Velizar Popov - Football Coach

Velizar Emilov Popov (Bulgarian: Велизар Емилов Попов; born 7 February 1976) is a Bulgarian former professional player and manager. Popov played for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Hebar Pazardzhik and Spartak Plovdiv. Popov has managed 11 different teams in 8 different countries, including 2 national teams. His management style emphasizes an aggressive, high-intensity approach. Popov has worked in the Bulgarian Premier League in 2007–2010, Denmark Series in 2011, Moldova Premier League in 2011–2012, Maldives Premier League in 2013, Thailand Premier League in 2014 and 2017, Malaysian Super League in 2016, Oman Premier League in 2013–2014 and 2018, and Vietnam League 1 in 2022–2025, and also has managed 2 national teams – Maldives in 2015 and Myanmar Olympic in 2019–2022. In 2013 Popov became the first Bulgarian coach to win a treble abroad with a 100 percent winning record, reaching the quarter-finals in AFC Cup. In 2019, Popov's Myanmar won the group stage and the bronze medal at the South East Asian Games. In 2023, Popov led Thanh Hoa FC to the Vietnamese National Cup and Vietnamese Super Cup for the first time in club history. In 2024 Thanh Hoa FC and Popov won again back to back Vietnam National Cup for the second consecutive year becoming the most successful team in the history of the club with three trophies in two seasons. Popov has coached for over 25 years in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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Cherno More Varna	09/10
A PFG 09/10	25

New Radiant SC	13

Suphan Buri	14

Kelantan FA	16

Sisaket FC	17

Sur Club	18

Myanmar U23	19/22
AFF U23 19	3
SEA Games 19	6
AFF U23 22	3
SEA Games 21	4

Thanh Hóa FC	22/now
ASEAN CC 24/25	5