Valentin Antov

Valentin Antov
	Antov with CSKA Sofia in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Valentin Ivaylov Antov
Date of birth	9 November 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Cremonese (on loan from Monza)
Youth career
2007–2017	CSKA Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2017	CSKA Sofia II
2015–2022	CSKA Sofia
2021	→ Bologna (loan)
2021–2022	→ Monza (loan)
2022–	Monza
2023–	→ Cremonese (loan)
International career‡
2013–2015	Bulgaria U16
2015–2016	Bulgaria U17
2016–2017	Bulgaria U18
2016–2018	Bulgaria U19
2019–2022	Bulgaria U21
2019–	Bulgaria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:03, 10 May 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:45, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Valentin Ivaylov Antov (Bulgarian: Валентин Ивайлов Антов; born 9 November 2000) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Serie B club Cremonese, on loan from Monza, and the Bulgaria national team.

A youth product of CSKA Sofia, Antov became the youngest player ever to represent the club when he made his debut in 2015 at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 10 days. He moved on loan to Serie A side Bologna in the second half of the 2020–21 season, and to Serie B side Monza in the summer of 2021.

Antov has represented Bulgaria at every international level, debuting for the senior team in March 2019 at the age of 18.

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