Hristiyan Vasilev (Bulgarian: Християн Василев; born 5 December 1997) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bulgarian Second League club Yantra Gabrovo.[2]
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Hristiyan Iliyanov Vasilev | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Gabrovo, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Yantra Gabrovo | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Yantra Gabrovo | |||
| Vidima-Rakovski | |||
| Slavia Sofia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Slavia Sofia | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Yantra Gabrovo (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2016–2020 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 75 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 10 | (0) |
| 2021 | Tsarsko Selo | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | Arda Kardzhali | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | Yantra Gabrovo | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2017–2018 | Bulgaria U21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2022 | |||
A product of the youth academy of Slavia Sofia, Vasilev was loaned out to Yantra Gabrovo in January 2016.[3]
In June 2016, he joined Vitosha Bistritsa. He made his debut for the team on 8 August 2016 in a league match against Ludogorets Razgrad II keeping a clean sheet.[4] On 2 June 2017 he kept a clean sheet in the play-off match against Neftochimic won by Vitosha with 1:0 and won promotion to the top division for the first time in their history.[5]
On 17 July 2017 he signed his first long-term professional contract with the team.[6] He completed his professional First League debut on 30 July 2017 in match against Levski Sofia.[7] Vasilev left the team in June 2020.[8]
In July 2020, Vassilev joined Beroe Stara Zagora.[9]
Vasilev made his debut for Bulgaria U21 on 8 June 2017 in a friendly match against Georgia U21.[10]
He received his first call up for the Bulgaria on 12 November for the UEFA Nations League matches against Finland on 15 November 2020 and Republic of Ireland on 18 November. [11]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
| Yantra Gabrovo (loan) | V Group | 2015–16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| Vitosha Bistritsa | Second League | 2016–17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| First League | 2017–18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 0 | |||
FC Yantra Gabrovo – current squad | |
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