 Vutsov with Slavia Sofia in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Svetoslav Velislavov Vutsov | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-07-09) 9 July 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria[1] | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Levski Sofia | ||
| Number | 92 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Slavia Sofia | |||
| Botev Plovdiv | |||
| –2017 | Levski Sofia | ||
| 2017–2018 | Tsarsko Selo | ||
| 2018–2019 | Septemvri Sofia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Septemvri Sofia | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2025 | Slavia Sofia | 118 | (0) |
| 2025– | Levski Sofia | 30 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Bulgaria U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | Bulgaria U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | Bulgaria U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021– | Bulgaria | 10 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:02, 7 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2025 | |||
Svetoslav Velislavov Vutsov (Bulgarian: Светослав Велиславов Вуцов; born 9 July 2002) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Levski Sofia.
He comes from a footballing family, with his grandfather Ivan, father Velislav, mother Svetlana and brother Petar having all played professional football.[2]
Club career
Vutsov began his career as a defender, but around 2015, while being in Levski Sofia's youth academy, he switched to a goalkeeper.[3] In 2017, he moved to Tsarsko Selo and trained with the first team.[4] Year later he moved to Septemvri Sofia, before joining Slavia Sofia in the beginning of 2020. He made his professional debut for the team in a league match against Etar in a league match on 21 November 2020, coming as a substitute in the 44th minute, after Georgi Petkov received an injury.[5]
On 24 February 2025, in the last day of winter transfer window, Levski Sofia finally completed the transfer of Vutsov and he joined the club, after few months of speculations.[6]
International career
Vutsov received his first call up for Bulgaria U21 team in March 2021 for the friendly tournament matches against Ukraine on 24 March 2021, Kazakhstan on 26 March 2021, and North Macedonia on 29 March 2021.[7]
He made his debut for Bulgaria national team on 11 November 2021 in a friendly against Ukraine.[8] In October 2025, Vutsov announced that he is temporarily retiring from the national side, citing a number of issues pertaining to his treatment by coaching personnel within the national team set-up.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 7 December 2025
| Club | Season | League | Bulgarian Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Septemvri Sofia | 2019–20 | Second League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Slavia Sofia | 2020–21 | First League | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | First League | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | First League | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | First League | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | First League | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 118 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 0 | ||
| Levski Sofia | 2024–25 | First League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | First League | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| Total | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 148 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 0 | ||
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances in UEFA Conference League
International
- As of match played 14 October 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | |
Honours
Individual
- Best goalkeeper in Bulgarian football: 2021[10]
- Best progressing young player in Bulgarian football: 2021[10]
References
- ^ "Светослав Вуцов". pfcslavia.com.
- ^ "Трето поколение Вуцов в елита на футбола ни". 24chasa.bg. 21 November 2020.
- ^ Контузия в Левски превърнала Светльо Вуцов от защитник във вратар
- ^ Вили Вуцов: Отношението към Светльо в Левски беше идиотско, обявиха го за безперспективен
- ^ Трето поколение Вуцов в елита на футбола ни
- ^ Левски представи Светослав Вуцов
- ^ "Състав на България U21 за приятелския турнир в Турция" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Ukraine v Bulgaria game report". ESPN. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Изненада: Светльо Вуцов се оттегли от националния отбор на България, обяви причината" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ^ a b Kichukov, Simeon (19 January 2022). "За втори път Кирил Десподов е Футболист на №1 на България". dnevnik.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
External links
- Svetoslav Vutsov at Soccerway
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