Vasil Spasov (footballer)

Vasil Spasov (Bulgarian: Васил Спасов), nicknamed The Roller (30 December 1919 – 16 November 1996) was a Bulgarian football player and manager who played as a forward. He achieved 17 cap (sport)s for his country, scoring five goals.

Vasil Spasov

Personal information
Date of birth	(1919-12-30)30 December 1919
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of death	16 November 1996(1996-11-16) (aged 76)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Bezhanets Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1936–1940	Bezhanets Sofia
1940–1949	Levski Sofia	113	(37)
1949–1952	Akademik Sofia	56	(21)
1953	Levski Sofia	24	(10)
International career
1943–1951	Bulgaria	17	(5)
Managerial career
1953–1955	Levski Sofia
1957–1959	Akademik Sofia
1959–1962	Maccabi Jaffa
1963–1965	Maccabi Haifa
1966–1967	Botev Plovdiv
1967–1968	Spartak Sofia
1969	Levski Sofia
1970–1972	Bulgaria
1972–1974	Omonia
1976–1977	Levski Sofia
1980–1982	Omonia
1982–1984	Cyprus
1989	Maccabi Jaffa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

While he played the majority of his career with Levski Sofia, they won five Bulgarian Championship titles and four Bulgarian cups.

Honours

Player

Levski Sofia

• Bulgarian State Championship (1): 1942
• Bulgarian Republic Championship (2): 1946, 1947
• Bulgarian A Group (2): 1948–49, 1953
• Bulgarian Cup (4): 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949
• Sofia Championship (5): 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948
• Bulgarian footballer of the Year: 1948

Manager

Botev Plovdiv

• Bulgarian A Group: 1966–67

Spartak Sofia

• Bulgarian Cup: 1967–68

Omonia

• Cypriot First Division (3): 1973–74, 1980–81, 1981–82
• Cypriot Cup (3): 1974, 1981, 1982
• Cypriot Super Cup (2): 1981, 1982

Levski Sofia

• Bulgarian A Group: 1976–77
• Bulgarian Cup: 1976–77

External links

• Levski Sofia career summary
• Maccabi Haifa coaches (in Hebrew)