Bozhidar Vasev ( bg, Божидар Васев; born 14 March 1993) is a Bulgarian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a midfielder for Spartak Varna.

Career

Botev Plovdiv

Vasev signed a contract with

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv ( bg, „Ботев“ Пловдив, ) or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that competes ...

in July 2013 and soon after that he was loaded the Rakovski. Vasev returned to

for season 2014-15 and became part of the first team. The manager

Velislav Vutsov Velislav Ivanov Vutsov (Bulgarian: Велислав Иванов Вуцов) (born 19 July 1967) is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer. He is also the son of former footballer Ivan Vutsov. Career Throughout his career, he has be ...

decided to use him on a new position as a left-back.

2014-15

In December 2014

was replaced by

Petar Penchev Petar Nikolov Penchev ( bg, Петър Николов Пенчев; born 12 August 1969) is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player in a defender role, who is the current manager of Botev Plovdiv U19. Playing career In the 90 ...

. The new manager returned Vasev to his favorite position in the midfield. On 10 March 2015 Bozhidar scored his first goal in

A Grupa The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

during the 0–2 away win over the local rivals

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

2015-16

On 29 August 2015 Vasev scored a goal for the 2–1 victory over Cherno More Varna. Two months later, on 23 October, Vasev has sent off only 5 minutes after replacing the injured Orlin Starokin. Vasev received a yellow card during the substitution for coming on the pitch without a permission from the referee. Soon after that he committed a foul and was sent off. Immediately after the game Vasev was fined, although that his team achieved 1–0 win over

Pirin Blagoevgrad Futbolen klub Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб „Пирин“), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. Th ...

. After missing a match due to a ban, on 30 October, Vasev returned in the starting lineup for the away game with Slavia Sofia. In the 80th minute Slavia Sofia scored a goal after Vasev's terrible mistake, while two minutes later they scored the second goal for their 2–0 home win.

Hapoel Acre

In June 2017, Vasev joined

but did not sign a professional contract because of the club's financial problems. On 6 July, he signed for 1+1 years with Israeli side

Hapoel Acre Hapoel Acre Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל עכו, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Akko'') is an Israeli football club based in Acre, Israel. The club currently plays in Liga Leumit. History Founded in 1946, the club dwelt i ...

Dunav Ruse

On 5 September 2017, Vasev signed a two-year contract with

Dunav Ruse FC Dunav ( bg, Дунав, officially named ''"Дунав от Русе"'') is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Ruse, which currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. Part o ...

, where he joined his brother Andreas.

Spartak Varna

After 2 seasons with

Minyor Pernik FC Minyor ( bg, ФК Миньор) is a football club in Pernik, Bulgaria, that competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1919 as SC Krakra, the club's home ground since 1954 has been Stadion Minyor. The c ...

and becoming the top goalscorer in 2021-22 for the team, Vasev moved to the newly promoted to First League team Spartak Varna, signing a 3-years long contract.

Personal life

Bozhidar Vasev is son of the football coach Yuri Vasev. His brother Andreas Vasev is also a football player.

Stabbing

On 23 August 2011, Vasev was stabbed in the back by unknown attackers in downtown Sofia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasev, Bozhidar 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Pernik Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Israeli Premier League players PFC Slavia Sofia players OFC Pomorie players FC Septemvri Simitli players OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players Botev Plovdiv players Hapoel Acre F.C. players FC Dunav Ruse players FC Hebar Pazardzhik players FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia players FC Minyor Pernik players FC Spartak Varna players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Israel