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]

Dimitar Iliev
Personal information
Full name Dimitar Emilov Iliev
Date of birth (1999-06-22) 22 June 1999 (age 24)
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
Number 58
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 56 (0)
2022– Ludogorets Razgrad 0 (0)
International career
2014–2016 Bulgaria U17 3 (0)
2017–2018 Bulgaria U18 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:49, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 March 2018

Youth career edit

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 edit

Ludogorets Razgrad edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Club edit

As of 28 March 2024 [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[a] Total
Ludogorets Razgrad II Second League 2016–17 1 0 1 0
2017–18 2 0 2 0
2018–19 23 0 23 0
2019–20 21 0 21 0
2020–21 26 0 26 0
Total 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 0
Ludogorets Razgrad First League 2017–18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
CSKA 1948 II Second League 2021–22 10 1 10 1
CSKA 1948 First League 2021–22 4 0 0 0 4 0
Botev Vratsa 1 0 0 0 1 0
Ludogorets Razgrad II Second League 2022–23 33 0 33 0
2023–24 23 0 23 0
Total 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0
Ludogorets Razgrad First League 2022–23 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Career statistics 145 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 146 2
  1. ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Bulgaria - L. Kovachev - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  2. ^ Талантите на Лудогорец надиграха мъжете на Ботев (Пловдив) за 2:2
  3. ^ "Димитър Илиев официално е футболист на ЦСКА 1948". Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  4. ^ "Ботев Враца се раздели с двама футболисти". gong.bg (in Bulgarian). 1 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

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