Valentin Plamenov Galev ( bg, Валентин Пламенов Галев; born 1 January 1984) is a

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 ...

n professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

currently playing for Kostinbrod as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. He also serves as a goalkeepers coach for Vitosha Bistritsa.

Career

Valentin Galev earned his first professional contract with

Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...

, signing from their academy in 2002. On 17 May 2003, Galev made his debut in

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 ...

when he replaced

Daniel Peev Daniel Peev ( bg, Даниел Пеев; born 6 October 1984) is a Bulgarian retired footballer who played as a left attacking midfielder. Daniel is also the younger brother of Georgi Peev. Career Daniel had short reigns at Lokomotiv Sofia and Le ...

in the 8th minute of the match against

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 ...

following the sending-off of Vladimir Manolkov. On 29 June 2015 Galev joined

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 18 April 2016 his contract was terminated by mutual agreement. During his short spell at

Galev was injured most of the time and played in just a single game, the 1-1 draw with

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 ...

. On 25 May 2021 he was announced as the goalkeeper coach of Vitosha Bistritsa, who will also play for the team in Third League. Витоша (Бистрица) се завръща на футболната карта
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* Living people 1984 births Bulgarian footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players Botev Plovdiv players PFC Septemvri Sofia players FC Vitosha Bistritsa players Association football goalkeepers {{Bulgaria-footy-goalkeeper-stub