Vladimir Kaptiev (; born 14 July 1987) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People *Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Smal ...

for

Kostinbrod Kostinbrod ( ) is a town in western Bulgaria. It is the seat of Kostinbrod Municipality. It is located 15 km west of the capital city of Sofia. It is located on two important transport corridors: Lom — Sofia — Thessaloniki and Sofia — ...

. He is the younger brother of

Rosen Kaptiev Rosen Kaptiev (, born 23 September 1979) is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing for Dunav Ruse as a forward. Kaptiev has previously played in the Bulgarian A PFG for PFC Lokomotiv Sofia FC Lokomotiv Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional ...

Career

Vladimir had previously played for

Pirin Blagoevgrad Football club Pirin (), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the Second League, the second division of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 2008, after a merger ...

Balkan Botevgrad BC Balkan Botevgrad () is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Botevgrad.Team profile at ''Bgbasket.com ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cherno More Varna Cherno More () 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 3 March 1913, as an association football branch ...

, Botev Kozloduy,

Spartak Varna FC Spartak Varna () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Varna, which currently competes in the First League, the top level of Bulgarian football league system. Spartak plays its home matches at the local Stadion Spartak. Founded ...

and

Oborishte Oborishte () is a village located in the Panagyurishte municipality, Pazardzhik Province, western Bulgaria. It is relatively large for the region and has 1,307 inhabitants. Its name until 1950 was ''Mechka'' (Мечка), which in Bulgarian means ...

. In July 2017, Kaptiev joined Kariana Erden. In July 2018, he returned to

References

1987 births Living people 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen Bulgarian men's footballers Footballers from Blagoevgrad Province OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players OFC Spartak Pleven players FC Dunav Ruse players PFC Cherno More Varna players FC Spartak Varna players FC Oborishte Panagyurishte players FC Pirin Razlog players FC Septemvri Simitli players Makedonikos F.C. players FC Sportist Svoge players FC Botev Ihtiman players OFC Kostinbrod players Men's association football forwards First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Gamma Ethniki players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece {{Bulgaria-footy-forward-stub