Career
Robert is a right defender or defensive midfielder. He is the older brother of Goran Popov. He has 15 caps for the Macedonia national football team
He started his career with FK Belasica.
In 2003 Popov signed with Litex Lovech for a fee of 200.000 €. In January 2008 Robert Popov signed with AJ Auxerre.
Popov had a serious injury while at Auxerre but when he recovered, he did not play much so both Popov and the club mutually agreed to terminate his contract in the summer of 2010.