Daniel Bozhkov ( bg, Даниел Ангелов Божков; born 27 April 1983) is a Bulgarian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
defender.
Career
Club
Bozhkov has been raised in
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 ...
's youth teams and was the team's captain. He made his official debut in
top division of Bulgarian football in a match against
Slavia Sofia
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on 30 August 2002. Bozhkov played for 90 minutes. The result of the match was a 1:4 loss for Botev.
On 22 July 2009, Bozhkov signed a three-year contract with
Widzew Łódź
RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-white-reds).
History ...
. In July 2011, he was loaned to
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on a one-year deal. He returned to Widzew one year later.
Statistics
International career
In 2005 and 2006, while
Hristo Stoichkov
Hristo Stoichkov Stoichkov ( bg, Христо Стоичков Стоичков, ; born 8 February 1966) is a Bulgarian former professional Association football, footballer who is a football commentator for TUDN. A prolific Forward (association ...
was manager of the
Bulgarian national team, Bozhkov appeared in three matches. Daniel made his official debut for Bulgaria playing 90 minutes in a 6–2 win over
Georgia
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on 12 November 2005.
Honours
Widzew Łódź
*
I liga
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:
2009–10
References
External links
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Bulgarian men's footballers
1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Plovdiv
Men's association football defenders
Botev Plovdiv players
Widzew Łódź players
GKS Górnik Łęczna players
POFC Botev Vratsa players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
I liga players
Bulgaria men's international footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
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