Emil Spasov
Emil Spasov (; born 1 February 1956 in Sofia) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder or striker. Spasov started his career with Levski Sofia in 1974 and stayed in the club until 1988 with short breaks. During this period he also played for IK Brage in 1985/86 and R. Antwerp F.C. in 1986/87. He returned to his team Levski in 1987 and left after winning another Championship with his team, the following season to play for the Cypriot team AC Omonia, where he won the Cypriot Championship. In the Bulgarian A Group Spasov played 313 games and scored 82 goals, 68 matches and scored 17 in the Bulgarian Cup and 34 matches (8 in European Champions Cup, 7 in Cup Winners Cup and 19 in UEFA Cup) and scored 13 (1 in European Champions Cup, 3 in Cup Winners Cup and 9 in UEFA Cup) in European competitions with Levski. With his team, he won the Bulgarian Championship 6 times, in 1974, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1985 and 1988 - in which 1977, 1979 and 1984 were doubles - and the Bulgarian Cup 4 times, in 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1984 and he was quarterfinalist of the UEFA Cup in 1976 and also in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1977. Great moment in his career was 1984, when he won the Double with his team and became top goal scorer of Bulgarian First Championship with 19 goals, a title shared with Lokomotiv Plovdiv player Eduard Eranosyan. He played 16 games for the Bulgarian national team and scored three goals, including a 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Luxembourg on 5 December 1984. Honours

Club
Levski
 A Group (6): 1973–74, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88
 Bulgarian Cup (5): 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984
 Cup of the Soviet Army (3): 1984, 1987, 1988
Omonia
 Cypriot First Division (1): 1988–89

References

External links
 Player Profile at LevskiSofia.info
 
 Interview with Emil Spasov 

1956 births
Living people
Bulgarian men's footballers
Bulgaria men's international footballers
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Allsvenskan players
Cypriot First Division players
PFC Levski Sofia players
FC Spartak Varna players
IK Brage players
Royal Antwerp F.C. players
AC Omonia players
Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Footballers from Sofia
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Men's association football forwards
Men's association football midfielders