Georgi Filipov ( bg, Георги Филипов; born 12 August 1985 in

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) is a former

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who played as a

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. He retired in 2013, at the age of 28, due to injury.

Career

Filipov started his career in Spartak Varna's youth and made his debut for the club's first team at the age of 19 on 14 February 2004 in a 3–0 defeat to

Belasitsa Petrich OFC Belasitsa ( bg, ОФК Беласица Петрич) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Petrich, currently playing in the Second League. The team was founded in 1923. They play at the Stadion Tsar Samuil in Petrich, which has a ...

. He scored his first goal during the next 2004–05 season on 13 November 2004 in a 3–2 home win against Vidima-Rakovski. Georgi left Spartak in June 2007, joining Greek side

Pierikos S.F.K. Pierikos ( el, Σ.Φ.Κ. Πιερικός) is a Greek football club based in Katerini, Greece, part of the major multi-sport club of the same name. Their name was inspired from the State's name of Pieria. The club recently competed in ...

, however, the coach could not find a place in his squad for the winger, and he was allowed to join Chernomorets Balchik at the end of the season. In June 2010, Filipov signed a two-year contract with newly promoted

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 ...

side Kaliakra Kavarna. On 31 July he scored Kaliakra's first ever

goal, in the 1–0 win over

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 ...

on the opening day of the 2010–11 season at the Ovcha Kupel Stadium. He scored his second league goal on 13 November 2010 as Kaliakra defeated Sliven 2000 1–0. One month later Filipov scored his third goal for Kaliakra in the third round of the

2010–11 Bulgarian Cup The 2010–11 Bulgarian Cup was the 29th official season of the Bulgarian annual football knockout tournament. The competition began in September 2010 with the matches of the preliminary round and ended the final in May 2011. Beroe Stara Zagora ar ...

, a 3–1 defeat to

Pirin Blagoevgrad Futbolen klub Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб „Пирин“), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. Th ...

at Hristo Botev Stadium. On 22 October 2011 Filipov broke his leg in a match against

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 ...

. Manager Radostin Trifonov later said he expected Filipov to be absent for a minimum of six months.

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* 1985 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Spartak Varna players S.F.K. Pierikos (football) players FC Chernomorets Balchik players FC Kaliakra Kavarna players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Men's association football midfielders {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub