Viktor Viktorov Genev ( bg, Виктор Викторов Генев; born 27 October 1988) 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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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 ...

Club career

Levski Sofia

2007–2008

During the first half of the 2007–2008 season, Genev played for

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

on loan. He made his official debut for

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 ...

on 19 March 2008 in a match against

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 ...

, which Levski lost 1–0.

2008–2009

Apart from the 2007–2008 season, during 2008–2009 Genev started playing often for the first team wearing the kit with number 2. He also played for the Bulgaria national football team under 21 as a defender. He became a Champion of Bulgaria in 2009.

2009–2010

On 15 July 2009, Victor made his debut in Europe for the first official match for Levski during the 2009–2010 season. The event took place in the 2nd qualifying round of the

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, when Levski encountered

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. The match ended 4–0 with a home win for ''The Blues''.

Slavia Sofia

On 23 June 2010, Genev signed a contract with

for an undisclosed transfer fee.

Spartak Semey

Genev joined newly promoted

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club Spartak Semey in January 2014 for a period of one year. He made his official debut on 15 March, in the 2–1 away loss against

FC Tobol FC Tobol ( kk, Тобыл футбол клубы, Tobyl Futbol Kluby) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. The ...

in a league match and scored his first goal for the

Semey Semey ( kk, Семей, Semei, سەمەي; cyrl, Семей ), until 2007 known as Semipalatinsk (russian: Семипала́тинск) and in 1917–1920 as Alash-kala ( kk, Алаш-қала, ''Alaş-qala''), is a city in eastern Kazakhst ...

club in the 2–1 win over the same opponent on 3 August.

St Mirren

On 26 February 2015, Genev signed for

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club St Mirren for the remainder of the season, following a successful trial. He made his debut two days after signing, in a 1–0 home win against

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. Genev left the club when his contract expired, following Saints relegation to the

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Petrolul Ploiești

On 7 September 2015, Genev joined Romanian side

FC Petrolul Ploiești Asociația Clubul Sportiv Petrolul 52, commonly known as Petrolul Ploiești () or simply as Petrolul, is a Romanian professional football club based in Ploiești, Prahova County, which competes in the Liga I. Founded in 1924 in capital Bucharest ...

on a one-year contract.

Dinamo Minsk

Genev had a short stint in the Belarusian Premier League with Dinamo Minsk between February and July 2016.

Botev Plovdiv

2016–17

On 6 February 2017, Genev signed with Botev Plovdiv until the end of the season. He made an official debut on 18 February during the 0-1 away win over

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv ( bg, Локомотив) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Gorna Oryahovitsa, which currently competes in the Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football. Established in 1932 as a sports association of the rai ...

. On 24 May 2017 Genev played an important role in the historical 2-1 win over Ludogorets Razgrad in the

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final and won the cup with Botev Plovdiv.

2017–18

Viktor Genev played in all 6 games for Botev Plovdiv during the participation of the club in

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ...

. On 9 August 2017 he scored a penalty during the penalty shootout and Botev Plovdiv defeated Ludogorets Razgrad and won the

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 ...

. Shortly after winning the Supercup, on 23 August, Viktor Genev left Botev Plovdiv on a mutual agreement because he received a better offer from F.C. Ashdod in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Genev played 28 games in all competitions for Botev Plovdiv.

Slavia Sofia

In June 2023, Genev returned to

Honours

Club

;Levski Sofia * Bulgarian A Group: 2008–09 *

: 2007, 2009 ;Botev Plovdiv *

: 2016–17 *

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Genev, Viktor 1988 births Living people Footballers from Sofia Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers PFC Levski Sofia players FC Montana players PFC Slavia Sofia players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Oleksandriya players FC Yelimay players St Mirren F.C. players FC Petrolul Ploiești players FC Dinamo Minsk players Botev Plovdiv players F.C. Ashdod players PFC Cherno More Varna players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Israel First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Israeli Premier League players Liga I players Men's association football defenders