Quick Facts
Biography
Valentin Antov (Bulgarian: Валентин Антов; born 9 November 2000) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender for CSKA Sofia. He is a nephew of Anatoli Nankov.
Career
CSKA Sofia
Antov made his debut for CSKA Sofia on 19 August 2015 in a cup match against Sofia 2010, becoming the youngest debutant for CSKA at age of 14 years, 9 months and 10 days, while also becoming the youngest ever captainfor the team after taking the captain's armband for the last 25 minutes of the match.
Antov completed his professional debut on 14 April 2018 in a league match against Vereya. On 12 July 2018 he made his debut in the Europa League playing in the full 90 minutes in the first match of the first qualifying round match against the Latvian club Riga.
International
He made his debut for Bulgaria national football team on 25 March 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Kosovo, as an 80th-minute substitute for Georgi Kostadinov.
Career statistics
Club
As of 5 December 2019
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| CSKA Sofia | 2015–16 | V Group | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
| CSKA Sofia II | 2016–17 | Second League | 5 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| CSKA Sofia | 2017–18 | First League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
Honours
Club
- CSKA Sofia
- Bulgarian Cup (1): 2015–16
- V Group(1): 2015–16
Individual
- Bulgarian Youth Footballer of the Year (1): 2018
