Veselin Branimirov

Veselin Branimirov Atanasov (Bulgarian: Веселин Бранимиров Атанасов; born 25 August 1975) is a Bulgarian football coach and a former player who is assistant manager of Cherno More. A defender, he had caps at international level for the Bulgaria national team.

Veselin Branimirov

Personal information
Full name	Veselin Branimirov Atanasov
Date of birth	(1975-08-25) 25 August 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth	Varna, Bulgaria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Cherno More (assistant)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1995	Cherno More	36	(1)
1996–2005	Neftochimic	201	(1)
2005	Tobol	5	(0)
2006	Neftochimic	16	(0)
Total		258	(2)
International career
1995–1996	Bulgaria U21	5	(0)
2000–2001	Bulgaria	3	(0)
Managerial career
2011–2012	Levski Sofia (assistant)
2014–2015	Tosno (assistant)
2015	Ludogorets Razgrad (youth coach)
2015	Ludogorets Razgrad II
2017–2018	Pomorie
2018–2019	Riga (assistant)
2019–2022	Zorya Luhansk (assistant)
2023–	Cherno More (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Branimirov was born in Varna. In his club career, he played for Cherno More Varna (1994–95), Neftochimic Burgas (1995–2005 and 2006) and Kazakhstani side Tobol (2005). In January 2007, at the age of 31, he retired from football because of a waist injury.

Coaching career

On 27 September 2017, Branimirov was appointed as manager of Second League club Pomorie.^[1] Between 5 July 2018 and 5 February 2019 he was senior assistant coach of Viktor Skrypnyk in Latvian side Riga FC and won a double - champion of Latvian Higher League and a Latvian Cup winner for 2018 - first time in the history of the club. On 3 June 2019, he followed Skrypnyk on his new appointment with Ukrainian Zorya Luhansk. They finished third in 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League and qualified for 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Managerial statistics

As of 6 December 2015

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
Ludogorets Razgrad II	1 July 2015	8 December 2015	17	5	3	9	029.41	22	26	-4
Total			17	5	3	9	029.41	22	26	-4

Honours

Player

Neftochimic Burgas

• A PFG runner-up: 1996–97
• Bulgarian Cup runner-up: 2000