One of the coaches carrying the Bulgarian football team traveling to Georgia for the Nations League was involved in an accident on Friday evening in Tbilisi, and a player was injured, the Bulgarian Football Federation announced on Saturday.
Botev Plovdiv player Todor Nedelev, 29, was hospitalized and successfully operated on with a head injury, the BFU added.
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The two buses taking the Bulgarians from Tbilisi airport to their hotel collided, according to the Federation.
The other team members escaped the accident unscathed.
Bulgaria are due to face Georgia on Sunday in a Nations League C Group 4 game.
