Vasil Stoyanov Mitkov (; 17 September 1943 – 17 March 2002) was a

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 ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a winger. He played for

Spartak Sofia FC Spartak Sofia () was a Bulgarian football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The club was officially founded in 1947. The team plays in the Bulgarian Regional Division. The club's home colours are blue and white. Spartak's home ground is Rakovski ...

and

Levski Sofia PFC Levski Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 by a group of high sc ...

, and was also

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for the Bulgaria national team. He represented the nation at the 1970 World Cup.1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico
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Honours

Club

;Spartak Sofia *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

: 1967–68 ;Levski Sofia * Bulgarian League (2): 1969–70, 1973–74 *

(2): 1969–70, 1970–71

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FIFA profileVasil Mitkov's profile at LevskiSofia
1943 births 2002 deaths Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers PFC Levski Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub