Famous Soccer Players from Bulgaria

Updated June 15, 2019 34.8K views 990 items

List of the best soccer players from Bulgaria. List includes the top soccer (or “football”) players from Bulgaria, along with photos when available. This list of best Bulgarian soccer players is ordered by popularity, so only the greatest players are at the top of the list. If you're searching for a particular famous Bulgarian soccer player you can use the "search" box to find what you're looking for.

List players include Petar Zlatkov, Simeon Minchev and more.

This list answers the questions, "Who are the best Bulgarian footballers?" and "Who is the greatest Bulgarian soccer player of all time?"

You can click on the names of these popular soccer players of Bulgaria in order to get more information about each one. If you're a sports lover then you can use this list of popular Bulgarian soccer players to discover some new athletes that you might really enjoy watching.

Velichko Velichkov
Age: 37
Velichko Velichkov (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Величко Величков; born 24 November 1986) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a defender Maritsa Plovdiv. His nickname is Crouch.
Yordan Etov
Age: 35
Yordan Etov (Bulgarian: Йордан Етов; born 10 February 1989) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a forward.
Nikolay Harizanov
Age: 40
Nikolay Harizanov (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Николай Харизанов; born 14 June 1983) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a defender for FC Eurocollege.
Krasimir Krastev
Age: 39
Krasimir Krastev (Bulgarian: Красимир Кръстев) (born 26 August 1984) is a left midfielder association football player from Bulgaria who is currently playing for Botev Plovdiv.
Nikolay Manchev
Age: 39
Nikolay Manchev (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Николай Манчев; born 4 January 1985 in Plovdiv) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bratsigovo.
Ilian Garov
Age: 40
Iliyan Strahilov Garov (Bulgarian: Илиян Страхилов Гаров; born 8 January 1984 in Plovdiv) is a Bulgarian football defender who plays for Gigant Saedinenie.
Zahari Sirakov
Age: 46
Zahari Sirakov (Bulgarian: Захари Сираков; born 8 October 1977 in Smolyan) is a former Bulgarian footballer.
Rumen Trifonov
Age: 39
Rumen Trifonov (Bulgarian: Румен Трифонов; born 21 February 1985) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender for Pirin Blagoevgrad.Trifonov earned his first call-up to the Bulgaria national side in March 2011 for the Euro 2012 qualifier against Switzerland and the friendly match versus Cyprus, but did not feature in these games.. On 22 February 2018, Trifonov joined Third League club Spartak Pleven. In June 2018, he moved to Second League side Montana.
Adrian Olegov
Age: 39
Adrian Olegov (Bulgarian: Адриан Олегов; born 1 May 1985 in Pernik) is a Bulgarian football defender who currently plays for Minyor Pernik.
Aleksandar Ruskov
Age: 39

