Nikolay Dimitrov (footballer, born 1970)

Nikolay Dimitrov-Džajić' (born 4 November 1970, in Petrich) is a Bulgarian former football player. He played as a right back and spent the majority of his career with Litex Lovech.[1]

Nikolay Dimitrov
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-11-04) 4 November 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Petrich, Bulgaria
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Position(s) Right back / Right wingback
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1996 Belasitsa Petrich 141 (3)
1996–2005 Litex Lovech 178 (6)
Total 319 (9)
Managerial career
2006–2016 Litex Lovech (youth coach)
2016–2017 Belasitsa Petrich
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Born in Petrich, Dimitrov was a product of the Belasitsa Petrich system. He was signed by Litex Lovech in 1996 and spent the remainder of his career with the club. He spent nine seasons of his career at Litex, before retiring at the age of 35 in 2005. During that period, Dimitrov won two A PFG titles and two Bulgarian Cups. He had played 241 games in all competitions for Litex, scoring seven goals.

Dimtrov was head coach of Belasitsa in the 2016–17 South-West Third League but stepped down in June 2017.[2]

Litex statistics edit

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Litex Lovech 1996–97 15 0 4 0 19 0
1997–98 24 1 3 0 27 1
1998–99 22 0 7 0 5 0 34 0
1999–00 28 1 2 0 4 0 34 1
2000–01 16 1 7 1 23 2
2001–02 25 0 4 0 6 0 35 0
2002–03 14 2 6 0 2 0 22 2
2003–04 23 1 8 0 2 0 33 1
2004–05 11 0 1 0 2 0 14 0
Career totals 178 6 42 1 21 0 241 7

Honours edit

Club edit

Litex Lovech

References edit

  1. ^ "Nikolay Dimitrov Facts". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Николай Димитров–Джаич и Беласица се разделиха" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 12 June 2017.