Alexandre Barthe (born 5 March 1986) is a French former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender. He has won the Bulgarian league championship on six occasions in a row (2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, and 2015–16).

Career

Barthe started his club career with

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

, representing however only its B-team. In 2006, he joined

Rodez AF Rodez Aveyron Football (; commonly referred to as le Raf or simply Rodez) is a French association football club based in Rodez. The club was founded in 1929 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. The club plays its ...

and helped the team to gain promotion to

Championnat National The Championnat de France National ( en, French National Championship), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, t ...

during a 2006–07 season.

Litex Lovech

On 11 July 2008, Barthe signed a four-year contract with Bulgarian side

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

after impressing during a short trial period. He made his debut in a 3–0 away win over

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground ...

on 9 August, playing full 90 minutes. During his three years at

Lovech Stadium Gradski stadion ( bg, Градски стадион, ) is a football stadium in Lovech, Bulgaria. It is currently used for football matches. The stadium has more than 8100 seats. On July 12, 2010, the venue received a 3-star rating by UEFA and curr ...

, he scored 5 goals in 72 matches in the league. Barthe collected a host of honours in his Litex career, as a two consecutive

A Group The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

titles, the

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament ...

and the

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and ...

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 30 July 2011, Barthe joined Ludogorets Razgrad, signing a two-year contract. During the 2011–12 A PFG season, he formed a partnership with Ľubomír Guldan in the centre of defence and became an established first team player. In his first full season playing for Ludogorets, Barthe made 29 appearances in the

and ended the season winning his third consecutive league medal in Bulgaria and first with Ludogorets.l On 13 January 2013, Barthe signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him at Ludogorets until 2015. On 13 March 2014, Barthe suffered a severe injury in a game against

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of the

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. He was out for two months and made his return to the pitch in Ludogorets's away match at

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

on 11 May. At the end of the season, Barthe became the first foreign player to win five consecutive A PFG titles, as Ludogorets clinched their third championship in a row. He won a 6th title in succession in mid May 2015.

Grasshopper Club Zürich

On 12 June 2015, Barthe signed a three-year contract with the Swiss record champion

Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zürich, commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshoppers, is a multisports club based in Zürich, Switzerland. The oldest and best known department of the club is its football team. With 27 titles, Grasshopper holds the ...

CSKA Sofia

On 1 September 2017, Barthe signed with Bulgarian club

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

. On 8 September 2017, Barthe made his debut for CSKA Sofia in 3 – 0 home win against Vereya (Stara Zagora), making an appearance in the 85-th minute, replacing

Nikolay Bodurov Nikolay Georgiev Bodurov ( bg, Николай Георгиев Бодуров; born 30 May 1986) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Pirin Blagoevgrad and the Bulgarian national team. Bodurov plays mainly as a centre back but ...

. He left the club at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

* Litex Lovech ** Bulgarian A Group. (2): 2009–10,

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

. (1): 2008–09 **

. (1):

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* Ludogorets Razgrad ** Bulgarian A Group. (4): 2011–12,

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, 2013–14, 2014–15 **

. (2): 2011–12, 2013–14 **

. (2):

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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

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