Tsvetelin Chunchukov

Tsvetelin Lukov Chunchukov (Bulgarian: Цветелин Луков Чунчуков; born 26 December 1994) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Romanian club Academica Clinceni on loan from Slavia Sofia.

Tsvetelin Chunchukov
Personal information
Full name Tsvetelin Lukov Chunchukov
Date of birth (1994-12-26) 26 December 1994
Place of birth Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Academica Clinceni
(on loan from Slavia Sofia)
Number 23
Youth career
2002–2011 Benkovski Pazardzhik
2011–2013 Levski Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Botev Plovdiv 30 (5)
2013–2014 → Rakovski (loan) 16 (1)
2015–2017 Ludogorets II 31 (8)
2015–2017 Ludogorets Razgrad 8 (0)
2017 Cherno More 9 (1)
2018– Slavia Sofia 63 (15)
2020– → Academica Clinceni (loan) 15 (4)
National team‡
2014–2016 Bulgaria U21 8 (2)
2019– Bulgaria 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Born in Pazardzhik, Chunchukov began playing football for local side Benkovski. On 2 May 2010, at the age of 15 years and 4 months, he made his debut as a second-half substitute against Germanea Sapareva Banya in a game of the South-West V AFG, the third level of Bulgarian football.[1] On 12 May, he scored his first goal in a 1–1 home draw against Malesh Mikrevo.[2]

In 2011, Chunchukov was spotted by a Levski Sofia scout and joined the club as an academy player.[3]

Botev Plovdiv

On 5 April 2013, Chunchukov joined Botev Plovdiv, signing first professional contract in his career. He signed a three-year deal with the club.[4]

Chunchukov playing for Botev

Chunchukov made his debut for the first team of Botev Plovdiv during season 2014-15. He came on as a substitute in the first qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League against underdogs A.C. Libertas. Botev Plovdiv won this match 4-0.[5] Chunchukov scored his first goal for Botev Plovdiv on 17 July 2014 during the 2:1 win against St. Pölten in the next round of Europa League.[6] Three days after that Chunchukov was at the starting lineup against Lokomotiv Sofia and he made a debut in A Grupa.[7] Botev Plovdiv won this game with 1:0 after a goal from a penalty kick which has given after a fault against Chunchukov.

Chunchukov scored his first goal in A Grupa on 17 August 2014. He opened the scoring in an away game against Levski Sofia but unfortunately Botev Plovdiv lost the match with 2:1.[8]

On 27 September Chunchukov scored a magnificent goal, provided an assist for the goal of Ivan Tsvetkov and was among the best players on the pitch during the derby match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Botev Plovdiv achieved a 2-0 home win.[9]

Chunchukov scored his third goal in A Grupa on 19 October but Lokomotiv Sofia defeated Botev Plovdiv 3-1.[10]

After a seven-game goal drought, Chunchukov scored again on 7 December 2014 against PFC Haskovo.[11]

Chunchukov scored again in the next round of A Grupa which was the first official game for 2015. Tsvetelin netted the opening goal and assisted for the last goal during the 3-0 home win over PFC Marek Dupnitsa.[12] In the next round Chunchukov played during the 2-0 win over the local rivals Lokomotiv Plovdiv, missed the game with CSKA Sofia due to a ban, and on 22 March he was again in the starting lineup for 0-0 draw with Ludogorets Razgrad.[13]

On 18 April Chunchukov came on as a substitute and made an assist during the 1-1 draw with Beroe Stara Zagora.[14] A month later, on 23 May, he made an assist again versus the same team. Despite his efforts this time Botev Plovdiv was defeated with 1-2 during the visit to Beroe Stara Zagora.[15]

At the end of the season, Chunchukov was announced as the A Group Youth Player of the Year for his contributions to the club. His teammate Milen Gamakov was named runner-up in the same contest.[16][17]

Rakovski (loan)

Tsvetelin Chunchukov was loaned by Botev Plovdiv to Rakovski and spent 2013-14 season in the B Group. He appeared in 16 matches for the club,[18] scoring goals against Bansko[19] and Dobrudzha Dobrich, the latter of which came in a match for the Bulgarian Cup.[20]

Ludogorets

On 23 June 2015, Chunchukov was transferred from Botev Plovdiv to Ludogorets Razgrad for an undisclosed fee, considered to be in the range of 175 000 EUR, as reported by several Bulgarian media outlets.[21][22] On 1 July Chunchukov scored the only goal for his new team in a 1-0 friendly win against Romanian club Universitatea Craiova.[23]

Unfortunately, on 4 October 2016, Chunchukov broke his left leg foot during a training session of the Bulgaria U21 team and as a result, he was ruled out from the squad for several months.[24] After recovery, he spent most of his playing time at Ludogorets's reserve squad in the Bulgarian Second League. He was released from the club on 7 June 2017.[25]

