Valentin Antov

Valentin Antov (Bulgarian: Валентин Антов; born 9 November 2000) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender for CSKA Sofia.[2] He is a nephew of Anatoli Nankov.[3]

Valentin Antov
Personal information
Full name Valentin Ivaylov Antov
Date of birth (2000-11-09) 9 November 2000
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Defender
Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 CSKA Sofia
Number 26
Youth career
2008–2017 CSKA Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– CSKA Sofia 45 (2)
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 6 (0)
2019– Bulgaria 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:14, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:18, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

Career

CSKA Sofia
Antov playing for CSKA in 2018

Antov made his debut for CSKA Sofia on 19 August 2015 in a cup match against Sofia 2010, becoming the youngest debutant for CSKA at age of 14 years, 9 months and 10 days, while also becoming the youngest ever captain for the team after taking the captain's armband for the last 25 minutes of the match.[4]

Antov completed his professional debut on 14 April 2018 in a league match against Vereya.[5] On 12 July 2018 he made his debut in the Europa League playing in the full 90 minutes in the first match of the first qualifying round match against the Latvian club Riga.[6]

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.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 August 2020[2]

Club Season Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
CSKA Sofia 2015–16 V Group 4010–50
CSKA Sofia II 2016–17 Second League 50––50
CSKA Sofia 2017–18 First League 4000–40
2018–19 1803050260
2019–20 1716020291
2020–21 21000021
Total 45210070622
Career Total 50210070672

Honours

Club
CSKA Sofia

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References
  1. "Профил на Валентин Ивайлов Антов" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. Antov Stats
  3. Детето чудо на ЦСКА - Вальо Антов
  4. Сега Антов, до 3-4 години Брилянтов!
  5. Валентин Антов: Щастлив съм, че дебютирах
  6. Валентин Антов: Изненадах се, когато видях, че ще играя срещу Рига
  7. "Kosovo v Bulgaria game report". UEFA. 25 March 2019.
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