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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Asen Rumenov Chandarov | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botev Plovdiv | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Levski Sofia | |||
| –2015 | DIT Sofia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Septemvri Sofia | 8 | (2) |
| 2016 | → Pirin Razlog (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2016 | Botev Plovdiv | 5 | (0) |
| 2016–2020 | Septemvri Sofia | 66 | (8) |
| 2019 | → Levski Sofia (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Academica Clinceni | 35 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Septemvri Sofia | 26 | (5) |
| 2023–2025 | Levski Sofia | 43 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | → Septemvri Sofia (loan) | 25 | (3) |
| 2025–2026 | Cherno More | 35 | (5) |
| 2026– | Botev Plovdiv | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Bulgaria U17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Bulgaria U19 | 7 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Bulgaria U21 | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2020 | |||
Asen Rumenov Chandarov (Bulgarian: Асен Руменов Чандъров; born 13 November 1998) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for First League club Botev Plovdiv.
Career
[edit]DIT, Septemvri and Pirin
[edit]Chandarov bеgan his youth career in DIT Sofia academy. In 2015 DIT, which was owned by his father Rumen Chandarov, bought Septemvri Sofia and Chandarov was promoted to the first team. In the beginning of 2016 he was sent on loan to Pirin Razlog until the end of the season.
Botev Plovdiv
[edit]Chandarov begin the summer camp with Botev Plovdiv and later signed with the team.[2] On 30 July 2016 he made his debut for the team in Parva Liga in a match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[3]
Return to Septemvri
[edit]Soon after his father left Botev, Chandarov also left the club and returned to Septemvri Sofia.[4] He made his second debut for the team on 12 September 2016 in a match against Etar Veliko Tarnovo.[5] On 29 October he scored the first goal for the 3:0 win against Tsarsko Selo.[6]
On 29 March 2017 it was announced that due to injury got in the last match with Bulgaria U19, Chandarov would miss the end of season 2016-17 and the European Under-19 Championship in July 2017.[7]
Chandarov returned in play on 30 November 2017 in a league match against CSKA Sofia, coming on as a substitute.[8]
International career
[edit]Youth levels
[edit]Chandarov was called up for the Bulgaria U19 team for the 2017 European Under-19 Championship qualification from 22 to 27 March 2017.[9] With him playing in all three matches, Bulgaria qualified for the final tournament.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 26 May 2026
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Septemvri Sofia | V Group | 2015–16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 2 | |||
| Pirin Razlog (loan) | B Group | 2015-16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 3 | |||
| Botev Plovdiv | First League | 2016–17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Septemvri Sofia | Second League | 2016–17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 3 | |||
| First League | 2017–18 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 1 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 4 | |||||
| Second League | 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 72 | 8 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 75 | 8 | |||||
| Levski Sofia | First League | 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| Academica Clinceni | Liga I | 2020–21 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 14 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 37 | 4 | |||||
| Septemvri Sofia | Second League | 2021–22 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 4 | |||
| First League | 2022–23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 5 | |||||
| Levski Sofia | First League | 2022–23 | 17 | 2 | – | – | – | 17 | 2 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 48 | 2 | ||||
| Septemvri Sofia (loan) | First League | 2024–25 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 3 | |||
| Cherno More | 2025–26 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 39 | 5 | |||
| Career statistics | 264 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 282 | 32 | |||
References
[edit]- ↑ Todorov, Nayden (6 May 2015). "Кои са те? Отборът на бъдещето!" (in Bulgarian). 24chasa.bg. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ↑ Ботев стартира лятна подготовка с 23 играчи
- ↑ Без победител в първото бургаско дерби на Пловдив - 1:1
- ↑ Синът на Чандъров се върна в Септември
- ↑ Septemvri vs Etar
- ↑ Septemvri vs Tsarsko Selo
- ↑ Жесток удар за България U19, основен халф пропуска Евро 2017
- ↑ БЕЗПРОБЛЕМНА ПОБЕДА НА ЦСКА-СОФИЯ СРЕЩУ СЕПТЕМВРИ
- ↑ Съставът на България (U19) за Елитния кръг във Франция
- ↑ Футболът ни възкръсна! 19-годишните лъвове "изядоха" всички, България с нов грандиозен успех
External links
[edit]- Asen Chandarov at Soccerway
- Profile at LevskiSofia.info
- Living people
- Footballers from Sofia
- 1998 births
- Bulgarian men's footballers
- Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers
- Bulgaria men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- PFC Septemvri Sofia players
- FC Pirin Razlog players
- Botev Plovdiv players
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- PFC Cherno More Varna players
- Liga I players
- LPS HD Clinceni players
- Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen