Valentin Antov

Valentin Antov (Bulgarian: Валентин Антов; born 9 November 2000) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Bologna on loan from CSKA Sofia.[2] He plays primarily as a defensive midfielder but also as a centre back.

Valentin Antov
Personal information
Full name Valentin Ivaylov Antov
Date of birth (2000-11-09) 9 November 2000
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Bologna
(on loan from CSKA Sofia)
Number 26
Youth career
2007–2017 CSKA Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– CSKA Sofia 59 (3)
2021– → Bologna (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2013–2015 Bulgaria U16 9 (0)
2015–2016 Bulgaria U17 12 (0)
2016–2017 Bulgaria U18 2 (0)
2016–2018 Bulgaria U19 5 (1)
2019– Bulgaria U21 9 (0)
2019– Bulgaria 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:02, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:24, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

A youth product of CSKA, Antov became the youngest player ever to represent the club when he made his debut in 2015 at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 10 days.

Antov has represented Bulgaria at every level, making his debut for the senior team in March 2019 at the age of 18.

Career

CSKA Sofia
Antov playing for CSKA in 2018

Antov came up through CSKA's youth academy and impressed from an early age. He made his first-team debut on 19 August 2015 in a Bulgarian Cup match against Sofia 2010, becoming CSKA's youngest ever debutant at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 10 days, while also becoming the youngest ever captain for the club after taking the captain's armband for the last 25 minutes of the match.[3]

Antov completed his First League debut on 14 April 2018 in a league match against Vereya.[4]

Antov began to establish himself in the CSKA first team during the 2018–19 season, playing 26 matches in all competitions. On 12 July 2018, he made his debut in the Europa League playing full 90 minutes in the first match of the first qualifying round against Latvian club Riga.[5] He scored his first competitive goal for the club, netting CSKA's second in a 5–0 league victory against Beroe Stara Zagora on 12 July 2020.

In August 2020, he was named as the new club captain.

Loan to Bologna

On 1 February 2021, Antov was loaned to Serie A club Bologna until the end of the season with an option for a permanent transfer.[6][7]

International

He made his debut for Bulgaria national football team on 25 March 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Kosovo, as an 80th-minute substitute for Georgi Kostadinov.[8]

Personal life

Antov is a nephew of former footballer Anatoli Nankov.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 December 2020[2]

Club Season Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
CSKA Sofia 2015–16 Third League 4010–50
CSKA Sofia II 2016–17 Second League 50––50
CSKA Sofia 2017–18 First League 4000–40
2018–19 1803050260
2019–20 1716020291
2020–21 16200100262
Total 593100170863
Career Total 643100170913

International
As of match played 11 November 2020
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bulgaria 201910
202020
Total30

Honours

Club
CSKA Sofia

Individual

References
  1. "Профил на Валентин Ивайлов Антов" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. Antov Stats
  3. Сега Антов, до 3-4 години Брилянтов!
  4. Валентин Антов: Щастлив съм, че дебютирах
  5. Валентин Антов: Изненадах се, когато видях, че ще играя срещу Рига
  6. Официално: Валентин Антов премина в Болоня
  7. Antov al Bologna
  8. "Kosovo v Bulgaria game report". UEFA. 25 March 2019.
  9. Детето чудо на ЦСКА - Вальо Антов


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