{{short description|Bulgarian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Tihomirov|Shopov|lang=Bulgarian}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Stanislav Shopov | image = Stanislav Shopov.jpg | fullname = {{nowrap|Stanislav Tihomirov Shopov}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|2|23}} | birth_place = Plovdiv, Bulgaria | height = 1.79 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Osijek | clubnumber = 10 | youthyears1 = 2009–2018 | youthclubs1 = Botev Plovdiv | years1 = 2018–2020 | clubs1 = Botev Plovdiv | caps1 = 39 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2020–2022 | clubs2 = Heerenveen | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2022–2025 | clubs3 = CSKA Sofia | caps3 = 85 | goals3 = 10 | years4 = 2024 | clubs4 = CSKA Sofia II | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = Osijek | caps5 = 7 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2017–2018 | nationalteam1 = Bulgaria U16 | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalyears2 = 2017–2018 | nationalteam2 = Bulgaria U17 | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | nationalyears3 = 2019–2021 | nationalteam3 = Bulgaria U19 | nationalcaps3 = 8 | nationalgoals3 = 1 | nationalyears4 = 2021–2024 | nationalteam4 = Bulgaria U21 | nationalcaps4 = 19 | nationalgoals4 = 2 | nationalyears5 = 2023– | nationalteam5 = Bulgaria | nationalcaps5 = 8 | nationalgoals5= 0 | pcupdate = 17:01, 27 September 2025 (UTC) | ntupdate = 23:02, 18 November 2025 (UTC) | image_size = 200 | caption = Shopov in 2022 with CSKA Sofia }}
'''Stanislav Tihomirov Shopov''' ({{langx|bg|Станислав Тихомиров Шопов}}; born 23 February 2002) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for HNL club Osijek.
== Career ==
=== Club === Shopov began his youth career at Botev Plovdiv, at age seven.<ref name="Shopov_Heerenveen">{{cite web |url=https://botevplovdiv.bg/article/botev-prodade-slavi-shopov-na-kheerenveen |title=Ботев продаде Слави Шопов на Хееренвеен |date=6 October 2020 |website=botevplovdiv.bg |accessdate=6 October 2020 |language=Bulgarian}}</ref> On 10 May 2018, Shopov signed his first professional contract with the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://botevplovdiv.bg/article/stanislav-shopov-podpisa-purvi-dogovor-s-botev |title=Станислав Шопов подписа първи договор с Ботев |date=10 May 2018 |website=botevplovdiv.bg |accessdate=6 October 2020 |language=Bulgarian}}</ref> He made his first-team debut on 15 May 2018 in a 2–0 win over Vereya Stara Zagora, coming on as a substitute in the latter minutes of the game.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://botevplovdiv.bg/article/botev-pobedi-vereya-stivun-ne-spira-da-belezhi |title=Ботев победи Верея, Стивън не спира да бележи |date=15 May 2018 |website=botevplovdiv.bg |accessdate=6 October 2020 |language=Bulgarian}}</ref>
On 6 October 2020, Shopov signed a two-year contract with the option of another season with Dutch Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen.<ref>{{cite web |title=sc Heerenveen haalt Bulgaars talent Shopov (18) |url=https://www.sc-heerenveen.nl/nieuws/sc-heerenveen-haalt-bulgaars-talent-shopov10/10 |website=sc-heerenveen.nl |publisher=sc Heerenveen |accessdate=6 October 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006151239/https://www.sc-heerenveen.nl/nieuws/sc-heerenveen-haalt-bulgaars-talent-shopov10/10 |archivedate=6 October 2020 |language=Dutch |date=6 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="Shopov_Heerenveen"/>
In June 2022, Shopov joined CSKA Sofia.<ref>{{cite web|language=Bulgarian|publisher=sportal.bg|title=Официално: Станислав Шопов е футболист на ЦСКА - София|url=https://sportal.bg/news-2022060509324939559|date=5 June 2022 |access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>
=== International === In March 2023, Shopov was called up to the Bulgaria national team as a replacement for the injured Dominik Yankov, becoming part of the squad for the Euro 2026 qualifiers against Montenegro and Hungary.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://bntnews.bg/news/14-futbolisti-na-cska-s-povikvatelni-za-razlichnite-nacionalni-garnituri-1227354news.html|title=14 футболисти на ЦСКА с повиквателни за различните национални гарнитури|access-date=24 March 2023 |date=21 March 2023 |language=bg |author=|publisher=bntnews.bg}}</ref> He earned his first cap on 27 March 2023, in the 0:3 away loss against the latter, coming on as a late second half substitute for Ilia Gruev.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://topsport.bg/national/ungariya-balgariya-3-0-razvoy-na-sreshtata-po-minuti.html|title=Унгария - България 3:0 (Развой на срещата по минути)|access-date=28 March 2023 |date=27 March 2023 |language=bg |author=Dimitrov, Ivaylo| publisher=topsport.bg}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|24 September 2025}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|Botev Plovdiv |2017–18 |First League |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |2018–19 |First League |4||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||5||0 |- |2019–20 |First League |27||1||5||0||0||0||0||0||31||1 |- |2020–21 |First League |7||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||7||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !39!!1!!6!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!45!!1 |- |rowspan="3"|Heerenveen |2020–21 |Eredivisie |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2021–22 |Eredivisie |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0 |- |rowspan=4|CSKA Sofia |2022–23 |rowspan=3|First League |29||1||3||0||5||0||0||0||37||1 |- |2023–24 |26||3||4||0||2||0||1||0||33||3 |- |2024–25 |30||6||5||0||0||0||1||0||36||6 |- !colspan="2"|Total !85!!10!!12!!0!!7!!0!!2!!0!!107!!10 |- |align=center valign=center|CSKA Sofia II |2024–25 |Second League |2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0 |- |align=center valign=center|Osijek |2025–26 |Croatian Football League |7||0||1||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||8||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !135!!11!!19!!1!!7!!0!!2!!0!!162!!12 |} {{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
===International=== {{updated|match played 18 November 2025}} {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Bulgaria |- |2023||2||0 |- |2025||6||0 |- !colspan=2|Total||8||0 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|stanislav-shopov/515361}} *[https://botevplovdiv.bg/profile/238 Profile] at the PFK Botev Plovdiv website
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