Nikolay Zlatev
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikolay Svetoslavov Zlatev | ||
| Date of birth | 12 December 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Varna, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cherno More | ||
| Number | 39 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2022 | Cherno More | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Cherno More | 67 | (8) |
| 2022–2024 | → Cherno More II | 4 | (2) |
| 2024 | → Tabor Sežana (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Bulgaria U19 | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:08, 4 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 09:00, 29 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Nikolay Svetoslavov Zlatev (Bulgarian: Николай Светославов Златев; born 12 December 2004) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Cherno More Varna.
Career
Zlatev made his senior debut for Cherno More on 11 July 2020, when he played in a league game against Botev Plovdiv at the age of 15 years and 7 months, making him the youngest player ever to have played for the club. On 9 June 2022, Zlatev signed his first professional contract with the club.[2]
On 4 August 2025, Zlatev scored his first hattrick. He came off the bench in a league match against Beroe Stara Zagora, before scoring three goals in the space of 18 minutes of an eventual 4–0 win.
References
- ^ "Профил на Николай Златев" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg.
- ^ "Черно море подписа със свой юноша" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 9 June 2022.