Valentin Antov
Valentin Antov (Bulgarian: Валентин Антов; born 9 November 2000) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Bologna on loan from CSKA Sofia.[2] He plays primarily as a defensive midfielder but also as a centre back.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Valentin Ivaylov Antov | ||
Date of birth | 9 November 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) |
Defensive midfielder Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Bologna (on loan from CSKA Sofia) | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2017 | CSKA Sofia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015– | CSKA Sofia | 59 | (3) |
2021– | → Bologna (loan) | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2013–2015 | Bulgaria U16 | 9 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Bulgaria U17 | 12 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Bulgaria U18 | 2 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Bulgaria U19 | 5 | (1) |
2019– | Bulgaria U21 | 9 | (0) |
2019– | Bulgaria | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:02, 1 February 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:24, 11 November 2020 (UTC) |
A youth product of CSKA, Antov became the youngest player ever to represent the club when he made his debut in 2015 at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 10 days.
Antov has represented Bulgaria at every level, making his debut for the senior team in March 2019 at the age of 18.
Career
CSKA Sofia
Antov came up through CSKA's youth academy and impressed from an early age. He made his first-team debut on 19 August 2015 in a Bulgarian Cup match against Sofia 2010, becoming CSKA's youngest ever debutant at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 10 days, while also becoming the youngest ever captain for the club after taking the captain's armband for the last 25 minutes of the match.[3]
Antov completed his First League debut on 14 April 2018 in a league match against Vereya.[4]
Antov began to establish himself in the CSKA first team during the 2018–19 season, playing 26 matches in all competitions. On 12 July 2018, he made his debut in the Europa League playing full 90 minutes in the first match of the first qualifying round against Latvian club Riga.[5] He scored his first competitive goal for the club, netting CSKA's second in a 5–0 league victory against Beroe Stara Zagora on 12 July 2020.
In August 2020, he was named as the new club captain.
International
He made his debut for Bulgaria national football team on 25 March 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Kosovo, as an 80th-minute substitute for Georgi Kostadinov.[8]
Personal life
Antov is a nephew of former footballer Anatoli Nankov.[9]
Career statistics
Club
As of 18 December 2020[2]
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
CSKA Sofia | 2015–16 | Third League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
CSKA Sofia II | 2016–17 | Second League | 5 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
CSKA Sofia | 2017–18 | First League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
2020–21 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
Total | 59 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 86 | 3 | ||
Career Total | 64 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 91 | 3 |
International
- As of match played 11 November 2020
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Bulgaria | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 |
Honours
Individual
- Bulgarian Youth Footballer of the Year (1): 2018
References
- "Профил на Валентин Ивайлов Антов" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- Antov Stats
- Сега Антов, до 3-4 години Брилянтов!
- Валентин Антов: Щастлив съм, че дебютирах
- Валентин Антов: Изненадах се, когато видях, че ще играя срещу Рига
- Официално: Валентин Антов премина в Болоня
- Antov al Bologna
- "Kosovo v Bulgaria game report". UEFA. 25 March 2019.
- Детето чудо на ЦСКА - Вальо Антов
External links
- Valentin Antov at Soccerway
- Valentin Antov – UEFA competition record
- Valentin Antov at National-Football-Teams.com