Veselin Branimirov

Veselin Branimirov
Personal information
Full name	Veselin Branimirov Atanasov
Date of birth	25 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Varna, Bulgaria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Cherno More (assistant)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1995	Cherno More
1995–2005	Neftochimic
2005	Tobol
2006	Neftochimic
International career
1995–1996	Bulgaria U21
2000–2001	Bulgaria
Managerial career
2011–2012	Levski Sofia (assistant)
2014–2015	Tosno (assistant)
2015	Ludogorets Razgrad (youth coach)
2015	Ludogorets Razgrad II
2017–2018	Pomorie
2018–2019	Riga (assistant)
2019–2022	Zorya Luhansk (assistant)
2023–	Cherno More (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Veselin Branimirov Atanasov (Bulgarian: Веселин Бранимиров Атанасов; born 25 August 1975 in Varna) is a Bulgarian football coach and a former defender who is currently assistant manager of Cherno More.^[1] He has 3 caps at international level for the Bulgarian national team.

Career

In his club career, Veselin Branimirov played for Cherno More Varna (1994–95), Neftochimic Burgas (1995-05 and 2006) and Kazakhstani side Tobol (2005). In January 2007, at the age of 31, he retired from football because of a waist injury.

Coaching career

On 27 September 2017, Branimirov was appointed as manager of Second League club Pomorie.^[2] Between 5 July 2018 and 5 February 2019 he was senior assistant coach of Viktor Skrypnyk in Latvian side Riga FC and won a double - champion of Latvian Higher League and a Latvian Cup winner for 2018 - first time in the history of the club. On 3 June 2019 he followed Skrypnyk on his new appointment with Ukrainian FC Zorya Luhansk. They finished third in 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League and qualified for 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage.