Volen Chinkov

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Football match official with 21 appearances across 9 competitions. FIFA International Official.

Career Stats

Total Appearances21
⚽ As Referee12
4️⃣ 4th Official7
📺 As AVAR2
🌍 International21
🏟️ Domestic0
Competitions9

Season-by-Season Activity

'19/20
1
'20/21
3
'21/22
3
'22/23
1
'23/24
2
'25/26
6
Referee4th OfficialAVAR
SeasonTotalRef4thAVAR
2025/266141
2023/2422——
2022/2311——
2021/2233——
2020/21321—
2019/2011——
5221

Career Milestones

🎯
First tracked match
10/21/2019
Maccabi Petah Tikva FC vs Astana FK
UEFA Youth League
🌍
First international match
10/21/2019
Maccabi Petah Tikva FC vs Astana FK
UEFA Youth League
🏆
First Champions League match
08/18/2020
FK Crvena Zvezda vs Europa FC
Champions League

Match Activity

16 matches · 6 years
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Role:RefereeAVARNo match

Top 15% among BUL officials

Peer Benchmark

Match Count85%
Seasons Active94%
Competitions92%

Median in BUL: 5 matches · 2 seasons

Recent Matches

All 21 →
Europa Conference League11/27/2025
AS Omónia LefkosíasvsFC Dynamo Kyiv
Fourth Official
Europa League10/23/2025
MK MAKKABI TEL AVIVvsFC Midtjylland
Fourth Official
UEFA Europa League Play-Off Round (First Legs)08/21/2025
HŠK ZRINJSKI MOSTARvsFC UTRECHT
Fourth Official
UEFA Europa Conference League Third Qualifying Round (Second Legs)08/14/2025
Hibernian FCvsFK Partizan
Fourth Official
UEFA Europa League First Qualifying Round (Second Legs)07/17/2025
NK CeljevsSabah FK
AVAR
UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round (First Legs)07/08/2025
NOA FAvsFK Budućnost Podgorica
Referee
UEFA Europa Conference League08/24/2023
FC BallkanivsFK Bate Barysaŭ
Referee
UEFA Europa Conference League07/26/2023
FC MidtjyllandvsFC Progrès Niederkorn
Referee
UEFA Europa Conference League07/19/2022
Hibernians FCvsFC Levadia Tallinn
Referee
UEFA Youth League09/26/2021
RB LeipzigvsClub Brugge
Referee

Least-Officiated Teams

Current championship only · teams with fewest meetings

  1. 1ACF FIORENTINA ITA1×
  2. 2AEK1×
  3. 3AEK LÁRNAKAS1×
  4. 4JAGIELLONIA BIAŁYSTOK (POL)1×
  5. 5RC STRASBOURG-ALSACE1×
  6. 6Aberdeen FC6×
  7. 7Aek6×
  8. 8Aek Lárnakas6×
  9. 9BK Häcken6×
  10. 10Breiðablik6×

Top Destinations

  1. 1Kyiv
    2×
  2. 2Aarhus
    2×
  3. 3Herning
    1×
  4. 4Kuopio
    1×
  5. 5Leipzig
    1×
  6. 6Nicosia
    1×
  7. 7Petah Tikva
    1×
  8. 8Pristina
    1×
  9. 9Riga
    1×
  10. 10Tallinn
    1×

Career Events

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Season Reports

2025/26 (6)2023/24 (2)2022/23 (1)2021/22 (3)2020/21 (3)2019/20 (1) (5)