Emil Ivanov Tsenov

Bulgaria's senior side came calling in September 2025, the same month Emil Tsenov left Sofia for Russia. He made his debut in 2026 World Cup qualifying, playing in the 0–3 defeat to Spain and again against Georgia. By June 2026 he had six senior caps.

The move to Orenburg took him out of Bulgarian football for the first time. CSKA 1948 had signed him from Minyor Pernik in July 2023 for a reported €50,000; a little over two years later Orenburg paid around €700,000 for him and handed him a contract running to June 2029. In between, he turned out for CSKA 1948's reserve and third sides as well as the first team, and won the Bulgarian Second League title with CSKA 1948 II in 2022/23.

The grounding came at CSKA Sofia, where he stayed in the academy until 2020. His senior football began on loan at Lokomotiv Lovech across the 2020–21 season — five appearances, the whole of it. He signed for Minyor Pernik in July 2021 and spent two seasons there before the CSKA 1948 transfer.

The youth international record is where the volume sits: one cap at under-16, three at under-17, two at under-19, then 18 at under-21 with a goal to go with them.

A left-footed centre-back at 191 cm, he has no individual honours on his senior record.