| Momchil Tsvetanov | |
| Full Name: | Momchil Emilov Tsvetanov |
| Birth Date: | 3 December 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Pleven, Bulgaria |
| Height: | 1.75 m |
| Position: | Left-back, winger |
| Currentclub: | Krumovgrad |
| Clubnumber: | 7 |
| Youthclubs1: | Spartak Pleven |
| Youthyears1: | –2006 |
| Years1: | 2006–2007 |
| Clubs1: | Spartak Pleven |
| Caps1: | 27 |
| Goals1: | 7 |
| Years2: | 2008–2014 |
| Clubs2: | Litex Lovech |
| Caps2: | 118 |
| Goals2: | 14 |
| Years3: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs3: | Botev Plovdiv |
| Caps3: | 15 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs4: | CSKA Sofia |
| Caps4: | 18 |
| Goals4: | 8 |
| Years5: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs5: | Vereya |
| Caps5: | 19 |
| Goals5: | 5 |
| Years6: | 2017 |
| Clubs6: | Stal Mielec |
| Caps6: | 3 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2018 |
| Clubs7: | Slavia Sofia |
| Caps7: | 22 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2019–2021 |
| Caps8: | 64 |
| Goals8: | 4 |
| Years9: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs9: | Gangwon FC |
| Caps9: | 18 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2022 |
| Caps10: | 5 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2023 |
| Clubs11: | Botev Vratsa |
| Caps11: | 31 |
| Goals11: | 1 |
| Years12: | 2023– |
| Clubs12: | Krumovgrad |
| Caps12: | 10 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2008 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2008–2012 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 6 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2021– |
| Nationalcaps3: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 20 June 2024 |
Momchil Emilov Tsvetanov (Bulgarian: Момчил Емилов Цветанов; born 3 December 1990) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Krumovgrad. Although he predominantly plays as a winger, he has also been deployed as a left-back.
A product of Spartak Pleven's youth academy, he has represented Bulgaria at all youth levels. Tsvetanov was part of U19 squad for the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
Born in Pleven, Tsvetanov began his career playing for local club Spartak.[1] On 9 September 2006, at the age of 16 he made his professional debut in the B Group, playing the second half of a 3–0 defeat to Minyor Pernik. He scored his first goal on 7 April 2007 against Hebar Pazardzhik in a 2–0 home league victory. He made 15 league appearances, scoring three goals during his debut season.[2] In the following season Tsvetanov scored four goals in 12 matches.[3]
In January 2008, Tsvetanov joined Litex Lovech on a four-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He made his competitive debut in the A Group in a 0–0 draw against CSKA Sofia on 1 March 2008. He played for 45 minutes.
On 12 July 2011, Tsvetanov assisted Svetoslav Todorov twice in a 2–1 away win over Mogren Budva in the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 Champions League.[4]
After six years in Lovech, Tsvetanov surprisingly signed a two-year contract with Botev Plovdiv as a free agent on 21 August 2014.[5] He made his league debut for Botev three days later when he came on as 73rd-minute substitute in a match against Slavia Sofia which Botev won 2-0.[6]
Momchil Tsvetanov played in 14 games in A Grupa and 3 games for the Bulgarian Cup without scoring any goals and without making any assists.[7] He failed to impress and at the end of the season his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.[8]
On 30 June 2015, Tsvetanov joined CSKA Sofia. He lost his first choice status when the team was reinstated to the A PFG.
In July 2016, he signed a contract with newly promoted top division club Vereya.[9]
On 11 July 2017, Tsvetanov signed with I liga side Stal Mielec.[10]
On 5 February 2018, Tsvetanov confirmed to the media that he had signed with Slavia Sofia.[11]
On 12 July 2018, Tsvetanov scored his first-ever goal in European competition, netting only goal in a 1–0 away win against FC Ilves in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.
On 15 June 2019, Tsvetanov won his 5th Bulgarian Cup and 1st for his new club Lokomotiv Plovdiv. On 1 July 2020 he won the Bulgarian Cup again, scoring the last penalty kick in the shoot-out against CSKA Sofia.[12]
On 20 July 2021, Korean K League 1 side Gangwon FC announced they have signed Tsvetanov.[13]
In December 2023, Tsvetanov joined Krumovgrad.[14]
Tsvetanov made his debut for Bulgaria national team on 25 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Switzerland.[15]
| Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Spartak Pleven | 2006–07 | B Group | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 3 | ||
| 2007–08 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 13 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | |||
| Litex Lovech | 2007–08 | A Group | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |||
| 2009–10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 2010–11 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2011–12 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 7 | |||
| 2012–13 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | – | 34 | 7 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 118 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 147 | 20 | |||
| Botev Plovdiv | 2014–15 | A Group | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| CSKA Sofia | 2015–16 | V Group | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | – | 21 | 9 | ||
| Vereya | 2016–17 | Bulgarian First League | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | 24 | 5 | ||
| Stal Mielec | 2017–18 | I liga | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Slavia Sofia | 2017–18 | Bulgarian First League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 1 | |||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 1 | |||
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2018–19 | Bulgarian First League | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 277 | 38 | 50 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 348 | 47 | |||
Litex Lovech
CSKA Sofia
Slavia Sofia
Lokomotiv Plovdiv