Robinson, Veli-Matti Savinainen, Brenden Morrow, Wade Redden, Matthew Tkachuk, and Robyn Regehr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Alexander Popov ranks 1,578. Before him are Sviatlana Usovich, J. R. Bremer, Noriaki Sanenobu, Park Kang-jo, Vitali Koval, and Phil Dalhausser. After him are Me'Lisa Barber, Jesús Vázquez, Jason Wade, Shon Seung-mo, Monali Thakur, and Robyn Regehr.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Popov ranks 3,983 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergey Emelin (1995), Danil Lysenko (1997), Dmitry Polyanski (null), Tatiana Shchegoleva (1982), Dmitri Barinov (1996), and Anastasia Baryshnikova (1990). After him are Musa Mogushkov (1988), Imam Khataev (1994), Aleksei Rebko (1986), Yuliya Belorukova (1995), Mikhail Sergachev (1998), and Denis Grebeshkov (1983).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Alexander Popov ranks 98. Before him are Alexander Vasyunov (1988), Sergei Andronov (1989), Vladislav Gavrikov (1995), Andrei Zubarev (1987), Ivan Telegin (1992), and Anton Belov (1986). After him are Dmitry Orlov (1991), Yuri Urychev (1991), Alexander Barabanov (1994), Nikita Klyukin (1989), Artem Anisimov (1988), and Artem Zub (1995).

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