Velislav Vutsov

Velislav Ivanov Vutsov (Bulgarian: Велислав Иванов Вуцов) (born 19 July 1967) is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer. He is also the son of former footballer Ivan Vutsov.^[1]

Velislav Vutsov

Personal information
Full name	Velislav Ivanov Vutsov
Date of birth	(1967-07-19) 19 July 1967 (age 58)
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hebar Pazardzhik (manager)
Youth career
1977–1986	Levski Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1987	Levski Sofia	1	(0)
1988	Spartak Varna	8	(2)
1989–1990	Slavia Sofia	24	(4)
1990–1991	Yantra Gabrovo	16	(0)
1991	Minyor Pernik	7	(0)
1992	Real Avilés	7	(0)
1992	Yantra Gabrovo
1993	Spartak Varna	19	(4)
1994	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1	(0)
1994–1995	Akademik Sofia
1995	St. Pölten	8	(1)
1996	Cherno More	17	(5)
1996–1997	Avtotreid Aksakovo
1997–1998	Cherno More	24	(4)
1998–1999	Spartak Varna	1	(0)
Managerial career
1999–2000	Spartak Varna
2000–2002	Spartak Pleven
2002–2004	Cherno More
2004–2005	Marek Dupnitsa
2006–2008	Kaliakra Kavarna
2008	Levski Sofia
2009–2010	Slavia Sofia
2012–2013	Slavia Sofia
2014	Botev Plovdiv
2018	Tsarsko Selo
2022	Krumovgrad
2023–2024	Yantra Gabrovo
2025–	Hebar Pazardzhik
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Throughout his career, he has been the manager of the following football teams: Spartak Pleven,^[1] Spartak Varna, Yantra Gabrovo, Cherno More Varna,^[2] Marek Dupnitsa,^[3] Kaliakra Kavarna and Levski Sofia. On 8 May 2008 he was assigned as the new manager of PFC Levski Sofia, seeing his "dream posting" occur,^[4] only to be fired after 2 official matches on 13 August 2008, after Levski Sofia's 0–1 home loss in Champions League qualifying to BATE Borisov.^[4][5]

On 8 March 2009, he began work as a sports commentator on the "Sports Mania" show alongside Krum Savov.^[6]

In late November 2012, he was appointed as the head coach of Slavia Sofia, replacing Martin Kushev. Vutsov was dismissed in June 2013.

Personal life

He and his wife Svetlana have three sons - Ivan, Petar,^[7] and Svetoslav,^[8] with the latter two also playing professional football. Vutsov is a graduate of the National Sports Academy and has a degree in sports journalism.^[6]

Manager

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	F	A	Goal +/-
Levski Sofia	May 2008	August 2008	2	0	0	2	0.00	0	2	−2

As of 17 May 2009, includes all official matches – Bulgarian League, Bulgarian Cup (+ overtime) and international tournament games.