Borislav Dimitrov Karamatev (

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: Борислав Димитров Караматев; born 6 February 1984) is a

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n former

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who played as a

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. He is currently the assistant manager of Botev Plovdiv II.

Career

He started his career in his home town

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, playing for local team FC Asenovec. At 19 years old, he moved to

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. Between 2005 and 2008 he played for

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv ( bg, „Ботев“ Пловдив, ) or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that competes ...

. He returned to Botev in 2010 when the club was revived, but failed to play an official match and left after a scandal with coach

Marin Bakalov Marin Bakalov (born 18 April 1962) is a Bulgarian football coach and former professional player. Career Playing career Bakalov made a total of 454 league appearances in Bulgaria for Botev Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА С ...

, demanding a first team place.

Coaching career

During his stay as a player in FC Asenovets Asenovgrad from 2010 to 2014 he was also coaching at the clubs academy, and from 2014 to 2016 in charge of the clubs first team. In the summer of 2018, he was appointed as the head coach of Maritsa Plovdiv and remained until June 19, 2020, when he started working as a coach at the Botev Plovdiv school. In June 2018, Karamatev was appointed as manager of

Maritsa Plovdiv Maritsa ( bg, Марица) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Plovdiv, that plays in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football league system. It was established in 1921, after the merger of the teams Vampir and T ...

. He left the position in June 2020, and was then immediately appointed youth coach at his former club,

. In the beginning of January 2023, Karamatev was promoted to assistant manager of the clubs reserve team, Botev Plovdiv II.Израелец пое дублиращия отбор на Ботев, има и още промени
plovdiv24.bg, 5 January 2023

References

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