Miroslav Kalinov Marinov ( bg, Мирослав Калинов Маринов; born 7 March 2004) is a Bulgarian

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who plays as a striker 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 ...

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Botev Vratsa Botev ( bg, Ботев) is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Vratsa, that competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 1921. Since 1948, Botev have played their home games at St ...

Club career

Born and raised in

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, Marinov started playing football at the age of 8 for local football club

. He has spent seven years at the clubs' academy before being promoted to the first team at the age of 15. He made his debut in a friendly against

PFC Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

on 3 July 2019. On 22 November 2020, he made his official First League debut, coming in as a substitute for Brazilian

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against

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, becoming the youngest ever Botev Vratsa player to play in a competitive top division game at 16 years and eight months. Marinov was assigned to Botev's second team, competing in Third League where he has scored seven goals in the opening 13 matches of the 2020–21 season. At the end of 2020, he was voted in the divisions' best 11 by all teams' head coaches. He finished the season with ten goals in 17 games before being promoted full time to the first team. In August 2021, at 17 years five months old, he became the youngest player to ever score a goal in the First League for Botev Vratsa after hitting the target in a game against Tsarsko selo.

International career

In September 2021, Marinov was called up to the Bulgaria U19 national team for the first time, making his debut in a friendly against Malta. He then appeared in the UEFA U19 Euro 2022 qualifiers against Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Republic of Ireland.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marinov, Miroslav 2004 births Living people Sportspeople from Vratsa Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football forwards First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players POFC Botev Vratsa players