Dimitar Angelov (born August 25, 1979) is retired Bulgarian professional

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. He plays as a

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and his height is 202 cm. Angelov currently is the head coach for

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 ...

in the Bulgarian League and assistant in Bulgaria national basketball team . He is known as the Bulgarian Kukoc, due to similar style of play with

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. He played in two European Basketball Championships (

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and

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). Angelov is a son of the former player and coach for

BC Yambol BC Yambol ( bg, БК „Ямбол“) is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Yambol. Founded in 1945, Yambol has won the Bulgarian championship once as Yambolgas. They play their home matches at the Diana Hall. The team is a regula ...

Ivan Angelov.

Professional career

Angelov began his career in his hometown with Yambol in 1995, where he played until 2002. In this period his club won the

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in 2002, where he averaged 17.1 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists. His best statistical season was the previous where he averaged 20.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists. In this season Yambol went to the finals, but lost to Levski. In 02-03 season, he moved to Greece to play for

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, where he won FIBA Champions Cup champion. The next season he signed with CSKA, he played two years for the army man, where he won the

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in 2005 and two lost finals playoffs in NBL. In July 2005 he signed with

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for three years, but returned the next season in CSKA. He started 2007/08 season in Yambol, where he played 9 games, but moved to Olympia Larissa in November 2007. The next season he signed with

PBC Academic BC Academic Metropol Region ( bg, БК "Академик" Метропол-Рийджън) is a reestablished Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia. In April 2022, Academic has been reborn and rebranded by the new own ...

, but was released in the end of April, due to a conflict with the head coach

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. He returned for 2009/10 season in Yambol for the third and last time. The next season he played in

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. In 2011 he signed with Levski, where he played until 2015-16 season. There he won one cup and league, both in 2014.

Coaching career

On August 3, 2022, Angelov was promoted by the Levski as a head coach, after being an assistant in the last seasons. In November 2019, he signed as an assistant in Bulgaria national basketball team .

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Angelov, Dimitar 1979 births Living people Achilleas Kaimakli players Aris B.C. players BC CSKA Sofia players BC Kyiv players BC Levski Sofia players BC Yambol players Bulgarian expatriate basketball people in Greece Bulgarian men's basketball players Greek Basket League players Olympia Larissa B.C. players PBC Academic players People from Yambol Forwards (basketball)