Vitomir Vutov () (born 22 November 1971) is a former
Bulgaria
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football goalkeeper
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and currently goalkeepers coach of
Lovech
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.
Career
During his career, Vutov played solely for
Lokomotiv Mezdra
FC Lokomotiv Mezdra (ФК Локомотив Мездра) was a Bulgarian football club from the town of Mezdra, which last played in the A RFG Vratsa, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground was the Lokomotiv Stadium i ...
and
Litex Lovech
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. A product of the Litex's famed youth system, he was loaned to Loko Mezdra in 1991. Some three years later Vutov returned to Litex Lovech, his last professional club. With Litex he won the
Bulgarian league title in 1998 and 1999, and the
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
for 2001 and 2004.
For the club he played 8 games in the qualifying rounds of
Champions League, 35 games in
UEFA Cup
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, 40games in
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
, 246 games in
A PFG
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and 60in
B PFG
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.
Goalkeeping coach
2007 fc Litex\Lovech\In 2008-2017 Pfc Litex 20018-2019 Al Qadsiach /Saudy Arabiq/2021 Vutov moved from
Lokomotiv GO to
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv), Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and ha ...
. On 17 February 2022 it was announced that he would take the position as the new goalkeeping coach of
Bulgaria national team, previously vacated by
Georgi Sheytanov, and also retaining his position in Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
Витомир Вутов ще е новият треньор на вратарите в националния отбор
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Honours
*Best goalkeeper in the A PFG
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for the 1997-98 season
*Ikar award for sporting longevity
*Sportsman #1 of the city of Lovech
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Statistics
* Up to the 2006 – 2007 season
References
1971 births
Living people
Bulgarian men's footballers
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
FC Lokomotiv Mezdra players
FC Lovech players
Men's association football goalkeepers
20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen
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