Radoslav Vasilev ( bg, Радослав Василев; born 12 October 1990) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

n former professional

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, who currently plays for

Kostenets Kostenets ( bg, Костенец ) is a town in Sofia Province in southwestern Bulgaria, and the administrative centre of the Kostenets Municipality (which also contains a separate village of Kostenets). The town is situated at the foot of Ril ...

. Vasilev began his career as a youth player for

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground ...

. In 2007, he moved to

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, joining

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. Vasilev spent two and a half years in the club's academy, but did not make any appearances for the first team. After leaving Reading at the end of the 2009–10 season, he re-joined Slavia. He spent six season with the club, but left in 2016 following a long absence due to injury. Vasilev signed for

Septemvri Sofia Septemvri ( bg, Септември) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the First League, the first tier of Bulgarian football. Its home ground is the Septemvri Stadium, but due to it ...

in December 2016, then joined newly promoted

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club

Alki Oroklini Alki Oroklini is a Cypriot football club based in Oroklini. The team was founded as ''Omonia Oroklinis'' in 1979. Omonia had one participation in the Fourth Division. In 2014 the team changed their name to Alki Oroklini, when business man Andy L ...

in June 2017, before joining

Cherno More Varna Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an asso ...

in February 2018. On 8 June 2015, Vasilev made his senior international debut for

in a 4–0 friendly loss against

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Career

Early career

Vasilev began his career with

, where he played until he was 17. On 12 December 2007, Vasilev joined

for an undisclosed fee, after a successful trial period with the club. Reading's Academy Recruitment officer, Steve Shorey (father of

Nicky Shorey Nicholas Robert Shorey (born 19 February 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back or a defensive midfielder. After beginning his career at Leyton Orient, Shorey moved to Reading in 2001, where he made just ...

) explained his reasons for signing Vasilev: "He's different from what we've got at the same age. He's not just about brawn and pace, he's got football intelligence. He's a lovely size, around 6 ft 2 in, can use both feet." Vasilev was released from Reading at the beginning of May 2010, alongside midfielders Mitchell Bryant and

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Slavia Sofia

In July 2010, Vasilev returned to

, signing a contract with his home club

. He made his

A Group The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

debut during the 2010–11 season on August 21, 2010, in a 2–0 away win against

Pirin Blagoevgrad Futbolen klub Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб „Пирин“), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. T ...

. Following a long absence due to injury, he left Slavia on 25 October 2016.

Septemvri Sofia

On 12 December 2016 Vasilev signed with

. After almost 2 years without playing he returned in play by debuting for Septemvri in the Vtora Liga on 27 February 2017 in a match against

Pomorie Pomorie ( bg, Поморие ), historically known as Anchialos (Greek: Αγχίαλος), is a town and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, located on a narrow rocky peninsula in Burgas Bay on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is s ...

won by Septemvri. He scored his first goal for the team on 1 April 2017 for the 5:0 win over Botev Galabovo. On 21 May 2017 he scored 2 goals for the team coming as a substitute in the match against Levski Karlovo.

Alki Oroklini

In June 2017, Vasilev joined

club

. On 19 August, he made his club debut in a 1–0 away victory over

Ethnikos Achna Ethnikos Achna Football Club ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Εθνικός Άχνας), commonly known as Ethnikos Achna, or simply Ethnikos, is a Cypriot football club based in the village of Achna. Founded in 1968, the club current ...

in their first league game of the

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. On 25 October 2017, he scored his first goal in a 3–2 defeat by

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Cherno More

On 5 February 2018, Vasilev signed with Cherno More. On 17 February 2018, he made his debut for the club scoring the opener in a 1–4 home defeat by Beroe.

Arda Kardzhali

Vasilev joined

Arda Kardzhali FC Arda 1924 Kardzhali ( bg, ПФК Арда Кърджали) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Kardzhali, which currently competes in the First League, the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded on 13 ...

in June 2019. Vasilev retired in the end of 2021 after long treated knee injury.

International

In March 2015, Vasilev was called up to the Bulgarian national side for a

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qualifier against

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, but did not debut. He earned his first cap on 8 June 2015, after coming on as a substitute for

Iliyan Mitsanski Iliyan Mitsanski ( bg, Илиян Мицански; born 20 December 1985) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played 17 times for the Bulgaria national team. Career In Bulgaria Mitsanski started his prof ...

during the second half of the 0–4 loss against

. He scored his first international goal on 9 September 2018, after coming on as a substitute against Norway in the UEFA Nations League.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.''

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasilev, Radoslav 1990 births Living people Footballers from Sofia Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Reading F.C. players PFC Slavia Sofia players FC Lyubimets players PFC Septemvri Sofia players Alki Oroklini players PFC Cherno More Varna players FC Arda Kardzhali players Xanthi F.C. players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Cypriot First Division players Bulgarian expatriates in England Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Greece