Simeon Slavchev

Simeon Nenchev Slavchev (Bulgarian: Симеон Ненчев Славчев; born 25 September 1993) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Wieczysta Kraków.[4][5]

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Nenchev and the family name is Slavchev.
Simeon Slavchev
Personal information
Full name Simeon Nenchev Slavchev[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-25) 25 September 1993
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria[2]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wieczysta Kraków
Number 88
Youth career
0000–2007 Septemvri Sofia[3]
2007–2008 Slavia Sofia[3]
2008–2010 Litex Lovech
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Litex Lovech 52 (15)
2011 → Chavdar Etropole (loan) 13 (0)
2014–2018 Sporting CP 0 (0)
2014–2018 Sporting CP B 3 (0)
2015 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2016 → Apollon Limassol (loan) 21 (1)
2016–2018 → Lechia Gdańsk (loan) 50 (1)
2018–2019 Qarabağ 18 (2)
2020–2021 Levski Sofia 15 (1)
2021–2023 Lokomotiv Sofia 27 (1)
2023– Wieczysta Kraków 4 (0)
International career‡
2009 Bulgaria U17 3 (0)
2011 Bulgaria U19 3 (0)
2013 Bulgaria U21 4 (0)
2013–2019 Bulgaria 25 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:27, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2019

Slavchev began his professional career at Litex Lovech in 2010. After loan spell at Chavdar Etropole he became a regular in their team. In 2014, he signed for Sporting CP, but failed to break into the first team. After a loan spells with Bolton Wanderers, Apollon Limassol and Lechia Gdańsk, he signed for Qarabağ in 2018.

Career

Early career

Slavchev started his career at home-town club Septemvri Sofia, joining their youth system as a six-year-old.[3] In the 2006–07 season, he became a goalscorer for their youth team. In 2007, Slavchev joined Slavia Sofia and was part of the side that won the Bulgarian U-15 Championship in the 2007–08 season.[6]

Litex Lovech

Slavchev joined the Litex's first team in October 2010.[7] He made his debut during the 2010–11 season, on 31 October 2010 in a 2–0 home win over Slavia Sofia, coming on as a substitute for Hristo Yanev.[8]

In July 2011, Slavchev joined Chavdar Etropole on a season-long loan deal. In the 2011–12 season, he earned 13 appearances in the B PFG(second division of Bulgarian football).

In the summer of 2012, he returned to Litex. On 4 November 2012, in the league match against Cherno More, he marked his first goal in the A PFG in a 4–1 victory.[9]

Sporting CP

On 19 May 2014, Slavchev signed with Portuguese side Sporting CP on a five-year deal, for a reported fee of 2,5 million euro.[10]

Loans to Bolton, Apollon and Lechia

On 2 February 2015 Slavchev joined Bolton Wanderers until the end of the season.[11] He made his debut for the team in the English Championship on 7 February 2015 in a match against Derby County.[12] It was his only match for Bolton after Slavchev got injured and was ruled out until the end of the season.[13]

On 11 August 2015, Slavchev joined the Cypriot team Apollon Limassol on loan for the 2015–16 season.[14] He made his debut on 23 August 2015, scoring the winning goal after added time.[15] On 19 May 2016 Apollon won the Cypriot Cup.[16]

Slavchev had an injury at the end of the 2015–16 season. Sporting decided to loan him out in order for him to gain more experience and to reach full fitness. On 17 August 2016, Slavchev joined Polish club Lechia Gdańsk, on a season-long loan, where he would play alongside fellow Bulgarian footballer, Milen Gamakov.[17] Slavchev made his debut for the team on 9 September 2016, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 win against Cracovia.[18] He scored his first goal for the team on 11 March 2018, in a 1–3 home loss against Legia Warsaw.

Slavchev spent a trial period at Birmingham City during the summer of 2017.[19]

Qarabağ

On 5 July 2018, Slavchev signed a three-year contract with Qarabağ FK.[20]

Levski Sofia

After agreeing to rescind his contract with the Azerbaijani side, Slavchev returned to his home country. On 22 December 2019, he signed a 3-year deal with Levski Sofia.[21] He made his debut on 15 February 2020, in the 0–0 league draw against CSKA Sofia in The Eternal Derby, coming on as an early substitute before being replaced himself towards the end of the match due to injury issues.[22] On 20 June 2020, Slavchev scored his first goal for the club in another Eternal derby that ended 3–3.

Lokomotiv Sofia

In December 2021, Slavchev signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Lokomotiv Sofia.[23]

Wieczysta Kraków

On 3 January 2023, despite efforts from Lechia Gdańsk to re-sign him in the winter transfer window,[24] Slavchev joined Polish fourth division side Wieczysta Kraków on a two-and-a-half year deal, with an extension option.[25]

International career

In September 2009, he was called for Bulgaria U17 by coach Atanas Zhelev and took part in the UEFA U-17 European championship. In 2011, he was called up for the UEFA U-19 European Championship. In 2012, he got his first call-up for the national youth team by coach Mihail Madanski.[26]

In 2013, he was called up for Bulgaria by Lyuboslav Penev for the 2014 World Cup qualification games against Malta and Denmark.[27] On 15 October 2013, in the last match for the qualifications for the 2014 FIFA World Cup against the Czech Republic, he made his debut for the first team as a substitute.

On 25 March 2016, Slavchev came on as a substitute during the magnificent 0-1 away win over Portugal.[28] On 13 November 2016, he played the full 90 minutes in the 1:0 win over Belarus in a 2018 World Cup qualifier.[29]

Statistics

Club
As of 2 September 2021[30]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lovech2010–11A Group 1000—0010
2012–13 17140—00211
2013–14 341410—003514
Total 52155000005715
Chavdar Etropole (loan)2011–12B Group 13000——130
Sporting CP2014–15Primeira Liga 0000200020
Sporting CP B2014–15Segunda Liga 3000——30
Bolton Wanderers (loan)2014–15Championship 1000——10
Apollon (loan)2015–16Cypriot First Division 21151—00262
Lechia Gdańsk (loan)2016–17Ekstraklasa 23000——230
2017–18 27100——271
Total 501000000501
Qarabağ2018–19Azerbaijan Premier League 16220—130312
2019–20 2000—6080
Total 1822000190392
Levski Sofia2019–20First League 3110——41
2020–21 7010——80
2021–22 5000——50
Total 151200000171
Career totals 173201412019020821

International
As of 14 December 2018
Team Year Tournament Friendly Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bulgaria U19 2011 300030
Bulgaria U21 2013 400040
Bulgaria
2013 100010
2014 002020
2015 300030
2016 201030
2017 501060
2018 502000
2019 201000
Total 18070250
Career total 25070320
Notes

    Honours

    Club
    Qarabağ
    Litex Lovech
    Apollon Limassol

    Individual

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