Stefan Velkov

Slavia Sofia

Born in Sofia, Velkov began his football career with Slavia Sofia in 2005. He made his first-team debut on 27 July 2013, at 16 years 227 days, coming on as a substitute for Hristo Yanev in a 0–0 away league draw against Cherno More Varna. On 18 December 2013, it was reported that Velkov was on trial with Manchester United. After the great debut season and a few trials in big European teams, Velkov got a serious injury, which took him out of football for a minimum of 6 months.

In March 2015, Velkov extended his contract with the "whites" for a further three years. He returned to training in April, but he didn't take part in any further matches, so he missed the entire 2014–15 season.

Velkov returned to play in the first match of the 2015-16 season against Lokomotiv Plovdiv as a substitute in the 88th minute.

Velkov scored his debut goal for Slavia in the league on 17 September 2016 in a match against Ludogorets Razgrad, lost by his team with 3:1.

Youth levels

Velkov represented Bulgaria at the U16, U17 and U19 levels. On 1 June 2013 he made his debut for Bulgaria U21 at the age of 16 years, 5 months and 22 days becoming the second youngest player to debut for the team after Nikolay Mihaylov. On 25 March 2016 Velkov was in the starting lineup for the goalless draw with Wales U21.

Senior level

On 14 March 2017 he received his first call-up for Bulgarian Main team for the match against the Netherlands held on 25 March 2017, during which he remained on the bench.

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