The 28-year-old Bulgarian comes with extensive coaching experience from his time in 500, where he spent almost two years as both a Head Coach and Assistant Coach. As the Head Coach, he led the team to several notable results, most notably claiming two gold medals in big tournaments. On duty as an Assistant Coach the last six months of his stay in the organization, Popov worked alongside former Metizport In-game leader Hampus “hampus” Poser.
Kaloyan has already been with Peter “stanislaw” Jarguz and the team since the start of August, helping the squad remotely while they were in Stockholm and Paris for Stake Pulse Beat 1 and the Esports World Cup Qualifier. The Bulgarian has also taken part in two of our recent major achievements – qualifying for $100,000 Logitech G Connect 2026 in Warsaw, as well as ESL Challenger League S52 Cup where Metizport Epicbet stood victorious after beating OG Esports in the Grand Finals, securing $4,000 and a spot in the Regional Finals later this year.
Now we can happily announce that POP0V has signed a two-season agreement until June 2027, uniting with Vincent “vinS” Jozefiak to complete the team’s coaching staff, and will from here on play a valuable role in providing the men with tactical insight alongside the Pole.
A warm welcome to Metizport, POP0V!
The CS department now looks like below:
Peter “stanislaw” Jarguz
David “forsyy” Bílý
Maciej “F1KU” Miklas
Nicolas “Plopski” Gonzalez Zamora
Liam “MaiL09” Tügel
Vincent “vinS” Jozefiak (Head Coach)
Kaloyan “POP0V” Popov (Assistant Coach)