Svetoslav Svetozarov Kovachev

Svetoslav Kovachev came through the Ludogorets Razgrad academy and made his senior debut for the club in 2016, going on to win four consecutive Bulgarian First League titles with them between 2015 and 2021. He spent three seasons out on loan, at Dunav Ruse, Etar Veliko Tarnovo and Arda Kardzhali, before a permanent move to Arda in July 2021 on a free transfer. Across two spells there he scored 12 goals in 61 league appearances.

In August 2023 he moved to Russia, joining Akhmat Grozny on loan with an option to buy that the club exercised the following July. He scored three goals in 24 Russian Premier League appearances during his time in Grozny. That chapter ended in July 2025, when his contract with Akhmat was terminated by mutual consent; having already returned to Arda on loan that February, Kovachev signed a permanent three-year contract with the Kardzhali club on 21 July 2025.

He has represented Bulgaria at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level, and made his senior debut on 26 February 2020 in a friendly against Belarus. His five senior caps, all as a starter, also include a friendly against Gibraltar, Nations League fixtures against Finland and Ireland, and a Euro 2024 qualifier against Serbia that finished 2-2. He is yet to score for the senior national side.