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

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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

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. 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 The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 24th UEFA European Under-19 Championship, UEFA's premier competition for players under the age of 19. The tournament was held in the Czech Republic with matches played fro ...

in the

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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

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Honours

;Botev Plovdiv *

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 *

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 ...

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;Ludogorets *

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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* {{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