Vitomir Vutov ( bg, Витомир Вутов) (born 22 November 1971) is a former

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 ...

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and currently goalkeepers coach of

Career

During his career, Vutov played solely for

Lokomotiv Mezdra FC Lokomotiv Mezdra (ФК Локомотив Мездра) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Mezdra, which currently playing in the Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium ...

and

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 ...

. A product of the Litex's famed youth system, he was loaned to Loko Mezdra in 1991. Some three years later Vutov returned to Litex Lovech, his last professional club. With Litex he won the Bulgarian league title in 1998 and 1999, and the

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 tournament ...

for 2001 and 2004. For the club he played 8 games in the qualifying rounds of Champions League, 27 games in

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, 26 games in

, 206 games in

A PFG 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 ...

and 30 in

B PFG 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 ...

Goalkeeping coach

In 2008-2018 Pfc Litex 2019 Al Qadsiach /Saudy Arabiq/2021 Vutov moved from Lokomotiv GO to

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 17 February 2022 it was announced that he would take the position as the new goalkeeping coach of

Bulgarian national team The Bulgaria national football team ( bg, Български национален отбор по футбол, Bǎlgarski natsionalen otbor po futbol) represents Bulgaria in men's international football and is administered by the Bulgarian Foo ...

, previously vacated by

Georgi Sheytanov Georgi Sheytanov ( bg, Георги Шейтанов; born 24 November 1972) is a former Bulgarian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football a ...

, and also retaining his position in Lokomotiv Plovdiv.Витомир Вутов ще е новият треньор на вратарите в националния отбор
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Honours

*Best goalkeeper in the

for the 1997-98 season *Ikar award for sporting longevity *Sportsman #1 of the city of

Lovech Lovech ( bg, Ловеч, Lovech, ) is a List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, city in north-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The city is located about northeast f ...

Statistics

* Up to the 2006 – 2007 season

References

1971 births Living people Bulgarian footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra players PFC Litex Lovech players Association football goalkeepers {{Bulgaria-footy-goalkeeper-stub