Vladimir Gadzhev
Age: 36
Vladimir Gadzhev (Bulgarian: Владимир Гаджев; born 18 July 1987) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is known for his goals from long distance.A product of the Levski Sofia Academy, Gadzhev joined Greek side Panathinaikos in 2004. He had three loan spells away from Panathinaikos. He was loaned to Levadiakos in 2006, OFI Crete in 2007 and Levski in 2008, and signed for Levski on a permanent basis in 2009.
Aleksandar Tsvetkov
Age: 33
Aleksandar Tsvetkov (Bulgarian: Александър Цветков; born 31 August 1990 in Pleven) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Beroe Stara Zagora.
Daniel Genov
Age: 39
Daniel Genov may refer to: Daniel Genov (footballer born 1985), Bulgarian footballer who plays for PFC Svetkavitsa Daniel Genov (footballer born 1989), Bulgarian footballer who plays for Pirin Blagoevgrad
Daniel Peev
Age: 39
Daniel Peev (Bulgarian: Даниел Пеев; born 6 October 1984) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vitosha Bistritsa. He is a left attacking midfielder. Daniel is also the younger brother of Georgi Peev.
Dimcho Belyakov
Age: 52
Dimcho Belyakov (Bulgarian: Димчо Беляков; born 6 October 1971 in Gotse Delchev) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a forward.
Dobrin Orlovski
Age: 42
Dobrin Orlovski (Bulgarian: Добрин Орловски; born 22 August 1981) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays for Scarborough SC in the Canadian Soccer League as a midfielder. In 2002, he was a member of Bulgaria national under-21 football team.
Doka Madureira
Age: 40
Francisco Lima da Silva (born 11 February 1984), commonly known as Doka Madureira or Doka, is a Brazilian football midfielder, who plays for Atlético Acreano.
Galin Ivanov
Age: 36
Galin Ivanov is the name of: Galin Ivanov (footballer born 1975) (born 1975), Bulgarian footballer and now manager Galin Ivanov (footballer, born 1988) (born 1988), Bulgarian footballer
Georgi Pashov
Age: 34
Georgi Pashov is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Montana. Pashov is half Ukrainian and his maternal lineage has some African ancestry as well.
Kostadin Kostadinov
Age: 64
Kostadin Stefanov Kostadinov (Bulgarian: Костадин Стефанов Костадинов, born 25 June 1959 in Plovdiv) is a retired Bulgarian football player. Kostadinov was a forward.

Preslav Yordanov
Age: 34
Preslav Yordanov (Bulgarian: Преслав Йорданов; born 21 July 1989 in Pleven) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a forward for Septemvri Sofia.
Svetlin Simeonov
Age: 48
Svetlin Ivanov Simeonov (Bulgarian: Светлин Иванов Симеонов; born 24 August 1975 in Vratsa) is a retired Bulgarian football midfielder.
Ventsislav Bengyuzov
Age: 33
Ventsislav Bengyuzov (Bulgarian: Венцислав Бенгюзов; born 22 January 1991) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slavia Sofia. He previously played for Litex Lovech, Brestnik 1948, Pirin Blagoevgrad, Vidima-Rakovski, Bansko, Vereya and Arda.
Ventsislav Bonev
Age: 44
Ventsislav Bonev (Bulgarian: Венцислав Бонев; born 8 May 1980 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Vitosha Bistritsa.He had previously played for Lokomotiv Sofia, Minyor Pernik, Marek Dupnitsa, Naftex Burgas. Bonev signed with Chernomorets Burgas in January 2009. To the end of the 2008-09 season he played in 7 matches for the club. On 20 January 2012, he was sold to Botev Plovdiv, but was subsequently released in June.
Yulian Popev
Age: 37
Yuliyan Popev (Bulgarian: Юлиян Попев; born 7 July 1986) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a left back for Septemvri Sofia.
Boris Galchev
Age: 40
Boris Petrov Galchev (Bulgarian: Борис Галчев; born 31 October 1983) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Septemvri Sofia.
Atanas Zehirov
Age: 35
Atanas Zehirov (Bulgarian: Атанас Зехиров; born 13 February 1989 in Kochan) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a right back and right winger for Botev Plovdiv.
Blagoy Makendzhiev
Age: 35
Blagoy Makendzhiev (Bulgarian: Благой Макенджиев; born 11 July 1988 in Petrich) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Dunav Ruse.
Aleksandar Sabev
Age: 36
Aleksandar Sabev (Bulgarian: Александър Събев; born 9 April 1988) is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing as a defender for Chavdar Etropole.
Aleksandar Tonev
Age: 34
Aleksandar Antonov Tonev (Bulgarian: Александър Антонов Тонев; born 3 February 1990) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Botev Plovdiv and the Bulgarian national team. He began his career at CSKA Sofia, also spending a season on loan at Sliven 2000 before joining the Polish Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań in 2011. In his second season, he inspired them to runners-up position in the league, and was signed by Aston Villa. In 2014, Villa loaned him to Celtic, and then sold him to Frosinone the following year. He spent one year there before transferring to fellow Serie A team Crotone. A full international since 2011, Tonev has earned over 20 caps for Bulgaria.