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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Popov is the 592nd most popular hockey player (down from 492nd in 2019), the 3,674th most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,583rd in 2019) and the 88th most popular Russian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Alexander Popov ranks 592 out of 676. Before him are Nicklas Jensen, Ray Emery, Anton Belov, Drew Doughty, Braden Holtby, and Gustav Nyquist. After him are Mat Robinson, Veli-Matti Savinainen, Brenden Morrow, Matthew Tkachuk, Robyn Regehr, and Michael Peca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Alexander Popov ranks 1,348. Before him are Troy Dumais, Patrick Carney, Brenda Villa, Noriaki Sanenobu, Park Kang-jo, and Phil Dalhausser. After him are Me'Lisa Barber, Jesús Vázquez, Jason Wade, Monali Thakur, Robyn Regehr, and Perdita Felicien.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Popov ranks 3,674 out of 3,761. Before him are Vasilisa Bardina (1987), Sergey Emelin (1995), Danil Lysenko (1997), Dmitry Polyanski (null), Dmitri Barinov (1996), and Anastasia Baryshnikova (1990). After him are Musa Mogushkov (1988), Imam Khataev (1994), Aleksei Rebko (1986), Yuliya Belorukova (1995), Ilya Ivanyuk (1993), and Anton Babikov (1991).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Alexander Popov ranks 88. 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), Artem Anisimov (1988), Nikolay Kulemin (1986), and Alexander Burmistrov (1991).

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