Stefan Velev (born 2 May 1989) is a Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n footballer

Football (soccer)

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 who currently plays for Beroe Stara Zagora

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora or simply Beroe is a Bulgarian football club from Stara Zagora, that currently plays in the country's top division, the A PFG....

 as a midfielder

Midfielder

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Career

Born in Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

, Velev played for Septemvri as a schoolboy, before joining Slavia Sofia

PFC Slavia Sofia

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. But he found it difficult to break into the first team due to the consistency of Slavčo Georgievski

Slavco Georgievski

Slavčo Georgievski is a footballer from Macedonia, currently playing for Neftchi Baku as a Midfielder. He also plays for the Macedonia national football team.- Career :...

 and Pavle Popara

Pavle Popara

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In June 2008 Velev signed a two year contract with Lokomotiv Stara Zagora

PFC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora

PFC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora is a Bulgarian football club from Stara Zagora, founded on April 1934 as ZHSK . PFC Lokomotiv is the second celebrity football team from Stara Zagora. Its best achievement was participating in the "B" group of football championship...

. He made his B PFG and Lokomotiv debut on 9 August in a home 1-0 against Shumen, scoring the goal of the win.