Edson Silva

Defensive Midfielder - Botev Plovdiv
15 Jan 2027
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Marked for Edson Silva

23 Edition

The Botev Plovdiv Chronicle

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match30 Dec 2026

Botev Plovdiv march on in the cup

Lokomotiv Plovdiv are out and Botev Plovdiv go through, 2‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Player ratings4 Jan 2027

Chimezie Williams, 20, steals the show — 7.83

Marked 7.83 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Market4 Jan 2027

Ludogorets join the queue for Mauro Rodrigues

Add another name to the list: Ludogorets have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Mauro Rodrigues. The answer from Botev Plovdiv has not changed — yet.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Real improvement from Gabriel Zlatanov at Botev Plovdiv

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Gabriel Zlatanov is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Henrique Jocú stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Henrique Jocú and Botev Plovdiv agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Transfer targets4 Jan 2027

Door shut on Arthur

Botev Plovdiv asked and Beroe said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Antoine Conte 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 Botev Plovdiv this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces4 Jan 2027

One of their own: Chimezie Williams

He is 20 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

The dugout4 Jan 2027

No hiding place for Mascote

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mascote, and the manager let it.

In brief

Back issues
18 Edition

The Botev Plovdiv Chronicle

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad30 Nov 2026

A one-man rearguard from Daniel Naumov

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Edson Silva says Botev Plovdiv went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match28 Nov 2026

Still nobody has beaten Botev Plovdiv

The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad30 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Botev Plovdiv

Antoine Conte and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Mascote

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad30 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Botev Plovdiv

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

Match30 Nov 2026

Halfway: Botev Plovdiv sit in position 7

20 points at the turn. The first half of a season is a promise; the second is a bill, and the town is about to find out which of the two this one was.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Chimezie Williams wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Botev Plovdiv know it.

Match28 Nov 2026

Botev Plovdiv share the spoils with Levski

A 2‑2 draw with Levski leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief

15 Edition

The Botev Plovdiv Chronicle

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad9 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Botev Plovdiv

Simeon Petrov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match7 Nov 2026

6 unbeaten for Botev Plovdiv

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Botev Plovdiv did not have in the autumn.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Antoine Conte 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.

Loan watch9 Nov 2026

Simeon Turlakov counts the days

“I watch every Botev Plovdiv game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Vihren runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

Botev Plovdiv keep their word to Antoine Conte

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Edson Silva

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market9 Nov 2026

Still no ink between Botev Plovdiv and Lucas Araújo

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Botev Plovdiv, another week without a signature from Lucas Araújo.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

Vasil Mladenov: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

When it matters, Bryan Hein plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief