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Stefan Velkov
Personal information
Full name Stefan Ivov Velkov
Date of birth (1996-12-12) 12 December 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Den Bosch
Number 3
Youth career
2005–2013 Slavia Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Slavia Sofia 86 (2)
2018–2020 Den Bosch 41 (4)
2020 → RKC Waalwijk (loan) 3 (0)
2020– KFC Uerdingen 05 0 (0)
International career‡
2011–2012 Bulgaria U16 5 (0)
2012–2013 Bulgaria U17 21 (1)
2013 Bulgaria U19 3 (0)
2013–2018 Bulgaria U21 20 (2)
2020– Bulgaria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:11, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:33, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Stefan Velkov (Bulgarian: Стефан Велков; born 12 December 1996) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Dutch club Den Bosch.[2][3]

Career

Slavia Sofia

Born in Sofia, Velkov began his football career with Slavia Sofia in 2005.[4] He made his first-team debut on 27 July 2013, at 16 years 227 days, coming on as a substitute for Hristo Yanev in a 0–0 away league draw against Cherno More Varna. On 18 December 2013, it was reported that Velkov was on trial with Manchester United.[5] After the great debut season and a few trials in big European teams, Velkov got a serious injury, which took him out of football for a minimum of 6 months.[6]

In March 2015, Velkov extended his contract with Slavia for a further three years.[7] He returned to training in April, but he didn't take part in any further matches, so he missed the entire 2014–15 season.[8]

Velkov returned to play in the first match of the 2015-16 season against Lokomotiv Plovdiv as a substitute in the 88th minute.[9]

Velkov scored his debut goal for Slavia in the league on 17 September 2016 in a match against Ludogorets Razgrad, lost by his team with 3–1.[10]

Den Bosch

On 10 August 2018, Velkov signed for the Dutch Eerste Divisie team Den Bosch. He made his debut a week later, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away win over FC Volendam.[11] He scored his first goal for the club on September 25, in a 1–2 loss against Heracles Almelo, in a match for the KNVB Cup.

International career

Youth levels

Velkov represented Bulgaria at the under-16, under-17 and under-19 levels. On 1 June 2013, he made his debut for the Bulgaria under-21 side at the age of 16 years, 5 months and 22 days, making him the second-youngest player to debut for the team after Nikolay Mihaylov.[12][13] On 25 March 2016 Velkov was in the starting lineup for the goalless draw with Wales U21.[14][15] He is currently the team captain.

Senior level

On 14 March 2017, he received his first call-up for Bulgaria senior team for the match against the Netherlands on 25 March 2017,[16] in which he was an unused substitute.[17] Velkov earned his first cap on 26 February 2020, playing the first 75 minutes of the 0:1 home loss against Belarus in a friendly game.[18]

Career statistics

As of 2 March 2020
Club performance League Cup Europe Other Total
Club Season Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Slavia Sofia 2013–14 A Group 21 0 2 1 — 23 1
2014–15 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2015–16 24 0 1 0 — 25 0
2016–17 First League 19 1 1 0 2 0 2[a] 0 24 1
2017–18 22 1 2 0 — 24 1
Total 86 2 6 1 2 0 2 0 96 3
Den Bosch 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 20 2 1 1 — 2[b] 0 23 3
2019–20 21 2 1 0 — 22 2
Total 41 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 45 5
Waalwijk (loan) 2019–20 Eredivisie 3 0 0 0 — 0 0 3 0
Career total 130 6 8 2 2 0 4 0 144 8
  1. ^ Relegation Play-offs
  2. ^ Promotion Play-offs

Honours

Slavia Sofia

References

  1. ^ "Профил на Стефан Ивов Велков" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Stefan Velkov Facts". footballdatabase.eu.
  3. ^ Stefan Velkov at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ "Суперталантът Стефан Велков: Ходя на мачове с градския транспорт" [Supertalent Stefan Velkov: I go to games by public transport] (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Transfer news: Manchester United eye teenage Bulgarian defender". The Independent. Independent Print. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Стефан Велков ще бъде извън игра 6 месеца след нова тежка контузия". dnevnik.bg. dnevnik. 7 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Стефан Велков преподписа със "Славия", възстановява се от тежка контузия". topsport.bg. topsport editorial board. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  8. ^ Стефан Велков се завърна в първия отбор на Славия
  9. ^ „А” група започна с класическа „бяла” победа
  10. ^ Звездата на Лудогорец започна да вкарва и в Първа лига
  11. ^ Martens, Jan (17 August 2018). "Vernieuwd FC Den Bosch wint in Volendam na sterke tweede helft". bd.nl. de Persgroep Nederland. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  12. ^ Младежки национал пред трансфер в Наполи
  13. ^ Стефан Велков ще играе само за младежите
  14. ^ България не успя да преклони Уелс
  15. ^ Младежите не успяха да се справят с Уелс (видео)
  16. ^ Много изненади и 6-ма от ЦСКА-София в състава на България за мача с Холандия
  17. ^ "Bulgaria NT vs. Netherlands NT 2:0". flashscore.com. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  18. ^ "Експериментален състав на България отстъпи на Беларус (видео+галерия)". sportal.bg. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

External links

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