Svetlin Ivanov Simeonov (; born 24 August 1975 in

Vratsa Vratsa ( ) is the largest city in northwestern Bulgaria and the administrative and economic centre of the municipality of Vratsa and Vratsa district. It is about north of Sofia, southeast of Montana. Situated at the foot of the Vrachanski Bal ...

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Career

In his career he played for

Botev Vratsa Botev () is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Vratsa, that competes in the First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 1921. Si ...

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Alania Vladikavkaz FC Alania Vladikavkaz (, ) is a Russian association football, football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League during the communist era, and won its first and only league title in the 1995 Russian Top Leag ...

Lokomotiv Sofia FC Lokomotiv Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refounded in 2015, following ...

, Turkish

Adanaspor Adanaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Adana; currently, they play in the TFF First League. The club was founded in 1954 by middle-class merchants and artisans in response to their perceived ali ...

Spartak Pleven OFK Spartak () is a Bulgarian municipal association football club from the city of Pleven founded on 10 September 1919. It currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. The team's greatest achievements are the B ...

Dunav Ruse FC Dunav (, officially named ''"Дунав от Русе"'') is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Ruse, which currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. Part of a larger spor ...

Naftex Burgas PFC Naftex Burgas () is a former football club from Burgas, Bulgaria. History The club was created in 1962 by a group of workers, laying the foundations of the future Petroleum Refinery Neftochim, which had not yet been named. The team startе ...

and

Chernomorets Burgas PSFC Chernomorets Burgas () or simply Chernomorets () was a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas. The club never won any major competition, its most notable achievement being a second-place finish in the UEFA Intertoto Cup competitio ...

. Between 1995 and 1996 Simeonov is a part of

Bulgaria national under-21 football team The Bulgaria national under-21 football team ()''Mladezhki natsionalen otbor na Balgariya po futbol'', literally ''"Bulgaria national youth football team"''. is considered to be the feeder team for the Bulgaria national football team. This team i ...

. For Bulgaria U21, Simeonov was capped eight times, scoring three goals.

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1975 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players POFC Botev Vratsa players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players OFC Spartak Pleven players FC Dunav Ruse players PFC Naftex Burgas players PSFC Chernomorets Burgas players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Footballers from Vratsa {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub