Filip Yavorov Krastev ( bg, Филип Яворов Кръстев; born 15 October 2001) is a Bulgarian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Bulgarian First League 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 ...

club

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

on loan from

Lommel Lommel () is a municipality and a city in the Belgian province of Limburg. The Kempen city has about 34,000 inhabitants and is part of the electoral district and the judicial district Lommel Neerpelt. Besides residential town of Lommel also has ...

Career

Krastev joined

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground ...

's youth academy in 2010. He made his first team debut at the age of 16 years and 210 days in a 3–0 home loss against

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 ...

on 13 May 2018, coming on as a substitute for Galin Ivanov. Krastev scored his first senior goal on 24 February 2020, netting the second for Slavia during their 3–1 victory against

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 ...

. A week later, he provided an assist to Ivaylo Dimitrov in a 2–1 away win over

. On 18 June 2020, Slavia announced that Krastev would sign for

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club

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in the following week, however on 28 June 2020 Krastev was signed by

Belgian First Division B The Challenger Pro League (previously known as ''1B Pro League'') is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian First Division A. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 201 ...

team

, part of the

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, which immediately loaned him back to Slavia until the end of 2020. On 28 January 2021, Krastev joined another City Football Group side,

Troyes Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...

, on an 18-month loan deal. On 27 August 2021, his loan deal with Troyes was cut short to allow him to join

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

side

Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch Association football, football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league sy ...

on a season-long loan deal. On 27 January 2022, Krastev returned to Bulgaria to sign for

on a 6-month loan deal. On 28 June 2022, his loan was extended for a further year.

International career

In August 2020, he received his first call up to the senior side for the UEFA Nations League in September, earning his first cap on 6 September, in a 1–0 away loss against

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after coming on as a late second-half substitute for

Todor Nedelev Todor Lyubchev Nedelev ( bg, Тодор Любчев Неделев; born 7 February 1993) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Ludogorets Razgrad. Early life Nedelev was born on 7 February 1993, and rai ...

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Levski Sofia *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament ...

(1): 2021–22

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* Living people 2001 births Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers PFC Slavia Sofia players Lommel S.K. players ES Troyes AC players SC Cambuur players PFC Levski Sofia players Challenger Pro League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Ligue 2 players Eredivisie players Men's association football midfielders Bulgarian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in France Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub