Daniel Genadiev Naumov ( bg, Даниел Генадиев Наумов; born 29 March 1998) is a Bulgarian professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Ludogorets

Born in

Gotse Delchev Georgi Nikolov Delchev ( Bulgarian/Macedonian: Георги/Ѓорѓи Николов Делчев; 4 February 1872 – 4 May 1903), known as Gotse Delchev or Goce Delčev (''Гоце Делчев'', originally spelled in older Bulgari ...

, Naumov started his career from the local Pirin Gotse Delchev, before joining

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

. In 2015, he moved to Ludogorets Razgrad Academy. He made his debut for Ludogorets Razgrad II in B Group on 4 April 2016 in match against

Neftochimic Burgas ''For the new club claimed as the successor, see PFC Neftochimic Burgas.'' PFC Naftex Burgas ({{Lang-bg, ПФК Нафтекс) is a former football club from Burgas, Bulgaria. History The club was created in 1962 by a group of workers, laying t ...

. After the injury of Vladislav Stoyanov in March 2017, Numov became the second-choice goalkeeper and on 18 April 2017 he made his debut for the first team in the

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match against

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

, keeping a clean sheet in a 4–0 win. On 28 May 2017, he completed his First League debut in a 3–1 win over Cherno More. Naumov started the 2017–18 season in Ludogorets II playing in the first match of the season against Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia.

Vereya (loan)

On 30 January 2018, Naumov was loaned to

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until end of the season in order to play in the First League. He made his debut for the team on 17 February 2018 in the first league match of the year against

. Naumov ended the campaign with only five appearances due to a shoulder injury and noted that he hoped to become the first-choice goalkeeper in Ludogorets in the following season.

CSKA 1948

In June 2019, Naumov joined Second League club CSKA 1948, in search of more starting games, signing a contract until June 2021. He quickly established himself as a first chose goalkeeper. In November 2019 he was watched by scouts of

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International career

Youth levels

Naumov served as the captain of the Bulgaria U19 team for the 2017 European Under-19 Championship qualification from 22 to 27 March 2017. After a draw and two wins, the team qualified for the knockout phase which was held in July 2017. In August 2017, he was called up for Bulgaria U21 for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against

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, but dropped out after receiving an injury in league match with Ludogorets II and was replaced by

Mihail Mihaylov Mihail Mihaylov ( bg, Михаил Михайлов) (born 4 March 1973) is a Bulgarian former football midfielder who played several seasons for PFC Velbazhd Kyustendil. He also had a brief stint in Germany for SSV Ulm 1846. Mihaylov was the ...

. Naumov made his debut for Bulgaria U21 on 27 March 2018 in a European Under-21 qualification match against Slovenia U21, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 win.

Senior levels

In February 2020, Naumov was called up to the senior team for a friendly against

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, but did not debut. He made his debut on 31 March 2021, keeping a clean sheet for the draw against

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for the

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.Даниел Наумов дебютира със суха мрежа на вратата на България
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Career statistics

Club

International

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Naumov, Daniel 1998 births Living people People from Gotse Delchev Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players FC Vereya players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Blagoevgrad Province 21st-century Bulgarian people