Preslav Nikolaev Borukov (; born 23 April 2000) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a forward for Arda Kardzhali. Career Sheffield Wednesday Borukov started his football career at Levski Sofia at the age of 6. He would go through the academy from the U6 to the U19 during the period from 2006 to 2016. In June 2016, he transferred to the English club Sheffield Wednesday. In the first 2 seasons, he played for the youth teams managed by the coaches Danny Cadamarteri, Ben Wilkinson and Neil Thompson. On 25 June 2018, Borukov signed his first professional contract with the first team, which made him the first Bulgarian football player for the club and the youngest Bulgarian who penned a professional contract in England. In the next 2 years he was a main player for the Sheffield Wednesday reserves and would train with the first-team squad. In this period he worked with coaches like Carlos Carvalhal, Jos Luhukay, Steve Bruce and Garry Monk. In January 2020, he was part of the first-team squad in the Championship and the FA Cup. Etar Veliko Tarnovo After his contract expired in June 2020, Borukov returned to Bulgaria to sign a one-year contract with Etar. Borukov quickly became the leading player of the Boyars, scoring the club's first goal of the season against his former side Levski Sofia in a 2–1 defeat. By the end of 2020, he scored 6 goals, provided 1 assist and won 1 penalty, with which he participated directly in 8 of the 11 goals for Etar in total until the end of 2020. He has been selected twice as a Player of the Match, 1 time as a Player of the Round and has been included several times in the Team of the Round and in the Top 5 Forwards of the Round in efbet League. At the "Footballer of the Year" ceremony for 2020 in Bulgaria, he was ranked on the 5th place for the most progressive player by the vote of the journalists. According to the world's most prestigious football statistics organization, InStat, Borukov is placed 6th in terms of effectiveness among all U21 forwards in Europe. During the winter transfer window, he was close to sign for Slovan Liberec, but the move fell apart. Zalaegerszeg In August 2021, Borukov signed a contract with the Hungarian NB I club Zalaegerszeg for 1+2 years option for the club.