Momchil Tsvetanov

Momchil Emilov Tsvetanov (Bulgarian: Момчил Емилов Цветанов; born 3 December 1990) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Although he predominantly plays as a winger, he has also been deployed as a left-back.

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Emilov and the family name is Tsvetanov.
Momchil Tsvetanov
Personal information
Full name Momchil Emilov Tsvetanov
Date of birth (1990-12-03) 3 December 1990
Place of birth Pleven, Bulgaria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back, Winger
Club information
Current team
 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Number 7
Youth career
0000–2006 Spartak Pleven
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Spartak Pleven 27 (7)
2008–2014 Litex Lovech 118 (14)
2014–2015 Botev Plovdiv 15 (0)
2015–2016 CSKA Sofia 18 (8)
2016–2017 Vereya 19 (5)
2017 Stal Mielec 3 (0)
2018 Slavia Sofia 22 (0)
2019– Lokomotiv Plovdiv 49 (3)
National team
2008 Bulgaria U19
2008–2012 Bulgaria U21 14 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2020

A product of Spartak Pleven's youth academy, he has represented Bulgaria at all youth levels. Tsvetanov was part of U19 squad for the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Career

Spartak Pleven

Born in Pleven, Tsvetanov began his career playing for local club Spartak.[1] On 9 September 2006, at the age of 16 he made his professional debut in the B Group, playing the second half of a 3–0 defeat to Minyor Pernik. He scored his first goal on 7 April 2007 against Hebar Pazardzhik in a 2–0 home league victory. He made 15 league appearances, scoring three goals during his debut season.[2] In the following season Tsvetanov scored four goals in 12 matches.[3]

Litex Lovech
Tsvetanov with Litex Lovech in 2012

In January 2008, Tsvetanov joined Litex Lovech on a four-and-a-half year contract for an undisclosed fee. He made his competitive debut in the A Group in a 0–0 draw against CSKA Sofia on 1 March 2008. He played for 45 minutes.

On 12 July 2011, Tsvetanov assisted Svetoslav Todorov twice in a 2–1 away win over Mogren Budva in the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 Champions League.[4]

Botev Plovdiv

After six years in Lovech, Tsvetanov surprisingly signed a two-year contract with Botev Plovdiv as a free agent on 21 August 2014.[5] He made his league debut for Botev three days later when he came on as 73rd-minute substitute in a match against Slavia Sofia which Botev won 2-0.[6]

Momchil Tsvetanov played in 14 games in A Grupa and 3 games for the Bulgarian Cup without scoring any goals and without making any assists.[7] He failed to impress and at the end of the season his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.[8]

CSKA Sofia

On 30 June 2015, Tsvetanov joined CSKA Sofia. He lost his first choice status when the team was reinstated to the A PFG.

Vereya

In July 2016, he signed a contract with newly promoted top division club Vereya.[9]

Stal Mielec

On 11 July 2017, Tsvetanov signed with I liga side Stal Mielec.[10]

Slavia Sofia

On 5 February 2018, Tsvetanov confirmed to the media that he had signed with Slavia Sofia.[11]

On 12 July 2018, Tsvetanov scored his first-ever goal in European competition, netting only goal in a 1–0 away win against FC Ilves in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

On 15 June 2019 Tsvetanov won his 5th Bulgarian Cup and 1st for his new club Lokomotiv Plovdiv. On 1 July 2020 he won the Bulgarian Cup again, scoring the last penalty kick in the shoot-out against CSKA Sofia.[12]

Career statistics

As of 4 September 2020

Club Season Division League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Spartak Pleven 2006–07B Group 15300–153
2007–08 12410–134
Total 2771000287
Litex Lovech 2007–08A Group 70100080
2008–09 1503110191
2009–10 41210062
2010–11 2234020283
2011–12 2253240297
2012–13 16030–190
2013–14 31532–347
2014–15 10003040
Total 1181419611014720
Botev Plovdiv 2014–15A Group 1502000170
CSKA Sofia 2015–16V Group 18831–219
Vereya 2016–17First League 19550–245
Stal Mielec 2017–18I liga 3020–50
Slavia Sofia 2017–18First League 8000–80
2018–19 1403041211
Total 2203041291
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2018–19First League 10041–141
2019–20 2407040350
2020–21 41101061
Career totals 2603547820132744
  1. Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.

Honours

Club
Litex Lovech
CSKA Sofia
Slavia Sofia
Lokomotiv Plovdiv

References
  1. Petkov, Georgi (2008-07-25). "Момчил Цветанов: Мъри не се страхува да ни пуска срещу силните" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  2. "Tsvetanov Statistics 2006–07 season". Pfl.bg. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06.
  3. "Tsvetanov Statistics 2007–08 season". Pfl.bg. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06.
  4. "Quickfire Todorov inspires Litex comeback". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
  5. Ботев привлече Момчил Цветанов
  6. Ботев надигра и победи Славия, буря прекъсна мача
  7. Момчил Цветанов - Футболисти - Ботев (Пловдив) - А група
  8. Ботев се раздели с Момчил Цветанов
  9. "Верея" с ударна селекция - взе Чико Цветанов и бивш на "Левски"!". topsport.bg. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  10. "Lato 2017 - Momchil Tsvetanov witamy!" (in Polish). stalmielec.com. 11 July 2017.
  11. Момчил Цветанов пред БЛИЦ СПОРТ: Подписах със Славия‚ blitz.bg, 5 February 2018
  12. Domuschiev, Angel (2 July 2020). ""Синът" на Ганчев и неговата любима". topsport.bg. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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