Stanislav Shopov

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Tihomirov and the family name is Shopov.

Stanislav Tihomirov Shopov (Bulgarian: Станислав Тихомиров Шопов; born 23 February 2002) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for HNL club Osijek.

Stanislav Shopov

Shopov in 2022 with CSKA Sofia
Personal information
Full name	Stanislav Tihomirov Shopov
Date of birth	(2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Osijek
Number	10
Youth career
2009–2018	Botev Plovdiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	Botev Plovdiv	39	(1)
2020–2022	Heerenveen	1	(0)
2022–2025	CSKA Sofia	85	(10)
2024	CSKA Sofia II	2	(0)
2025–	Osijek	0	(0)
International career‡
2017–2018	Bulgaria U16	9	(2)
2017–2018	Bulgaria U17	9	(1)
2019–2021	Bulgaria U19	8	(1)
2021–2024	Bulgaria U21	19	(2)
2023–	Bulgaria	5	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 04:24, 27 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:05, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Career

Club

Shopov began his youth career at Botev Plovdiv, at age seven.^[1] On 10 May 2018, Shopov signed his first professional contract with the club.^[2] He made his first-team debut on 15 May 2018 in a 2–0 win over Vereya Stara Zagora, coming on as a substitute in the latter minutes of the game.^[3]

On 6 October 2020, Shopov signed a two-year contract with the option of another season with Dutch Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen.^[4][1]

In June 2022, Shopov joined CSKA Sofia.^[5]

International

In March 2023, Shopov was called up to the Bulgaria national team as a replacement for the injured Dominik Yankov, becoming part of the squad for the Euro 2026 qualifiers against Montenegro and Hungary.^[6] He earned his first cap on 27 March 2023, in the 0:3 away loss against the latter, coming on as a late second half substitute for Ilia Gruev.^[7]

Career statistics

As of 31 May 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Botev Plovdiv	2017–18	First League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2018–19	First League	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2019–20	First League	27	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	31	1
	2020–21	First League	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		39	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	45	1
Heerenveen	2020–21	Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2021–22	Eredivisie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
CSKA Sofia	2022–23	First League	29	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	37	1
	2023–24		26	3	4	0	2	0	1	0	33	3
	2024–25		30	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	36	6
	Total		85	10	12	0	7	0	2	0	107	10
CSKA Sofia II	2024–25	Second League	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
Osijek	2025–26	Croatian Football League	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Career total			128	11	18	0	7	0	2	0	154	11

International

As of match played 10 June 2025

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Bulgaria
	2023	2	0
	2025	3	0
Total		5	0