Asen Chandarov
Asen Rumenov Chandarov (Bulgarian: Асен Руменов Чандъров; born 13 November 1998) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bulgarian First League club Levski Sofia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Asen Rumenov Chandarov | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Levski Sofia | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Levski Sofia | |||
| –2015 | DIT Sofia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Septemvri Sofia | 8 | (2) |
| 2016 | → Pirin Razlog (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2016 | Botev Plovdiv | 5 | (0) |
| 2016–2020 | Septemvri Sofia | 66 | (8) |
| 2019 | → Levski Sofia (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Academica Clinceni | 35 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Septemvri Sofia | 26 | (5) |
| 2023– | Levski Sofia | 34 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Bulgaria U17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Bulgaria U19 | 7 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Bulgaria U21 | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:53, 9 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2020 | |||
Career edit
DIT, Septemvri and Pirin edit
Chandarov bеgan his youth career in DIT Sofia academy. In 2015 DIT, which was owned by his father Rumen Chandarov, bought Septemvri Sofia and Chandarov was promoted to the first team. In the beginning of 2016 he was sent on loan to Pirin Razlog until the end of the season.
Botev Plovdiv edit
Chandarov begin the summer camp with Botev Plovdiv and later signed with the team.[2] On 30 July 2016 he made his debut for the team in Parva Liga in a match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[3]
Return to Septemvri edit
Soon after his father left Botev, Chandarov also left the club and returned to Septemvri Sofia.[4] He made his second debut for the team on 12 September 2016 in a match against Etar Veliko Tarnovo.[5] On 29 October he scored the first goal for the 3:0 win against Tsarsko Selo.[6]
On 29 March 2017 it was announced that due to injury got in the last match with Bulgaria U19, Chandarov would miss the end of season 2016-17 and the European Under-19 Championship in July 2017.[7]
Chandarov returned in play on 30 November 2017 in a league match against CSKA Sofia, coming on as a substitute.[8]
International career edit
Youth levels edit
Chandarov was called up for the Bulgaria U19 team for the 2017 European Under-19 Championship qualification from 22 to 27 March 2017.[9] With him playing in all three matches, Bulgaria qualified for the final tournament.[10]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of 19 March 2023
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other[a] | Total | ||||||||
| Septemvri Sofia | V Group | 2015–16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 2 | |||
| Pirin Razlog (loan) | B Group | 2015-16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 3 | |||
| Botev Plovdiv | First League | 2016–17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Septemvri Sofia | Second League | 2016–17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 3 | |||
| First League | 2017–18 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 1 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 4 | |||||
| Second League | 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 72 | 8 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 75 | 8 | |||||
| Levski Sofia | First League | 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| Academica Clinceni | Liga I | 2020–21 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 14 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 37 | 4 | |||||
| Septemvri Sofia | Second League | 2021–22 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 4 | |||
| First League | 2022–23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 5 | |||||
| Levski Sofia | First League | 2022–23 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Career statistics | 167 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 23 | |||
- ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
References edit
- ^ Todorov, Nayden (6 May 2015). "Кои са те? Отборът на бъдещето!" (in Bulgarian). 24chasa.bg. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ Ботев стартира лятна подготовка с 23 играчи
- ^ Без победител в първото бургаско дерби на Пловдив - 1:1
- ^ Синът на Чандъров се върна в Септември
- ^ Septemvri vs Etar
- ^ Septemvri vs Tsarsko Selo
- ^ Жесток удар за България U19, основен халф пропуска Евро 2017
- ^ БЕЗПРОБЛЕМНА ПОБЕДА НА ЦСКА-СОФИЯ СРЕЩУ СЕПТЕМВРИ
- ^ Съставът на България (U19) за Елитния кръг във Франция
- ^ Футболът ни възкръсна! 19-годишните лъвове "изядоха" всички, България с нов грандиозен успех
External links edit
- Asen Chandarov at Soccerway
- Profile at LevskiSofia.info