Ivan Vasilev

Striker - Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
14 Nov 2026
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The Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa close the window on a squad of their own making

30 in and 18 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

Jakub Żewłakow is a medical away from Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa

The deal with Legia is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

Mamadou Tounkara turns down Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Vllaznia Shkodër keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Denislav Aleksandrov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa rebuffed over Gustavo Barros

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Egaleo have kept their man, and Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

The window shuts on the Miroslav Georgiev deal

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa ran out of time with Beroe. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Gustavo Barros has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

Market7 Sep 2026

Talks stall between Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa and Martin Nikolov

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A place in the month's best eleven for Zahari Atanasov

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Zahari Atanasov has come out of that comparison in the side, and Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

In brief

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The Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad10 Aug 2026

Emanuil Manev gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Emanuil Manev has just signed for Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa, and for once the answer mattered.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Vasil Kazaldzhiev is a medical away from Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa

The deal with Slavia Sofia is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words at Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Toni Tasev is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Hyusein Kelyovluev in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match8 Aug 2026

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa get the job done against Chernomorets Burgas

A 2‑0 win over Chernomorets Burgas, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Market10 Aug 2026

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa promote Ventsi Kostadinov from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ventsi Kostadinov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Viktor Ivanov joins the Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Viktor Ivanov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa promote Momchil Petkov from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Momchil Petkov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Chavdar Petrov joins the Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Chavdar Petrov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief

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The Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match1 Aug 2026

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa run riot against CSKA Sofia II

3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Both of them Zahari Atanasov's — 8.36

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.36, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Denislav Aleksandrov gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Denislav Aleksandrov has just signed for Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa, and for once the answer mattered.

Market3 Aug 2026

Martin Nikolov is a Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa rebuffed over Nikolay Prandzhev

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Botev Plovdiv have kept their man, and Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The terraces3 Aug 2026

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa supporters have found a favourite in Zahari Atanasov

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Zahari Atanasov has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Dilyan Georgiev falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Ivan Vasilev signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ivan Vasilev and Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa agree another 3 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

This league is too small for Martin Nikolov

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

In brief