Antonio Vutov
Antonio Vutov is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Arda Kardzhali as an attacking midfielder or winger.
Vutov began his career with Levski Sofia. He joined Serie A club Udinese in January 2014, and had loan spells at Cosenza, Lecce, Botev Plovdiv and Levski before moving permanently to Botev in 2018.
He has also represented Bulgaria internationally at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels.
Club career
Born in Mezdra, Vutov began his career at his hometown club, Lokomotiv Mezdra. When he was 12 years old he was the captain of the U-15 team of Lokomotiv Mezdra.Levski Sofia
In 2009, Vutov joined Levski Sofia Academy. Vutov made his senior debut for Levski on 8 April 2012, in a 1–1 league draw against Lokomotiv Sofia at the age of 15 years and 307 days, making him the youngest player ever to have played for the club. His first start came in a home league game against Beroe Stara Zagora on 11 May.Vutov's first goal came in a 7–1 win against Etar 1924 at the Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, on 28 November 2012.
For 2013–14 season, Vutov was handed number 10, last worn by Hristo Yovov. He started to play more often as a first-team regular and for six months he made 24 appearances and scored 3 goals in all competitions. Vutov helped Levski to reach the quarterfinals of the Bulgarian Cup after a 7–6 penalty win against CSKA Sofia, he scored one of the penalties for his team.
Udinese
During the winter break club's boss Todor Batkov announced that Levski were going to sell Vutov to Italian side Udinese. Vutov signed a four-and-a-half-year contract on 9 January and the transfer was officially announced on 11 January 2014 on Udinese's official website. The transfer fee wasn't officially announced but it is believed that Levski got at least €950,000 from the deal. Vutov made his Udinese first-team debut on 18 February, in a 3–0 friendly loss against Hajduk Split at Stadion Poljud, playing 78 minutes.Cosenza (loan)
For the 2015–16 season, Vutov was loaned out to Cosenza. He made 22 appearances for the club and scored a goal from the penalty spot.Lecce (loan)
On 12 July 2016, Vutov was loaned out by Udinese to Lecce. On 30 July he debuted with the giallorossi and scored his first official goal for the club in a 2–1 win against Alto Vicentino in a Coppa Italia match.Botev Plovdiv (loan)
In January 2017, Vutov was loaned out to Botev Plovdiv for the rest of the season. He made an official debut on 18 February during the 1–0 away win over Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa.On 7 April, Vutov scored twice during a 7–1 win over PFC Montana. These were his first goals in any official games as a player of Botev Plovdiv. Couple of weeks later, on 22 April, Vutov scored a spectacular goal for the 3–0 away win over Slavia Sofia.
On 26 April Vutov scored a header after a magnificent assist provided by Todor Nedelev in the 1–1 draw with FC Vereya Stara Zagora during the second leg of the semi-finals for the Bulgarian Cup. His goal secured the win for Botev Plovdiv with 2–1 on aggregate and his team proceeded to the final game.
On 19 May Vutov scored an important goal in the playoffs against Beroe Stara Zagora and Botev Plovdiv won on aggregate 4–2.
On 24 May Vutov scored the second goal for the 2–1 victory over Ludogorets Razgrad helping Botev Plovdiv to win the Bulgarian Cup for the third time in the history of the club.
During his loan in Botev Plovdiv Vutov played 16 games, provided 2 assists and scored 7 goals.