Vasil Spasov (footballer)

Vasil Spasov

Personal information
Date of birth	30 December 1919
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of death	16 November 1996 (aged 76)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Bezhanets Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1936–1940	Bezhanets Sofia
1940–1949	Levski Sofia	113	(37)
1949–1952	Akademik Sofia	56	(19)
1953	Levski Sofia	24	(10)
National team
1943–1951	Bulgaria	17	(5)
Teams managed
1953–1955	Levski Sofia
1957–1959	Akademik Sofia
1966–1967	Botev Plovdiv
1967–1968	Spartak Sofia
1969	Levski Sofia
1970–1972	Bulgaria
1972–1974	Omonia
1976–1977	Levski Sofia
1980–1982	Omonia
1982–1984	Cyprus
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Vasil Spasov (Bulgarian: Васил Спасов; 30 December 1919 – 16 November 1996) was a Bulgarian football player and manager who played as a forward. He won 17 caps for his country, scoring five goals.^[1]

As a player he spent the majority of his career with Levski Sofia, where he won five Bulgarian Championship titles and four Bulgarian cups.

Honours

Player

Levski Sofia

• Bulgarian State Championship (1): 1942
• Bulgarian Republic Championship (2): 1946, 1947
• Bulgarian A Group (2): 1948–49, 1953
• Bulgarian Cup (4): 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949
• Sofia Championship (5): 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948
• Bulgarian footballer of the Year: 1948

Manager

Botev Plovdiv

• Bulgarian A Group: 1966–67

Spartak Sofia

• Bulgarian Cup: 1967–68

Omonia

• Cypriot First Division (3): 1973–74, 1980–81, 1981–82
• Cypriot Cup (3): 1974, 1981, 1982
• Cypriot Super Cup (2): 1981, 1982

Levski Sofia

• Bulgarian A Group: 1976–77
• Bulgarian Cup: 1976–77

References

1. "95 години от рождението на Васил Спасов - Валяка" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 30 December 2014.

External links

• Levski Sofia career summary