Vladimir Kaptiev ( bg, Владимир Каптиев; born 14 July 1987) 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 ...

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who currently plays for Botev Ihtiman. He is the younger brother of

Rosen Kaptiev Rosen Kaptiev ( bg, Росен Каптиев, born 23 September 1979) is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing for Dunav Ruse as a forward. Kaptiev has previously played in the Bulgarian A PFG for PFC Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, ...

Career

Vladimir had previously played for

Pirin Blagoevgrad Futbolen klub Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб „Пирин“), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. Th ...

, Balkan Botevgrad,

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

, Botev Kozloduy, Spartak Varna and Oborishte. In July 2017, Kaptiev joined Kariana Erden. In July 2018, he returned to Oborishte.

References

1987 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players OFC Spartak Pleven players FC Dunav Ruse players PFC Cherno More Varna players FC Spartak Varna players FC Oborishte Panagyurishte players FC Pirin Razlog players FC Septemvri Simitli players Makedonikos F.C. players FC Sportist Svoge players Men's association football forwards First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Gamma Ethniki players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Footballers from Blagoevgrad Province 21st-century Bulgarian people {{Bulgaria-footy-forward-stub