Birsent Karagaren

Birsent Hamdi Karagaren (Bulgarian: Бирсент Хамди Карагарен; born 6 December 1992) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Lokomotiv Plovdiv and the Bulgarian national team. He made his debut for his country in October 2019.

Birsent Karagaren

Personal information
Full name	Birsent Hamdi Karagaren
Date of birth	6 December 1992
Place of birth	Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Number	9
Youth career
	Asenovets
0000–2011	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Asenovets	26	(5)
2012	Shumen	12	(0)
2013	Etar 1924	2	(0)
2013–2014	Vereya	28	(23)
2014–2016	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	62	(9)
2017–2018	Dunav Ruse	48	(11)
2018–	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	76	(14)
National team^‡
2019–	Bulgaria	7	(0)
* 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 05:47, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Born in Asenovgrad, Karagaren played as a youth for local club Asenovets and Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He also spent time at Shumen, Etar 1924 and Vereya, before joined Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2014.

Dunav Ruse

On 19 January 2017 Karagaren signed for Dunav Ruse from Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[2] He made his debut for the team on 17 February 2017 in a 0:4 loss to Beroe.[3] In the next match for the league on 24 February, he scored both goals for the 2:0 win against Botev Plovdiv, becoming a man of the match.[4] He scored again in the match against Levski Sofia on 28 February 2017.[5]

International career

Karagaren received his first call-up for senior Bulgarian squad in October 2019 for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Montenegro and England on 11 and 14 October.[6] He made his debut on 11 October 2019 in a game against Montenegro. He substituted Wanderson in the 77th minute.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 December 2020[8]

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup[lower-alpha 1]		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Asenovets	2011–12	Third League	26	5	0	0	–		26	5
Shumen 2010	2012–13	Second League	12	0	0	0	–		12	0
Etar 1924	2012–13	First League	2	0	0	0	–		2	0
Vereya	2013–14	Third League	28	23	0	0	–		28	23
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2014–15	First League	30	5	5	1	–		35	6
	2015–16		26	3	2	0	–		28	3
	2016–17		6	1	1	1	–		7	2
Dunav Ruse			17	5	1	0	–		18	5
	2017–18		31	6	0	0	2	0	33	6
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2018–19		32	3	3	1	–		35	4
	2019–20		28	7	6	2	4	0	38	9
	2020–21		16	4	2	0	2	0	20	4
Career total			256	62	20	5	8	0	284	67

1. Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.

Honours

Club

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

• Bulgarian Cup (2): 2018–19, 2019–20
• Bulgarian Supercup: 2020

References

1. "Профил на Бирсент Хамди Карагерен" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
2. "Дунав привлече Карагарен, сделката за Огнянов също пред финализиране" (in Bulgarian). fcdunav.eu. 19 January 2017.
3. Летящ старт за Берое, заралии с тежък погром над Дунав
4. Дунав нанесе звучен шамар по амбициите на Ботев (Пд) за място в Топ 6, Карагерен над всички
5. Трагичното представяне на Левски продължава
6. Карагарен: Ще дам всичко от себе си за България
7. "Montenegro v Bulgaria game report". ESPN. 11 October 2019.
8. Birsent Karagaren at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

External links

• Birsent Karagaren at Soccerway
• Profile at LPortala at the Wayback Machine (archived December 13, 2014)