Petar Ivanov Shopov (Bulgarian: Петър Иванов Шопов; born 14 January 1978) is a retired Bulgarian professional football striker.

Petar Shopov
Personal information
Full name Petar Ivanov Shopov
Date of birth (1978-01-14) 14 January 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Bansko, Bulgaria
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Levski Sofia 0 (0)
1997–1998 Pirin Blagoevgrad 25 (10)
1998–1999 Levski Sofia 18 (4)
1999 Pirin Blagoevgrad 10 (1)
2000–2001 Slavia Sofia 35 (8)
2002–2003 Železnik 42 (12)
2004 Slavia Sofia 13 (1)
2004–2005 Mura 17 (2)
2005 Pirin 1922 12 (2)
2006 Kairat 11 (1)
2006–2008 Kastoria 29 (5)
2008 Digenis Morphou 14 (2)
2009 Anagennisi Karditsa 5 (0)
2009 Sportist Svoge 8 (1)
2010 Septemvri Simitli 14 (1)
2011–2012 Vihren 1 (0)
International career
Bulgaria U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2011

Career

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Shopov started his career playing with Levski Sofia however during the 1996–97 season he only made one official appearance in the Cup being loaned in the next season to Pirin Blagoevgrad, where he scored 10 goals in 25 games and became top scorer of the team.[citation needed] Soon he had a chance back at the Bulgarian giants Levski but after one season he returned to his previous club on loan again.[1] But he will be back to the capital, in January 2000, this time to play in Slavia Sofia where he stayed for two years. Shopov's first adventure abroad was in January 2002, when he signed with Yugoslav top league club FK Železnik. In two years, he scored 12 goals. After spending another season in Sofia with Slavia again, he signed with the Slovenian club NK Mura where he played one season before returning to his first professional club Pirin in 2005. In 2006, he had a short spell in Kazakhstan first league club FC Kairat, before moving to Greece to play first in Kastoria F.C., where he became top scorer[citation needed] of the team and then in Anagennisi Karditsa. In the middle he had a stint in Cypros with Digenis Morphou. In the summer of 2009, Shopov returned to Bulgaria, signing a contract with Sportist Svoge. However, he left at the end of the year.

In 2010, Shopov signed a contract with West B PFG club Septemvri Simitli. He last played with Vihren in the West B PFG.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Петър Шопов at Levski official website
  2. ^ Petar Shopov at FootballDatabase
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