Rosen Emilov ( Bulgarian: Росен Емилов; born 3 August 1977) is a former

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

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who played as a

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Biography

In his career, Emilov represented

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia () 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 Sports Club of the Army'' ...

Litex Lovech FC Lovech (; formerly Litex Lovech) is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Lovech, that competes in the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Spor ...

, Beroe,

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia 1913 () 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 is the Stadion Aleksandar Sh ...

, Marek,

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 ...

, Olimpik Teteven and

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 ...

. During his time with

in the late 1990s, he was part of two title-winning teams, the first ones in the club's history. In the early 2000s, Emilov also had a spell in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

with

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 ...

References

1977 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC CSKA Sofia players FC Lovech players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players PFC Slavia Sofia players FC Marek Dupnitsa players Adanaspor footballers PFC Cherno More Varna players OFC Spartak Pleven players FC Dunav Ruse players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Men's association football midfielders {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub