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Svetoslav Vutsov

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Svetoslav Vutsov
Personal information
Full name Svetoslav Velislavov Vutsov
Date of birth (2002-07-09) 9 July 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Levski Sofia
Number 92
Youth career
Slavia Sofia
Botev Plovdiv
–2017 Levski Sofia
2017–2018 Tsarsko Selo
2018–2019 Septemvri Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Septemvri Sofia 0 (0)
2020–2025 Slavia Sofia 118 (0)
2025– Levski Sofia 11 (0)
International career
2018–2019 Bulgaria U17 2 (0)
2021 Bulgaria U19 1 (0)
2021– Bulgaria U21 6 (0)
2021– Bulgaria 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:05, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024

Svetoslav Velislavov Vutsov (Bulgarian: Светослав Велиславов Вуцов; born 9 July 2002) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Levski Sofia.

He comes from a footballing family, with his grandfather Ivan, father Velislav, mother Svetlana and brother Petar having all played professional football.[2]

Club career

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Vutsov began his career as a defender, but around 2015, while being in Levski Sofia's youth academy, he switched to a goalkeeper.[3] In 2017 he moved to Tsarsko Selo and trained with the first team.[4] Year later he moved to Septemvri Sofia, before joining Slavia Sofia in the beginning of 2020. He made his professional debut for the team in a league match against Etar in a league match on 21 November 2020, coming as a substitute in the 44th minute, after Georgi Petkov received an injury.[5]

On 24 February 2025, in the last day of winter transfer window, Levski Sofia finally completed the transfer of Vutsov and he joined the club, after few months of speculations.[6]

International career

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Vutsov received his first call up for Bulgaria U21 team in March 2021 for the friendly tournament matches against Ukraine on 24 March 2021, Kazakhstan on 26 March 2021, and North Macedonia on 29 March 2021.[7]

He made his debut for Bulgaria national football team on 11 November 2021 in a friendly against Ukraine.[8]

Honours

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  • Best goalkeeper in Bulgarian football (2021)[9]
  • Best progressing young player in Bulgarian football (2021)[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 26 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Septemvri Sofia 2019–20 Second League 0 0 1 0 1 0
Slavia Sofia 2020–21 First League 22 0 5 0 27 0
2021–22 28 0 5 0 33 0
2022–23 28 0 2 0 30 0
2023–24 26 0 2 0 28 0
2024–25 14 0 1 0 15 0
Total 118 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 133 0
Levski Sofia 2024–25 First League 11 0 0 0 11 0
Career total 129 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 145 0
  1. ^ Appearances in Bulgarian Supercup

International

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As of match played 8 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Bulgaria 2021 1 0
2022 3 0
2023 0 0
2024 2 0
Total 6 0

References

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  1. ^ "Светослав Вуцов". pfcslavia.com.
  2. ^ "Трето поколение Вуцов в елита на футбола ни". 24chasa.bg. 21 November 2020.
  3. ^ Контузия в Левски превърнала Светльо Вуцов от защитник във вратар
  4. ^ Вили Вуцов: Отношението към Светльо в Левски беше идиотско, обявиха го за безперспективен
  5. ^ Трето поколение Вуцов в елита на футбола ни
  6. ^ Левски представи Светослав Вуцов
  7. ^ "Състав на България U21 за приятелския турнир в Турция" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 16 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Ukraine v Bulgaria game report". ESPN. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  9. ^ a b Kichukov, Simeon (19 January 2022). "За втори път Кирил Десподов е Футболист на №1 на България". dnevnik.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
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