Dimitar Iliev (
Bulgarian
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: Димитър Илиев; born 22 July 1999) is a Bulgarian
footballer
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who plays as a
defender for
Ludogorets Razgrad II.
Youth career
Dimitar Iliev began playing football in the local team of Lokomotiv (GO). Later Iliev joined the youth academy of Litex (Lovech). He won the BFU cup two times. In 2016 Iliev joined the youth team of Ludogorets (Razgrad). He won the Bulgarian championship twice and he has got one BFU cup. Iliev has made many appearances for Ludogorets in the
UEFA Youth League’s group stage.
Career
Ludogorets Razgrad
Iliev made his professional debut for the first team on 20 May 2018 in a league match against
Botev Plovdiv
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, coming as a substitute of
Lachezar Kovachev after he got injured in the 64th minute. Iliev played mainly for the second team of Ludogorets and he made 6 assistances before he left the club.
CSKA 1948
In 2021 Iliev joined
CSKA 1948. He made his debut for the team against
CSKA Sofia. Iliev played also for the second team and scored a goal against
Neftochimic.
Botev Vratsa
At the end of 2021 Iliev signed with
Botev Vratsa
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The club was founded in 1921. Since 1948, Botev have played their home games at St ...
. After finding it difficult to establish himself as part of the first team, on 1 May 2022, it was confirmed that he had left by mutual consent.
Return to Ludogorets
In 2022 Iliev returned to Ludogorets. He is mainly playing for the second team. In the second round of the
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament ...
, Iliev scored his debut goal for the first team on 18 November 2022 against
Rozova Dolina Kazanlak.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
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1999 births
Living people
Bulgarian men's footballers
Bulgaria men's youth international footballers
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II players
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Men's association football defenders
People from Gorna Oryahovitsa
Sportspeople from Veliko Tarnovo Province
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