Radosvet Petrov

Radosvet Petrov
Date of birth	October 31, 1993
size	176 cm
Weight	75 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
2008-2009	HK Slavia Sofia
2009-2011	HC Benátky nad Jizerou
2011–2012	HC Podebrady
since 2012	HK Slavia Sofia

Radoswet Petrow ( Bulgarian Радосвет Петров ; born October 31, 1993 ) is a Bulgarian ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with HK Slavia Sofia in the Bulgarian ice hockey league since 2012 .

Career

Radosvet Petrov began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of the HK Slavia Sofia , with which in 2009 he won the Bulgarian U16 title. He then moved to the Czech Republic, where he played HC Benátky nad Jizerou for two years in the youth teams, but was also used in the second men's team, which played in the fifth Czech league. In the 2011/12 season he was under contract with the fourth-class HC Poděbrady , but only came to one use there and then returned to his home club in Sofia, for which he has since been in the Bulgarian ice hockey league .

International

In the junior area, Petrov took part with Bulgaria in the U18 World Championships in 2009 and 2011 as well as the U20 title fights in 2012 , when he had the third best catch quota of the tournament after the Icelandic Snorri Sigurbergsson and the Chinese Xia Shengrong and was voted the best player of his team, and in 2013 each in Division III.

The goalkeeper made his debut in the Bulgarian men's selection at the age of 20 at the 2014 World Cup , when he guarded his team's goals in the victories against the United Arab Emirates (11: 5) and Georgia (19: 1).

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 Bulgarian U16 champion with HK Slawia Sofia
• 2014 promotion to Division II, Group B, at the World Championship of Division III

Web links

• Radosvet Petrow at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Radosvet Petrov at eurohockey.com