Cherno More

On 19 June 2017 he signed with Cherno More Varna.[26] On 15 July, he made his debut in a 1–0 home win over Vitosha Bistritsa.[27] He scored his first goal on 21 July in a 4–0 away win over Vereya.[28] On 14 December 2017, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[29]

Slavia Sofia

On 28 December 2017, Chunchukov signed with Slavia Sofia.[30]

International career

Chunchukov made his debut for Bulgaria U21 in the 2-2 draw with Estonia U21 on 3 September 2014, contributing with a goal.[31] On 31 March 2015 he played during the first half of the 1-3 away defeat from Wales U21.[32]

On 25 March 2016 Chunchukov came on as a substitute during the goalless draw with Wales U21.[33][34]

He made his debut for the senior national team on 7 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against the Czech Republic, as an 82nd-minute substitute for Todor Nedelev.[35]

Career statistics
As of 27 September 2019
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubLeagueSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
BulgariaLeagueCCB CupEuropeOther[lower-alpha 1]Total
Botev Plovdiv A Group 2013–14 0000––00
Rakovski (loan) B Group 2013–14 16121––182
Botev Plovdiv A Group 2014–15 305203110366
Ludogorets Razgrad II B Group 2015–16 142–––142
Vtora Liga 2016–17 176–––176
Ludogorets II Total 31800––318
Ludogorets Razgrad A Group 2015–16 5000200070
First League 2016–17 3010000040
Ludogorets Total 80102000110
Cherno More First League 2017–18 9100––91
Slavia Sofia 8030––110
2018–19 32112130003712
2019–20 8212––94
Slavia Sofia Total 48136330005716
Career Total 14228114811016233
  1. Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.

Honours

Club
Ludogorets Razgrad
Slavia Sofia

Individual

Personal life

In an interview for Botev Plovdiv's club channel Chunchukov stated that he was encouraged to play football by his grandfather and has no favorite foreign football club.[38]

References
  1. "Бенковски с убедителна победа вкъщи" (in Bulgarian). pzsport.info. 2 May 2010.
  2. "15-годишен посече Малеш" (in Bulgarian). pzsport.info. 12 May 2010.
  3. "Levski Sofia Youth team U19 (Born in 1994)". levskisofia.info.
  4. "Ботев подписа с нападател от школата на Левски" (in Bulgarian). botevplovdiv.bg. 5 April 2013.
  5. Ботев Пд с нов успех в Европа
  6. Ботев изравни европейски рекорд на ЦСКА
  7. Ботев тръгна с победа в "А" група, 1:0 срещу Локомотив Сф
  8. Ботев с първа загуба в първенството
  9. Ботев взе 97-ото градско дерби с 2:0
  10. Ботев излезе от първата шестица след загуба в Надежда
  11. Петър Пенчев започна с победа, 2:0 над Хасково
  12. Ботев започна пролетта с класика над Марек
  13. Ботев с минимална загуба от Лудогорец
  14. Ботев изпусна Берое
  15. Ботев допусна обрат в Стара Загора
  16. Ботев с трима призьори в класацията „Футболист на футболистите“
  17. Марселиньо спечели приза "Футболист на футболистите"
  18. Цветелин Чунчуков (статистика на sportal.bg)
  19. С голове на Венци Гюзелев и Цветлин Чунчуков опашкарят „Раковски” победи „Банско” с 1:2
  20. http://www.dobrichmedia.com/news/futbol_24/chunchukov-lishi-dobrudzha-ot-pobeda_4605.html
  21. Ботев продаде Цветелин Чунчуков на Лудогорец
  22. Лудогорец подписа с младежки национал
  23. ВИДЕО: Изтощен от жега Лудогорец тресна румънци
  24. Български национал от Лудогорец счупи крак
  25. Трети футболист аут от Лудогорец!
  26. "Черно море привлича Цветелин Чунчуков" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 19 June 2017.
  27. "Cherno More vs. Vitosha Bistritsa 1–0". soccerway.com. 15 July 2017.
  28. "Vereya vs. Cherno More 0–4". soccerway.com. 21 July 2017.
  29. "Черно море се раздели с нападател" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 14 December 2017.
  30. "Александров и Чунчуков са футболисти на Славия" (in Bulgarian). pfcslavia.com. 28 December 2017.
  31. Under-21 2015 - Estonia-Bulgaria Commentary – UEFA.com
  32. Under-21 2017 - Wales-Bulgaria Lineups
  33. България не успя да преклони Уелс
  34. Младежите не успяха да се справят с Уелс (видео)
  35. "Czech Republic v Bulgaria game report". UEFA. 7 June 2019.
  36. Ботев с трима призьори в класацията „Футболист на футболистите“
  37. Марселиньо спечели приза "Футболист на футболистите"
  38. Интервю с Цветелин Чунчуков
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