Simeon Slavchev

Simeon Nenchev Slavchev (Bulgarian: Симеон Славчев; born 25 September 1993) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Levski Sofia and the Bulgaria national football team.

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 Gdansk, he signed for Qarabag in 2018.

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.

In 2013, he was called up for Bulgaria by Lyuboslav Penev for the 2014 World Cup qualification games against Malta and Denmark. 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. On 13 November 2016, he played the full 90 minutes in the 1:0 win over Belarus in a 2018 World Cup qualifier.

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