Ventsislav Kerchev
Personal information
Full name Ventsislav Plamenov Kerchev
Date of birth (1997-06-02) 2 June 1997
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 62 (0)
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

Ventsislav Kerchev (Bulgarian: Венцислав Керчев; born 2 June 1997) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Slavia Sofia.

Career

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]

Statistics

Club

As of 10 May 2019[8]
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubLeagueSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
BulgariaLeagueBulgarian CupEuropeOther[lower-alpha 1]Total
Ludogorets Razgrad II B Group 2015–16 90–––90
Second League 2017–18 262–––262
Total 352000000352
Ludogorets Razgrad A Group 2015–16 262000000262
First League 2017–18 200000—20
Total 282000000282
Lokomotiv GO (loan) First League 2016–17 24000–10250
Botev Vratsa (loan) 2018–19 30210––312
Botev Vratsa 2019–20 0000––00
Career statistics11761000101196
  1. ↑ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.

Honours

Ludogorets

References

  1. ↑ "Профил на Венцислав Пламенов Керчев" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Венци Керчев: Дори и минута в "А" група е полезна за мен" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 21 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Дебютантът в "А" група Венци Керчев: Чест е да играя за мъжете" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 20 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Мощен Лудогорец постави Берое на колене" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 19 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Лудогорец 2 започна с успех новия сезон във Втора лига, разочарование за Локо (Сф)
  6. ↑ "Лудогорец удължи договора на Керчев, талантът ще играе под наем в Ботев (Вр)" (in Bulgarian). ludogorets.com. 13 June 2018.
  7. ↑ Славия се подсили с Венцислав Керчев
  8. ↑ "Ventsislav Kerchev". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
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