The 26-year-old has been a star performer for Saints this term and was rewarded with an international call-up for Bulgaria.
It has been a difficult start to the season for Steven MacLean and St Johnstone, but in amongst two opening league defeats and a disastrous League Cup campaign, there has been a shining light.as a relatively unknown figure when he moved to McDiarmid Park in the summer, but his impact in the Fair City has been instant and if supporters did not know much about him prior to his move, they certainly know all about his football talents now.
“My family are mad football fans. It has been football in our family 24/7. Even before me. My dad used to be a goalkeeper and to be fair, he is still a goalkeeper. He plays Sunday league back in Bulgaria and is still going strong. “I was just like every other kid when I was younger. I wanted to be a footballer and I was actually an outfield player before I was a goalkeeper,” the Saints keeper explained to Herald Sport.
“Coming to Scotland you have the exposure and playing in giant games. Going and performing against 60,000, three times a year. That's only against Celtic and you obviously have Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibs, they're all huge football clubs with a lot of followers. The goalkeeper was certainly busier than his opposite number Joe Hart, but Mitov was equally as impressed by the veteran Englishman, who pulled off an impressive save to deny Saints winger Dara Costelloe a debut goal at Parkhead.
“He said I should be proud of myself. Just seeing the calibre of goalkeeper that he is and just being able to speak to him, he was super nice to me. The Celtic legend had mixed emotions about the goalkeeper’s display, but he was delighted to see his fellow Bulgarian producing on the big stage in Scotland.
“Listen, watching him, the career he has had, playing for Celtic, for Villa as well. He is an incredible guy as well, not just a really good footballer but such a nice person.
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