Emil Angelov ( bg, Емил Ангелов; born on 17 July 1980 in

Haskovo Haskovo ( bg, Хасково ) is a city in the region of Northern Thrace in southern Bulgaria and the administrative centre of the Haskovo Province, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey. According to Operative Program Regional Develo ...

) is a former

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

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who played as a

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Career

His career began at

Svilengrad Svilengrad ( bg, Свиленград; el, Σβίλενγκραντ; ota, Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) is a town in Haskovo Province, south-central Bulgaria, situated at the border of Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece. It is the administrative centre of the h ...

, having played for

as a youth. In 2001 Angelov joined

Chernomorets Burgas PSFC Chernomorets Burgas ( bg, ПСФК Черноморец Бургас) or simply Chernomorets ( bg, Черноморец) was a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas. The club never won any major competition, its most notable achie ...

. In his two and a half-year stint with the team, he played 55 games scoring 18 goals in the

Bulgarian A PFG The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

Levski Sofia

Angelov joined

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 ...

on 24 January 2004 on a four-year contract for a transfer fee of €140,000. He made his league debut for Levski on 14 February and scored his first goal in the process, netting Levski's third of a 3–0 victory over

. Angelov scored his first-ever European goal on 12 August 2004, in a 5–0 home win over

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in their UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg tie.

Litex Lovech

On 8 January 2008 Angelov was bought by

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

. He made his debut for Litex on 18 January 2008 in a friendly match against Al-Karamah which ended in a draw. Angelov played during the second half of the match. His first goal for Litex was on 13 February 2008 against

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. He scored it in 85th minute. The result of the match was 2:1 win for Litex. Emil Angelov made his official debut for Litex on 1 March 2008 against

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

. The result of the match was 0:0 with a guest draw for Litex.

Denizlispor

In 2009, he signed with

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club

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Karabükspor

In 2010, he signed with

club Karabükspor.

Anorthosis

On 10 July 2011, Angelov signed for

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

side

Anorthosis Famagusta Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fou ...

on a one-year deal. Few hours later, he made his first appearance for Anorthosis in a 2–0 friendly win over

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 ...

. Angelov made his competitive debut on 28 July, in a 0–2 home loss against Rabotnički Skopje in the third qualifying round of the

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, coming on as a substitute for

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Haskovo

In 2013, Angelov joined his hometown club

. He announced his retirement from football in January 2015 and joined the coaching staff, becoming assistant to

Emil Velev Emil Simeonov Velev ( bg, Емил Симеонов Велев; born 5 February 1962) is a former Bulgarian Association football, footballer and currently manager. Career Velev started his career in Levski Sofia. Kokala James ( bg, Кокала ...

International career

On 1 March 2006, Angelov made his debut for Bulgaria in the

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against Macedonia.

Honours

;Levski Sofia * Bulgarian

A PFG The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

– 2006, 2007 *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament ...

– 2005, 2007 *

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and ...

– 2005, 2007 ;Litex Lovech *

– 2009 ;Beroe Stara Zagora *

– 2013 *

– 2013

Career statistics

''(Correct as of 31 October 2012)''

References

External links

* *
Official player website from LEVSKI2000
*
Profile at Levskisofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angelov, Emil 1980 births Living people Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria international footballers Bulgarian expatriate footballers FC Chernomorets Burgas players PFC Levski Sofia players PFC Litex Lovech players Denizlispor footballers Kardemir Karabükspor footballers Konyaspor footballers PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players FC Haskovo players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Süper Lig players Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Association football forwards People from Haskovo Sportspeople from Haskovo Province