Vladislav Zhikov

Vladislav Zhikov (Bulgarian: Владислав Жиков; born 19 January 1999) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian lower-league side ASD Capanne.

Career Youth career Zhikov was born in Vidin, but at age of 5 he moved with his family in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy. He started his career in Club Napoli together with Gianluigi Donnarumma. In 2013 he and Dunnarumma were spotted by Milan scouts and were both transferred in the Rossoneri's academy. In 2016 he was listed by The Guardian in the Next Generation 2016 of the best young talents in world football. Same year Vincenzo Montella took him to train with the first team of Milan. In October he was watched by Chelsea.

Livorno On 10 August 2017, Livorno announced that Zhikov is now player of Labronici. Zhikov himself said that he preferred to move to Livorno in order to get more first team chances over playing for Primavera teams. He completed his professional debut for the team in the last league match for the season on 8 May 2018 against Piacenza.

Olhanense On 16 January 2019, Portuguese club Olhanense announced the signing of Zhikov.

Volterrana Zhikov joined Italian lower-league side ASD Volterrana 2016 in August 2020.

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Honours Individual The Guardian Top 60 Next Generation: 2016