Ventsislav Kerchev (

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 ...

: Венцислав Керчев; born 2 June 1997) 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 A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a defender 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 ...

Career

Early career

Born in

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, Kerchev began his football career playing for

Dunav Ruse FC Dunav ( bg, Дунав, officially named ''"Дунав от Русе"'') is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Ruse, which currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. Part o ...

at the age of seven. In 2010, he joined Ludogorets's youth setup.

Ludogorets Razgrad

At the start of the 2015–16 season, Kerchev was promoted to the club's reserve team in the

B Group The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...

, the second level of Bulgarian football. He made his debut on 25 July, in a 3–2 home defeat against

. After spending August and the early part of September playing with Ludogorets II, Kerchev was called up to the senior team by manager

Eduard Eranosyan Eduard Antranik Eranosyan ( bg, Едуард Антраник Ераносян; born 8 February 1961), nicknamed ''"Edo"'' ''( bg, Едо)'', is a Bulgarian football manager and a former player who played as a striker. Eranosyan played for Lok ...

. He made his debut in the

A Group 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 ...

on 19 September, playing full 90 minutes in the centre of defence against Botev Plovdiv. On 19 March 2016, he scored his first goal in the team's league match against

Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...

at Beroe Stadium. Ludogorets won the match 2–0. For the 2017-18 season Kerchev returned for club's reserve team from his loan from Lokomotiv GO and started as a captain in the first match for the season on 24 July 2017 against Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia. On 13 June 2018, Kerchev's contract was extended and he was sent on a season-long loan to

Botev Vratsa Botev ( bg, Ботев) is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Vratsa, that competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 1921. Since 1948, Botev have played their home games at St ...

Slavia Sofia

After 3 seasons for Botev in total, Kerchev joined

on 14 June 2021.Славия се подсили с Венцислав Керчев
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Statistics

Club

Honours

;Ludogorets * Bulgarian League: 2015–16

References

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* * 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Ruse, Bulgaria Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria youth international footballers Bulgaria under-21 international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa players FC Botev Vratsa players Association football central defenders {{Bulgaria-footy-defender-stub