Dimitar Iliev (footballer, born 1999)
Dimitar Iliev (Bulgarian: Димитър Илиев; born 22 July 1999) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender for Ludogorets Razgrad II.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dimitar Emilov Iliev | ||
| Date of birth | 22 June 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ludogorets Razgrad II | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2012 | Lokomotiv GO | ||
| 2012–2016 | Litex Lovech | ||
| 2016–2018 | Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Ludogorets Razgrad II | 73 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | CSKA 1948 II | 10 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | CSKA 1948 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022 | Botev Vratsa | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | Ludogorets Razgrad II | 43 | (0) |
| 2022– | Ludogorets Razgrad | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2016 | Bulgaria U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Bulgaria U18 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:50, 3 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 March 2018 | |||
Youth career
Dimitar Iliev began playing football in the local team of Lokomotiv (GO). Later Iliev joined the youth academy of Litex (Lovech). He won the BFU cup two times. In 2016 Iliev joined the youth team of Ludogorets (Razgrad). He won the Bulgarian championship twice and he has got one BFU cup. Iliev has made many appearances for Ludogorets in the UEFA Youth League’s group stage.
Career
Ludogorets Razgrad
Iliev made his professional debut for the first team on 20 May 2018 in a league match against Botev Plovdiv, coming as a substitute of Lachezar Kovachev after he got injured in the 64th minute.[2] Iliev played mainly for the second team of Ludogorets and he made 6 assistances before he left the club.
CSKA 1948
In 2021 Iliev joined CSKA 1948.[3] He made his debut for the team against CSKA Sofia. Iliev played also for the second team and scored a goal against Neftochimic.
Botev Vratsa
At the end of 2021 Iliev signed with Botev Vratsa. After finding it difficult to establish himself as part of the first team, on 1 May 2022, it was confirmed that he had left by mutual consent.[4]
Return to Ludogorets
In 2022 Iliev returned to Ludogorets. He is mainly playing for the second team. In the second round of the Bulgarian Cup, Iliev scored his debut goal for the first team on 18 November 2022 against Rozova Dolina Kazanlak.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 19 June 2019 [1]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||||
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | Second League | 2016–17 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 2017–18 | 23 | 0 | – | – | – | 23 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| Ludogorets Razgrad | First League | 2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
- Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
References
- "Bulgaria - L. Kovachev - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
- Талантите на Лудогорец надиграха мъжете на Ботев (Пловдив) за 2:2
- Димитър Илиев официално е футболист на ЦСКА 1948
- "Ботев Враца се раздели с двама футболисти". gong.bg (in Bulgarian). 1 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
External links
- Dimitar Iliev at Soccerway