Slavi Spasov (born 31 December 2001) is a Bulgarian

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who plays as a

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for Slough Town.

Club career

On 4 September 2018, Spasov made his senior debut for

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in an

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match against Fulham U21s, coming on as a substitute and scoring a penalty to become the club's youngest ever scorer at the age of 16 years and 226 days. Three months later, he made his league debut, playing the final 23 minutes in a 2–0 loss to Bristol Rovers. On 2 October 2020 he went on a short-term loan to

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side

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. On 13 January 2021, the loan was extended for a further month. On 18 March 2022, Spasov joined Southern League Division One Central side

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on a youth loan until the end of the 2021–22 season. In October 2022, he was loaned to Banbury United for a month. He returned to his parent club following injury, but was again loaned to Banbury in February 2023. Spasov's contract with Oxford was not renewed at the end of the 2022–23 season. In July 2023, he joined Southern League side

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. On 15 December 2023, Spasov joined

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side, Slough Town.

International career

In February 2019, Spasov was called up to train with the Bulgaria under-18 team but missed out through injury.

Personal life

Spasov was born in

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and moved to England at the age of 12.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spasov, Slavi 2001 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Oxford United F.C. players Woking F.C. players North Leigh F.C. players Banbury United F.C. players Hungerford Town F.C. players Slough Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Southern Football League players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in England