Nicholas Penev
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas Lyuboslav Penev | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lokomotiv Sofia | ||
| Number | 71 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Valencia | |||
| Septemvri Sofia | |||
| CSKA Sofia | |||
| –2022 | Botev Plovdiv | ||
| 2022–2023 | CSKA 1948 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | CSKA 1948 III | 16 | (2) |
| 2023 | Septemvri Sofia II | 6 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Hebar | 31 | (4) |
| 2024 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 11 | (0) |
| 2025 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 3 | (0) |
| 2026 | CSKA Sofia III | 5 | (0) |
| 2026– | Lokomotiv Sofia | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | Bulgaria U20 | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:37, 16 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11:44, 22 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Nicholas Penev (Bulgarian: Николас Пенев; born 16 February 2005) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Lokomotiv Sofia.[2]
Nicholas is the son of Lyuboslav Penev, grandson of Mladen Penev and his granduncle is Dimitar Penev.[3]
Career
[edit]Born in Sofia in a football family, Nicholas joined CSKA Sofia academy at early age.[4] He then moved to Botev Plovdiv Academy before joining CSKA 1948 in July 2022, where his father, Lyuboslav Penev, become manager.[5] He spent a short time in the second team of Septemvri Sofia, before joining Hebar in July 2023.[6] He scored his debut goal on 18 August 2023, in a league match against Lokomotiv Sofia.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 16 April 2026[2]
| 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[a] | Total | ||||||||
| CSKA 1948 III | Third League | 2022–23 | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | 16 | 2 | ||||
| Septemvri Sofia II | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| Hebar | First League | 2023–24 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 4 | |||
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | First League | 2024–25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | Second League | 2024–25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| CSKA Sofia III | Third League | 2025–26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | First League | 2026–27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 72 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 6 | |||
- ↑ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
References
[edit]- ↑ Профил Николас Пенев
- 1 2 "N. Penev - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.
- ↑ Синът на Любо не бил връзкар - Засада БГ
- ↑ Синът на Любо Пенев се появи на любопитно място
- ↑ Любо Пенев привлече сина си в ЦСКА 1948
- ↑ Любо Пенев взе сина си и Кабов в Хебър
- ↑ Николас Пенев: Доволен съм! Голове ще има
External links
[edit]- Nicholas Penev at Soccerway
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