Aleksandar Georgiev

Bulgarian footballer
Aleksandar Georgiev
Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Veselinov Georgiev
Date of birth (1997-11-10) 10 November 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Targovishte, Bulgaria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back / Winger
Team information
Current team
 Krumovgrad
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2008 Svetkavitsa Targovishte
2008–2009 Vilafranca
2009–2015 Litex Lovech
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Litex Lovech II 13 (4)
2015–2016 Litex Lovech 5 (0)
2016–2017 CSKA Sofia II 15 (3)
2016–2019 CSKA Sofia 19 (1)
2018 → Septemvri Sofia (loan) 9 (0)
2019 → Etar (loan) 4 (0)
2019–2023 Arda Kardzhali 89 (1)
2023– Krumovgrad 8 (0)
International career‡
2013 Bulgaria U17 3 (0)
2014–2016 Bulgaria U19 12 (6)
2016–2018 Bulgaria U21 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:11, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018

Aleksandar Georgiev (Bulgarian: Александър Георгиев; born 10 October 1997) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a winger for Krumovgrad.[2]

Career

Early career

Georgiev was a youth player of hometown team Svetkavitsa Targovishte. He spent one year in Hristo Stoichkov's academy in Vilafranca football club. After that he joined Litex Lovech's academy.[3]

Litex Lovech

Georgiev made his debut coming on as a substitute in the 42nd minute for Litex in a match against Ludogorets Razgrad won by Litex.[4]

CSKA Sofia

On 10 June he and 15 others Litex players joined the refounded CSKA Sofia club. He began the season in the reserve team of the club, which plays in the Bulgarian Second League. He made his debut for the first team on 18 September 2016 against Cherno More Varna coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute.[5]

Krumovgrad

In June 2023, Georgiev signed a contract with newly promoted Krumovgrad.[6]

International career

On 13 May 2016 he was included in the Bulgaria U21 team for the 2016 Toulon Tournament.[7] He scored his first goal for the U21 side on 11 October 2016 in a match against Romania U21 won by Bulgaria with 2-0.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 November 2020[2]
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
Litex Lovech A Group 2014–15 2 0 0 0 0 0 – 2 0
Litex Lovech II B Group 2015–16 13 4 – – – 13 4
Litex Lovech A Group 2015–16 3 0 3 0 2 0 – 8 0
Total 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 10 0
CSKA Sofia II Second League 2016–17 15 3 – – – 15 3
CSKA Sofia First League 2016–17 6 0 1 0 – – 7 0
2017–18 13 1 1 0 – – 14 1
Total 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 1
Septemvri Sofia (loan) First League 2018–19 9 0 0 0 0 0 – 9 0
Etar (loan) 2018–19 4 0 0 0 0 0 – 4 0
Arda Kardzhali 2019–20 18 0 2 1 – 1 0 21 1
2020–21 5 0 1 0 – – 6 0
Total 23 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 27 1
Career statistics 88 8 8 1 2 0 1 0 99 9
  1. ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches and First League playoffs.

References

  1. ^ "Профил на Александър Веселинов Георгиев" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Aleksandar Georgiev Facts". soccerway.com.
  3. ^ "Литекс подписа с национал". gol.com.
  4. ^ "Litex vs Ludogorets". soccerway.com.
  5. ^ Голяма драма на "Армията" - ЦСКА-София оцеля след гол в 93-ата минута
  6. ^ Vasilev, Atanas (24 June 2023). "Новакът в Първа лига ФК Крумовград подписа договори с още две летни попълнения, привлича вратаря Янко Георгиев от Пирин (Бл)" (in Bulgarian). bta.bg. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  7. ^ Съставът на България U21 за международния турнир "Тулон"
  8. ^ Младежите приключиха с достойнство квалификациите

External links

  • Aleksandar Georgiev at Soccerway
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FC Krumovgrad – current squad