Velislav Ivanov Vutsov (

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

: Велислав Иванов Вуцов) (born 19 July 1967) 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 Macedon ...

n football manager and former footballer. He is also the son of former footballer

Ivan Vutsov Ivan Kolev Vutsov ( bg, Иван Кoлeв Вуцов; 14 December 1939 – 18 January 2019) was a Bulgarian football player and coach. His career included periods playing for and later managing the Bulgarian national team. He played in three mat ...

Career

Throughout his career, he has been the manager of the following football teams:

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 ...

, Spartak Varna, Yantra Gabrovo,

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 assoc ...

Marek Dupnitsa FC Marek ( bg, ФК Марек) is a Bulgarian football club based in Dupnitsa, currently playing in the Third League, the third level of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded in 1947 following the unification of four local clubs. ...

, Kaliakra Kavarna and

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

. On 8 May 2008 he was assigned as the new manager of PFC Levski Sofia, seeing his "dream posting" occur, only to be fired after 2 official matches on 13 August 2008, after

's 0–1 home loss in Champions League qualifying to BATE Borisov. On 8 March 2009, he began work as a sports commentator on the "Sports Mania" show alongside Krum Savov. In late November 2012, he was appointed as the head coach of

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 ...

, replacing

Martin Kushev Martin Miroslavov Kushev ( bg, Мартин Мирославов Кушев, born 25 August 1973 in Troyan) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player who is currently an assistant coach at Slavia Sofia. During his football career, Kush ...

. Vutsov was dismissed in June 2013.

Personal life

He and his wife Svetlana have three sons - Ivan,

Petar Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. P ...

, and Svetoslav, with the latter two also playing professional football. Vutsov is a graduate of the National Sports Academy and has a degree in sports journalism.

Manager

, includes all official matches – Bulgarian League, Bulgarian Cup (+ overtime) and international tournament games.

References

External links

Profile at LevskiSofia.info
Living people Bulgarian men's footballers PFC Levski Sofia players FC Spartak Varna players PFC Slavia Sofia players FC Yantra Gabrovo players FC Minyor Pernik players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players PFC Akademik Sofia players SKN St. Pölten players PFC Cherno More Varna players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Men's association football midfielders Bulgarian football managers FC Spartak Varna managers PFC Cherno More Varna managers PFC Levski Sofia managers PFC Slavia Sofia managers 1967 births Botev Plovdiv managers Footballers from Sofia FC Yantra Gabrovo managers People from Gabrovo Sportspeople from Gabrovo Province {{Bulgaria-footy-bio-stub