Simeon Petrov ( bg, Симеон Петров; born 12 January 2000) is a French-born
Bulgaria
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n professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender for
CSKA 1948 Sofia.
Career
Born in
Limoges
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,
France
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, in a family of Bulgarian emigrants, Petrov started his football career in the local academy of
Limoges
Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...
. In 2018 he joined
Gazélec Ajaccio
Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio ( co, Gazélec Football Club Aiacciu), commonly referred to as GFC Ajaccio, GFCA, Gazélec Ajaccio or simply Gazélec (), is a French football club from Ajaccio, Corsica. Founded in 1960, Gazélec plays in the Champ ...
, before moving to Bulgaria in 2019 and joining the second-level team of
Strumska Slava. On 24 May 2020 he joined the newly promoted to
First League team of
CSKA 1948.
International career
Petrov was born in France to Bulgarian parents, which makes him eligible for both
France
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and
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...
national teams. He received his first call up for the
Bulgaria U21 team in November 2020 for the
2021 European Under-21 Championship qualifying match against
Estonia U21, but was recalled 2 days before the match due to a positive
COVID-19
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test.
COVID-19 удари жестоко България U21
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Career statistics
Club
References
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2000 births
Living people
Bulgarian footballers
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
FC Strumska Slava Radomir players
FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players
Men's association football central defenders
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