Vasil Emilov Popov (Bulgarian: Васил Емилов Попов; born 19 November 1995) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender.

Vasil Popov
Personal information
Full name Vasil Emilov Popov
Date of birth (1995-11-19) 19 November 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
2002–2014 CSKA Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 CSKA Sofia 8 (0)
2015Etar (loan) ? (?)
2016–2017CSKA Sofia II 12 (0)
2017Tsarsko Selo (loan) 4 (0)
2017 Lokomotiv Sofia 10 (0)
2018 Oborishte 7 (0)
2018–2019 Montana 3 (0)
2019–2020 Septemvri Sofia 10 (0)
International career
2012–2014 Bulgaria U19 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2021

Career

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Born in Sofia, Popov began playing football in 2002, in the youth team of CSKA Sofia.[1] He made his first team debut on 15 December 2012 at 17 years 17 days, in a 5–0 win over Chavdar Etropole for Bulgarian Cup, coming on as a substitute for Ivan Bandalovski.[2] On 10 March 2013, Popov made his league debut, coming on as a first-half substitute during the 2–0 win over Chernomorets Burgas.

On 18 February 2017, Popov was loaned to Tsarsko Selo until the end of the season.[3]

On 29 July 2017, Popov joined Lokomotiv Sofia.[4]

On 2 July 2018, Popov signed a two years contract with Montana, following a successful trial period.[5]

Honours

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Club

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CSKA Sofia

References

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  1. ^ "Кое е това момче Васил Попов от ЦСКА?" (in Bulgarian). sportline.bg. 30 December 2012.
  2. ^ "CSKA 5–0 Chavdar Etropole" (in Bulgarian). soccerway.com. 15 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Васил Попов и Георги Минчев под наем в Царско село" (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 18 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Локомотив с поредно ново попълнение" (in Bulgarian). lokomotivsofia.bg. 29 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Феро предложи договор на двама от каращите проби" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 2 July 2018.
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