Ventsislav_Kerchev
Ventsislav Kerchev
Bulgarian footballer
Ventsislav Kerchev (Bulgarian: Венцислав Керчев; born 2 June 1997) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Slavia Sofia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ventsislav Plamenov Kerchev | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-06-02) 2 June 1997 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Ruse, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Slavia Sofia | ||
| Number | 37 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2010 | Dunav Ruse | ||
| 2011–2015 | Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Ludogorets Razgrad II | 35 | (2) |
| 2015–2019 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 28 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | → Lokomotiv GO (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Botev Vratsa (loan) | 30 | (2) |
| 2019–2021 | Botev Vratsa | 58 | (2) |
| 2021– | Slavia Sofia | 80 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2013–2014 | Bulgaria U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Bulgaria U19 | 13 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Bulgaria U21 | 12 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2023 | |||
Early career
Born in Ruse, Kerchev began his football career playing for Dunav Ruse at the age of seven.[2] In 2010, he joined Ludogorets's youth setup.[3]
Ludogorets Razgrad
At the start of the 2015–16 season, Kerchev was promoted to the club's reserve team in the B Group, the second level of Bulgarian football. He made his debut on 25 July, in a 3–2 home defeat against Dunav Ruse.
After spending August and the early part of September playing with Ludogorets II, Kerchev was called up to the senior team by manager Eduard Eranosyan. He made his debut in the A Group on 19 September, playing full 90 minutes in the centre of defence against Botev Plovdiv. On 19 March 2016, he scored his first goal in the team's league match against Beroe Stara Zagora at Beroe Stadium. Ludogorets won the match 2–0.[4]
For the 2017-18 season Kerchev returned for club's reserve team from his loan from Lokomotiv GO and started as a captain in the first match for the season on 24 July 2017 against Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia.[5]
On 13 June 2018, Kerchev's contract was extended and he was sent on a season-long loan to Botev Vratsa.[6]
Slavia Sofia
After 3 seasons for Botev in total, Kerchev joined Slavia Sofia on 14 June 2021.[7]
Club
- As of 10 May 2019[8]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||||
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | B Group | 2015–16 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Second League | 2017–18 | 26 | 2 | – | – | – | 26 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||
| Ludogorets Razgrad | A Group | 2015–16 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
| First League | 2017–18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |||
| Lokomotiv GO (loan) | First League | 2016–17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Botev Vratsa (loan) | 2018–19 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 2 | ||||
| Botev Vratsa | 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career statistics | 117 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 6 | |||
- Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
- Ludogorets
- "Профил на Венцислав Пламенов Керчев" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- "Венци Керчев: Дори и минута в "А" група е полезна за мен" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 21 March 2016.
- "Дебютантът в "А" група Венци Керчев: Чест е да играя за мъжете" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 20 September 2015.
- "Мощен Лудогорец постави Берое на колене" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 19 March 2016.
- "Лудогорец удължи договора на Керчев, талантът ще играе под наем в Ботев (Вр)" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 13 June 2018.
- "Ventsislav Kerchev". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- Ventsislav Kerchev at Soccerway
- Ventsislav Kerchev at FootballDatabase.eu
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