Vasil Emilov Popov ( bg, Васил Емилов Попов; born 19 November 1995) is a

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who plays as a defender.

Career

Born in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

, Popov began playing football in 2002, in the youth team of CSKA Sofia. He made his first team debut on 15 December 2012 at 17 years 17 days, in a 5–0 win over Chavdar Etropole for

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, coming on as a substitute for

Ivan Bandalovski Ivan Georgiev Bandalovski ( bg, Иван Бандаловски; born 23 November 1986) is a former Bulgarian professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Early career Bandalovski started playing football in the youth team of ...

. On 10 March 2013, Popov made his league debut, coming on as a first-half substitute during the 2–0 win over

Chernomorets Burgas PSFC Chernomorets Burgas ( bg, ПСФК Черноморец Бургас) or simply Chernomorets ( bg, Черноморец) was a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas. The club never won any major competition, its most notable achie ...

. On 18 February 2017, Popov was loaned to Tsarsko Selo until the end of the season. On 29 July 2017, Popov joined

Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...

. On 2 July 2018, Popov signed a two years contract with

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, following a successful trial period.

Honours

Club

;CSKA Sofia *

: 2015–16

References

External links

*
Profile
at A-PFG website
Васил Попов: Сбъднах мечтата си, подписах с ЦСКА
1995 births Living people Footballers from Sofia Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers PFC CSKA Sofia players SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo players FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players FC Oborishte Panagyurishte players FC Montana players PFC Septemvri Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Men's association football defenders Men's association football fullbacks {{Bulgaria-footy-defender-stub