Svetoslav Velislavov Vutsov ( bg, Светослав Велиславов Вуцов; born 9 July 2002) is a Bulgarian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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 ...

. He comes from a footballing family, with his grandfather Ivan, father Velislav, mother Svetlana and brother Petar having all played professional football.

Club career

Vutsov began his career as a defender, but around 2015, while being in Levski Sofia Academy, he was switched as a goalkeeper. In 2017 he moved to Tsarsko Selo and trained with the first team. Year later he moved to

Septemvri Sofia Septemvri ( bg, Септември) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the First League, the first tier of Bulgarian football. Its home ground is the Septemvri Stadium, but due to it ...

, before joining

in the beginning of 2020. He made his professional debut for the team in a league match against Etar in a league match on 21 November 2020, coming as a substitute in the 44th minute, after Georgi Petkov received an injury.

International career

Vutsov received his first call up for Bulgaria U21 team in March 2021 for the friendly tournament matches against

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on 24 March 2021,

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on 26 March 2021, and

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on 29 March 2021. He made his debut for

Bulgaria national football team The Bulgaria national football team ( bg, Български национален отбор по футбол, Bǎlgarski natsionalen otbor po futbol) represents Bulgaria in men's international Association football, football and is administere ...

on 11 November 2021 in a friendly against

Honours

*Best goalkeeper in Bulgarian football (2021) *Best progressing young player in Bulgarian football (2021)

Career statistics

Club

International

References

External links

* 2002 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Bulgaria men's international footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Slavia Sofia players Racism in association football {{Bulgaria-footy-goalkeeper-stub