Aleksandar Georgiev
Aleksandar Georgiev (Bulgarian: Александър Георгиев; born 10 October 1997) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a winger for Arda Kardzhali.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksandar Veselinov Georgiev | ||
| Date of birth | 10 November 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Targovishte, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Arda Kardzhali | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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– | Arda Kardzhali | 24 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | Bulgaria U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Bulgaria U19 | 12 | (6) |
| 2016–2018 | Bulgaria U21 | 13 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2018 | |||
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]
International career
On 13 May 2016 he was included in the Bulgaria U21 team for the 2016 Toulon Tournament.[6] 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.[7]
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[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | |||
- Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches and First League playoffs.
References
- "Профил на Александър Веселинов Георгиев" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- "Aleksandar Georgiev Facts". soccerway.com.
- "Литекс подписа с национал". gol.com.
- "Litex vs Ludogorets". soccerway.com.
- Голяма драма на "Армията" - ЦСКА-София оцеля след гол в 93-ата минута
- Съставът на България U21 за международния турнир "Тулон"
- Младежите приключиха с достойнство квалификациите
External links
- Aleksandar Georgiev at Soccerway