Stefan Velev

Stefan Velev (Bulgarian: Стефан Велев; born 2 May 1989) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cherno More Varna.

Stefan Velev
Personal information
Full name Stefan Dimitrov Velev
Date of birth (1989-05-02) 2 May 1989
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Cherno More
Number 70
Youth career
1997–2007 Septemvri Sofia
2007–2008 Slavia Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Lokomotiv Stara Zagora 26 (3)
2009–2010 Lyubimets 19 (1)
2010–2012 Beroe 70 (2)
2013–2015 Levski Sofia 43 (0)
2015–2016 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 26 (1)
2016 Dinamo Tbilisi 6 (0)
2017–2018 Slavia Sofia 39 (4)
2018–2020 Sepsi OSK 56 (1)
2020– Cherno More 16 (2)
National team‡
2007–2008 Bulgaria U19 7 (0)
2012– Bulgaria 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2013

Career

Born in Sofia, Velev played for Septemvri as a schoolboy, before joining Slavia Sofia. But he found it difficult to break into the first team due to the consistency of Slavčo Georgievski and Pavle Popara.

In June 2008 Velev signed a two-year contract with Lokomotiv Stara Zagora. He made his B PFG and Lokomotiv debut on 9 August in a home 1–0 against Shumen, scoring the goal of the win.

On 13 March 2017, Velev signed a ​1 1⁄2-year contract with Slavia Sofia.[2] He left the club at the end of the 2017–18 season when his contract expired.[3]

On 15 June 2018, Velev signed with Sepsi OSK.[4]

International career

Velev earned his first cap for Bulgaria on 29 May 2012, after coming on as a second-half substitute in the 0–2 loss against Turkey in an exhibition game.

National team
Bulgaria national team
YearAppsGoals
201210
201310
201510
201620
Total50

Honours
Slavia Sofia

References
  1. "Профил на Стефан Велев". topsport.bg. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. "Стефан Велев подписа със Славия до лятото на 2018 година" (in Bulgarian). pfcslavia.com. 13 March 2017.
  3. "Славия представи трима нови играчи" (in Bulgarian). pfcslavia.com. 8 June 2018.
  4. "Stefan Velev, primul transfer al verii la Sepsi OSK" (in Romanian). covasnamedia.ro. 15 June 2018.
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