Tsvetomir Panov ( bg, Цветомир Панов; born 17 April 1989) is a
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 Macedo ...
n professional
footballer
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currently playing for
Cherno More Varna
Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an asso ...
as a defender.
Career
Panov came to
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 ...
from
Spartak Pleven
OFK Spartak ( bg, ОФК Спартак) is a Bulgarian municipal association football club from the city of Pleven founded on 10 September 1919. It currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. The team's grea ...
in January 2009. For three seasons with Spartak he earned 49 appearances playing in the
Second League. He made his team debut for Litex on 3 February 2009, in a 5-1 friendly drubbing of Chinese vice-champion
Shanghai Shenhua
Shanghai Shenhua F.C. () is a Chinese professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The term ''shen hua'' literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" in ...
.
Panov played 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 groun ...
between 2013 and 2016. He was part of the squad that finished on 4th place during
season 2015–16.
Botev Plovdiv
On 9 June 2016, Panov signed a one-year contract with
Botev Plovdiv. On 30 July 2016, he made his debut in a 1-1 draw against 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 ...
.
On 9 December 2017, Panov scored his first goal for Botev for the 3-0 win over
Etar Veliko Tarnovo. His outstanding performance earned him the award for man of the match.
On 20 February 2018 Panov was sold to
Ludogorets.
International career
Between 2006 and 2008 Panov was part of the
Bulgaria national under-19 football team
The Bulgaria national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Bulgaria and is controlled by the Bulgarian Football Union. The team competes in the European Under-19 Football Championship, held every year.
Competition resu ...
. With the team he played at the
2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
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in the
Czech Republic
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.
On 21 August 2017, Panov and his teammate from
Botev Plovdiv Todor Nedelev were called for the games of the
Bulgaria national football team. Panov remained an unused substitute during the historical 3-2 win over
Sweden. Several weeks later, at the beginning of October 2017, he was again included in the
Bulgaria national football team. He finally made a debut in the national team on 26 March 2018 in a 2–1 win against
Kazakhstan
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.
Honours
;Botev Plovdiv
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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 tournamen ...
:
2016–17
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Bulgarian Supercup
The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match an ...
:
2017
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;Ludogorets
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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 ...
:
2017–18
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Bulgarian Supercup
The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match an ...
:
2018
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References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Panov, Tsvetomir
1989 births
Living people
Bulgarian men's footballers
Bulgaria men's international footballers
Bulgaria men's youth international footballers
OFC Spartak Pleven players
PFC Litex Lovech players
PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo players
FC Lyubimets players
PFC Slavia Sofia players
Botev Plovdiv players
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II players
PFC Cherno More Varna players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from Pleven