Veselin Minev
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Veselin Milchev Minev | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Pazardzhik, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Levski Sofia | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Hebar Pazardzhik | 2 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Belasitsa Petrich | 34 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Botev Plovdiv | 62 | (4) |
| 2006–2011 | Levski Sofia | 91 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Antalyaspor | 29 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Botev Plovdiv | 35 | (0) |
| 2014– | Levski Sofia | 69 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | Bulgaria | 21 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:21, 11 October 2014 (UTC) |
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Veselin Minev (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Веселин Минев; born 14 October 1980 in Pazardzhik) is a Bulgarian footballer, who plays as a defender for Levski Sofia and the Bulgarian national team.
He has a twin brother, Yordan, who is also a footballer.
Minev, together with his twin brother, started his career at Hebar Pazardzhik. Later, Minev joined Botev Plovdiv.
Minev came to Levski in June 2006.
On 9 May 2009, Minev and his twin brother Yordan entered in the history of The Eternal Derby. The situation was even more interesting, because Veselin was a left full-back and his brother Yordan was a right midfielder, and Veselin guarded his brother Yordan. Despite the tackles, after a foul against Veselin, Yordan came to him and call the referee.
He became a Champion of Bulgaria in 2008/2009 season. In 2009/2010 season, Levski achieved qualifying for UEFA Europa League becoming 3rd in the final ranking. During the 2010/2011 Levski qualified for UEFA Europa League after eliminating Dundalk F.C., Kalmar FF and AIK Fotboll. Levski was drawn in Group C, facing Gent, Lille and Sporting CP.
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