Vasily Vasilev

Vasily Vasilev
Date of birth	June 18, 1981
place of birth	Sofia , Bulgaria
size	183 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2000-2006	HK Slavia Sofia
2006-2007	Akademik Sofia
2006-2009	İstanbul godparents SK
2009–2012	HK Levski Sofia
2012-2013	HK NSA Sofia
2013-2014	HK Slavia Sofia
since 2015	SK Irbis-Skate

Wassili Wassilew ( Bulgarian Васили Василев ; born June 18, 1981 in Sofia ) is a Bulgarian ice hockey player who has been playing for SK Irbis-Skate from Sofia in the Bulgarian ice hockey league since 2015 .

Career

Vasily Wassilew played in his career mainly for clubs from his native Sofia. He started at HK Slavia Sofia , for whom he made his debut in the Bulgarian ice hockey league in the 2004/05 season and was able to win the Bulgarian championship title in his first season . In 2006 he moved to Akademik Sofia and was able to win his second championship title there in 2007 as well as the cup competition. Parallel to his assignments for Akademik, he played for the İstanbul Godfather SK in the Turkish Super League , where he was exclusively active from 2007 to 2009. He then returned to Sofia and played there in succession for HK Levski Sofia , HK NSA Sofia and again for Slavia. Since 2015 he has been on the ice for SK Irbis-Skate , which is also based in Sofia, and won the Bulgarian championship again with the club in 2016 and 2017.

International

In the junior division, Vasilev played at the U18-D European Championship in 1998 and the U18 World Championship in European Division 2 in 1999, as well as in the U20-D World Championship in 1999 and the U20 World Championship in Division III in 2001 .

With the Bulgarian men's national team , Vasilev took part in the World Championships in 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 and 2012 in Division II. At the 2017 World Cup , he played in Division III. He also represented his colors at the qualifying tournaments for the Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006 , in Vancouver in 2010 and in Pyeongchang in 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2005 Bulgarian champion with the HK Slawia Sofia
• 2007 Bulgarian champion and cup winner with Akademik Sofia
• 2016 Bulgarian champion with the SK Irbis-Skate
• 2017 Bulgarian champion with the SK Irbis-Skate

International

• 2019 promotion to Division II, Group B at the World Championship of Division III

Web links

• Wassili Wassilew at eliteprospects.com (English)