Momchil Tsvetanov
 Tsvetanov with Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Momchil Emilov Tsvetanov | ||
| Date of birth | 3 December 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Pleven, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Krumovgrad | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2006 | Spartak Pleven | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Spartak Pleven | 27 | (7) |
| 2008–2014 | Litex Lovech | 118 | (14) |
| 2014–2015 | Botev Plovdiv | 15 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | CSKA Sofia | 18 | (8) |
| 2016–2017 | Vereya | 19 | (5) |
| 2017 | Stal Mielec | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | Slavia Sofia | 22 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 64 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Gangwon FC | 18 | (0) |
| 2022 | Anagennisi Karditsa | 5 | (0) |
| 2023 | Botev Vratsa | 31 | (1) |
| 2023– | Krumovgrad | 10 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2008 | Bulgaria U19 | ||
| 2008–2012 | Bulgaria U21 | 14 | (6) |
| 2021– | Bulgaria | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2024 | |||
Momchil Emilov Tsvetanov (Bulgarian: Момчил Емилов Цветанов; born 3 December 1990) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Krumovgrad. Although he predominantly plays as a winger, he has also been deployed as a left-back.
A product of Spartak Pleven's youth academy, he has represented Bulgaria at all youth levels. Tsvetanov was part of U19 squad for the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
Club career
[edit]Spartak Pleven
[edit]Born in Pleven, Tsvetanov began his career playing for local club Spartak.[1] On 9 September 2006, at the age of 16 he made his professional debut in the B Group, playing the second half of a 3–0 defeat to Minyor Pernik. He scored his first goal on 7 April 2007 against Hebar Pazardzhik in a 2–0 home league victory. He made 15 league appearances, scoring three goals during his debut season.[2] In the following season Tsvetanov scored four goals in 12 matches.[3]
Litex Lovech
[edit]
In January 2008, Tsvetanov joined Litex Lovech on a four-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He made his competitive debut in the A Group in a 0–0 draw against CSKA Sofia on 1 March 2008. He played for 45 minutes.
On 12 July 2011, Tsvetanov assisted Svetoslav Todorov twice in a 2–1 away win over Mogren Budva in the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 Champions League.[4]
Botev Plovdiv
[edit]After six years in Lovech, Tsvetanov surprisingly signed a two-year contract with Botev Plovdiv as a free agent on 21 August 2014.[5] He made his league debut for Botev three days later when he came on as 73rd-minute substitute in a match against Slavia Sofia which Botev won 2-0.[6]
Momchil Tsvetanov played in 14 games in A Grupa and 3 games for the Bulgarian Cup without scoring any goals and without making any assists.[7] He failed to impress and at the end of the season his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.[8]
CSKA Sofia
[edit]On 30 June 2015, Tsvetanov joined CSKA Sofia. He lost his first choice status when the team was reinstated to the A PFG.
Vereya
[edit]In July 2016, he signed a contract with newly promoted top division club Vereya.[9]
Stal Mielec
[edit]On 11 July 2017, Tsvetanov signed with I liga side Stal Mielec.[10]
Slavia Sofia
[edit]On 5 February 2018, Tsvetanov confirmed to the media that he had signed with Slavia Sofia.[11]
On 12 July 2018, Tsvetanov scored his first-ever goal in European competition, netting only goal in a 1–0 away win against FC Ilves in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
[edit]On 15 June 2019, Tsvetanov won his 5th Bulgarian Cup and 1st for his new club Lokomotiv Plovdiv. On 1 July 2020 he won the Bulgarian Cup again, scoring the last penalty kick in the shoot-out against CSKA Sofia.[12]
Gangwon FC
[edit]On 20 July 2021, Korean K League 1 side Gangwon FC announced they have signed Tsvetanov.[13]
Krumovgrad
[edit]In December 2023, Tsvetanov joined Krumovgrad.[14]
International career
[edit]Tsvetanov made his debut for Bulgaria national team on 25 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Switzerland.[15]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 20 March 2021
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Spartak Pleven | 2006–07 | B Group | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 3 | |
| 2007–08 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 13 | 4 | |||
| Total | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | ||
| Litex Lovech | 2007–08 | A Group | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 2011–12 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 7 | ||
| 2012–13 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | – | 34 | 7 | |||
| 2014–15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 118 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 147 | 20 | ||
| Botev Plovdiv | 2014–15 | A Group | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2015–16 | V Group | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | – | 21 | 9 | |
| Vereya | 2016–17 | Bulgarian First League | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | 24 | 5 | |
| Stal Mielec | 2017–18 | I liga | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
| Slavia Sofia | 2017–18 | Bulgarian First League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 1 | ||
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2018–19 | Bulgarian First League | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 14 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 277 | 38 | 50 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 348 | 47 | ||
- ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
Honours
[edit]Litex Lovech
CSKA Sofia
- Bulgarian Cup: 2015–16
Slavia Sofia
- Bulgarian Cup: 2017–18
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
- Bulgarian Cup: 2018–19, 2019–20
- Bulgarian Supercup: 2020
References
[edit]- ^ Petkov, Georgi (25 July 2008). "Момчил Цветанов: Мъри не се страхува да ни пуска срещу силните" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Tsvetanov Statistics 2006–07 season". Pfl.bg. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Tsvetanov Statistics 2007–08 season". Pfl.bg. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Quickfire Todorov inspires Litex comeback". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ^ Ботев привлече Момчил Цветанов
- ^ Ботев надигра и победи Славия, буря прекъсна мача
- ^ Момчил Цветанов - Футболисти - Ботев (Пловдив) - А група
- ^ Ботев се раздели с Момчил Цветанов
- ^ "Верея" с ударна селекция - взе Чико Цветанов и бивш на "Левски"!". topsport.bg. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Lato 2017 - Momchil Tsvetanov witamy!" (in Polish). stalmielec.com. 11 July 2017.
- ^ Момчил Цветанов пред БЛИЦ СПОРТ: Подписах със Славия‚ blitz.bg, 5 February 2018
- ^ Domuschiev, Angel (2 July 2020). ""Синът" на Ганчев и неговата любима". topsport.bg. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "강원FC on Instagram: ". [오피셜] '불가리아 국가대표' 츠베타노프 영입 👇입단 소감👇 저는 팀플레이어이기 때문에 승점 3점을 위해 코칭스태프가 원하는 플레이를 할 것입니다 그리고 팬들에게 경기 마지막까지 강원FC의 승리를 위해 뛰겠다고 말씀드리고 싶습니다😀 강원FC는 강원경찰청과 협업해 선수 영입 이미지에 '장기 실종 아동'의 사진과 정보를 함께 게재합니다 김선실님을 찾을 수 있도록 많은 관심 부탁드려요🧡 #강원FC #츠베타노프 #오피셜 #불가리아"".
- ^ "ФК Крумовград привлече Момчил Цветанов" (in Bulgarian). bntnews.bg. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Bulgaria v Switzerland game report". FIFA. 25 March 2021. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021.
External links
[edit]- Momchil Tsvetanov at Soccerway