Spas Delev

Youth career

Born in Klyuch, part of Petrich Municipality, Delev started to play football in Pirin. During the season 2007–08 he played for the team in the Bulgarian amateur division. Pirin took first place and were promoted to the "B" professional football group. On 9 August 2008 Delev made his debut in professional football in a match against Botev Krivodol. In this match he scored his first goal in B PFG. In the first half of 2008–09 season Delev scored 8 goals in 16 matches.

New Pirin

After the union of the two Pirin clubs from Blagoevgrad in December 2008, Delev joined the part of the team, which plays in the top division. On 4 March 2009, he scored a goal in a match against CSKA Sofia for the Bulgarian Cup and Pirin eliminated their opponent. In the semi-final of that tournament against Levski, Delev had a tragic accident. After a spasm of the lungs he remained lying on the grass, and was later sent to the emergency hospital. It was later found that he had played while suffering from the flu. Delev made his A PFG debut on 8 March, in a match against Cherno More. On 5 April, he scored twice against Belasitsa Petrich. Those were his first goals in A PFG. On 11 June, Delev was named the Best Young Footballer of the 2008–09 season in Bulgaria. Just 19, Delev's goals helped Pirin to reach the Bulgarian Cup final.

CSKA Sofia

On 27 June 2009, Delev joined CSKA on one-year loan for 2009–10 and later signed a three-year contract. He scored his first…

In October 2008, the Bulgaria under-21s manager Ivan Kolev called Delev into the Bulgaria U21 team for the friendly matches with Greece and Macedonia. He made his debut for the senior side on 26 March 2011, in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match against Switzerland. On 4 June 2011, he came on as a substitute in the qualifier against Montenegro. His first Bulgaria goals came on his 14th appearance on 25 March 2017, scoring twice in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Netherlands, which ended in a 2–0 victory.

Club

As of 8 August 2026

International

As of match played 16 November 2023

International goals

Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.

Pirin Blagoevgrad

Bulgarian Cup runner-up: 2009 CSKA Sofia

Bulgarian Championship runner-up: 2010 Bulgarian Cup: 2011 Arda Kardzhali

Bulgarian Cup runner-up: 2021 Ludogorets Razgrad

Bulgarian First League: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 Bulgarian Supercup: 2022, 2023 Bulgarian Cup: 2022–23 Individual

Bulgarian Best Young Player of the Season: 2008–09 Bulgarian First League Goal of the Week: 2021–22 (Week 3) v. Levski Sofia, (Week 13) v. CSKA 1948,