Aleksandar Tsvetkov

Aleksandar Tsvetkov
	Tsvetkov in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandar Aleksandrov Tsvetkov
Date of birth	31 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Pleven, Bulgaria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Spartak Varna
Number	6
Youth career
1996–2006	Spartak Pleven
2006–2008	Litex Lovech
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2016	Litex Lovech
2015–2016	Litex Lovech II
2016–2018	Cherno More
2018–2022	Beroe
2022	Academica Clinceni
2022	Politehnica Timișoara
2023–	Spartak Varna
International career‡
2010–2012	Bulgaria U21
2011–2020	Bulgaria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2020

Aleksandar Aleksandrov Tsvetkov (Bulgarian: Александър Александров Цветков; born 31 August 1990) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spartak Varna.

Career

Litex

Tsvetkov made his first team debut in a 5–1 Bulgarian Cup win over Maritsa Plovdiv on 7 December 2008, coming on as a substitute for Sandrinho. He made his league debut on 31 May 2009, again as a substitute replacing Wilfried Niflore, as Litex beat CSKA Sofia 1–0.

Tsvetkov became a first-team regular early in the 2012–13 season. On 31 August 2012, he scored his first goal in a 4–0 away league win over Botev Vratsa.

Cherno More

On 9 June 2016 after 10 years in Litex, he left the club and joined Cherno More.^[2] He quickly established himself as a regular starter, so it came as a surprise when his contract was terminated by mutual consent in May 2018, several weeks before the end of the season.^[3]

Beroe

On 23 June 2018, Tsvetkov signed with Beroe.^[4]

Spartak Varna

On 29 December 2022, he was announced as a new signing of Spartak Varna, joining the team on a one-and-a-half-year contract.^[5]

International career

On 7 October 2011, Tsvetkov earned his first cap for Bulgaria in the 0–3 away loss against Ukraine in an exhibition match. He had to wait nearly 6 years to feature for the national team again; on 3 September 2017, Tsvetkov was in the line-up for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier, a 1–3 away defeat by the Netherlands.^[6]

Career statistics

As of 6 May 2022

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Litex Lovech	2008–09	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	2009–10	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	2010–11	14	0	1	0	2	0	17	0
	2011–12	18	0	1	0	3	0	22	0
	2012–13	24	3	4	0	–	–	28	3
	2013–14	33	1	6	2	–	–	39	3
	2014–15	7	0	2	0	3	0	12	0
	2015–16	2	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
	Total	101	4	19	2	8	0	126	6
Litex Lovech II	2015–16	22	1	–	–	–	–	22	1
Cherno More	2016–17	31	2	3	2	–	–	34	4
	2017–18	26	0	1	0	–	–	27	0
	Total	57	2	4	2	0	0	61	4
Beroe	2018–19	35	0	1	1	–	–	36	1
	2019–20	29	1	1	0	–	–	30	1
	2020–21	29	0	2	0	–	–	31	0
	2021–22	18	1	1	0	–	–	19	1
	Total	111	2	5	1	0	0	116	3
Academica Clinceni	2021–22	15	0	–	–	–	–	15	0
Career total		306	9	28	5	8	0	342	14