Dimitar Emilov Pirgov ( bg, Димитър Емилов Пиргов; born 26 October 1989) is a

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n professional

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who plays as a defender. He is the younger brother of

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

's goalkeeper

Ilko Pirgov Ilko Emilov Pirgov ( bg, Илко Емилов Пиргов; born 23 May 1986) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He is the older brother of Dimitar Pirgov. Career Pirgov is an ex-Pirin Blagoevgrad playe ...

Career

Pirgov began his football career with Chavdar Etropole. On 12 February 2012, he signed for Pirin Gotse Delchev. He made his league debut against Slivnishki geroi on 14 March, playing the full 90 minutes. Pirgov finished the season with 10 appearances, as Pirin clinched promotion to the A PFG. He was acquired by

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 ...

in late January 2014. After playing for Levski Sofia for two years, Pirgov signed a contract with

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 ...

on 23 January 2018. Pirgov joined CSKA 1948 in May 2020.

International

He was called up to the senior

squad by Ivaylo Petev for a

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qualifier against

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in September 2016. Pirgov earned his first cap on 7 October under Petev's successor

Petar Houbchev Petar Kanchev Hubchev ( bg, Петър Кънчев Хубчев; born 26 February 1964) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player who played for Hamburger SV and Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga. Considered one of the greate ...

, playing the full 90 minutes in the 1:4 away loss against

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in another qualification match for the

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Career statistics

Club

References

External links

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Profile at LevskiSofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pirgov, Dimitar 1989 births Living people Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria international footballers Association football defenders FC Chavdar Etropole players PFC Pirin Gotse Delchev players PFC Slavia Sofia players PFC Levski Sofia players Botev Plovdiv players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players