Svetoslav Petrov (footballer, born 1978)

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Svetoslav Petrov
Petrov with CSKA Sofia in 2010
Personal information
Full name Svetoslav Stefanov Petrov
Date of birth (1978-02-12) 12 February 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Dobrich, Bulgaria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1996
Dobrudzha Dobrich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999
Dobrudzha Dobrich
60 (0)
2000–2004 CSKA Sofia 111 (12)
2004–2005 Kuban Krasnodar 32 (2)
2005
Lokomotiv Sofia
10 (0)
2006–2009
Neftchi Baku
44 (5)
2007
Changchun Yatai
(loan)
16 (0)
2009–2010 CSKA Sofia 12 (0)
2010
Kaliakra Kavarna
8 (0)
2011–2012
Botev Plovdiv
3 (0)
2017–2018
Slivnishki Geroy
? (?)
Total 293 (19)
International career
2000–2003 Bulgaria 11 (0)
Managerial career
2011 CSKA Sofia (assistant)
2011–2012
Botev Plovdiv
(assistant)
2016
Dobrudzha Dobrich
(director)
2016–2017 Beroe Stara Zagora (director)
2019–2021
Dobrudzha Dobrich
2021 Lokomotiv Sofia (assistant)
2022–2023 Septemvri Sofia
2023– Etar Veliko Tarnovo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Svetoslav Petrov (

midfielder
.

Career

Petrov began his professional career at native club

Dobrudzha Dobrich during 1996. In December 1999, he was sold to CSKA Sofia
, with whom in 2002-03 season he became a champion of Bulgaria. This was the first of the three league titles to come for CSKA in the 2000s.

In 2004, Petrov was sold to Russian side

Lokomotiv Sofia
.

In January 2006 he resided in Azerbaijan and signed with local team

Changchun Yatai, and helped them win the 2007 league title.[1]

In 2009, he returned to Bulgaria again and on 23 June 2009 he signed a 2-year contract with

CSKA Sofia, where he remained until June 2010.[2]

In June 2010 Petrov signed with

Kaliakra Kavarna, playing eight games until his retirement in December 2010. He played his last game on October 3, 2010 at the Kavarna Stadium against Akademik Sofia
.

Coaching career

On 20 December 2010, Petrov was appointed as the assistant to the manager Milen Radukanov at CSKA Sofia.

Personal life

Petrov is married to Virginia and they are the parents of a daughter, Stella, as well as a boy, Samuil, and a girl, Estel, who are twins.[3]

Honours

Winners

References

  1. ^ Бывший футболист Нефтчи стал чемпионом Китая (in Russian). 1news.az. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Петров и Силва скъсаха с клуба" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  3. ^ "Светослав Петров е горд татко на близнаци!" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.