Veselin Branimirov

Veselin Branimirov Atanasov (Bulgarian: Веселин Бранимиров Атанасов; born 25 August 1975) is a Bulgarian football coach and a former player who is assistant manager of Cherno More. A defender, he had caps at international level for the Bulgaria national team.

Playing career Branimirov was born in Varna. In his club career, he played for Cherno More Varna (1994–95), Neftochimic Burgas (1995–2005 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. 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 Zorya Luhansk. They finished third in 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League and qualified for 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage.

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Honours

Player Neftochimic Burgas A PFG runner-up: 1996–97 Bulgarian Cup runner-up: 2000