Georgi Plamenov Minchev ( bg, Георги Пламенов Минчев; born 20 April 1995) is a

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n professional

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who plays as a

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for AEL Limassol. He started playing with

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 ...

, signing with CSKA Sofia after three seasons and being loaned to Tsarsko Selo Sofia in early 2017. In June 2018, he moved to the latter club on a permanent deal. After his contract with Tsarsko Selo expired, Minchev joined

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 ...

in July 2020 on free transfer.

Club career

Litex Lovech

Minchev made his professional debut on 6 November 2013 in a

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game against Sozopol, coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute. Litex won the game 2–1. On 11 December, he made his A PFG debut in a 0–0 home draw against CSKA Sofia, coming on in the 1st minute of injury time as a substitute for Wilmar Jordán. Three days later, Minchev scored his first goal during the 5–2 away league win over

. He became a top goalscorer in the Bulgarian U21 League for 2014–15 season with 18 goals for Litex U21. For the 2015–16 season he was able also for Litex II playing in

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. He made his debut for the team on 26 July 2015 in a match against

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. He scored his debut 2 goals for the team in a match against

Spartak Pleven OFK Spartak ( bg, ОФК Спартак) is a Bulgarian municipal association football club from the city of Pleven founded on 10 September 1919. It currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. The team's grea ...

on 24 August 2015.

CSKA Sofia

Tsarsko Selo (loan)

On 17 February 2017, Minchev was loaned to Tsarsko Selo until the end of the season. On 27 May 2017 he scored a hat-trick in the last match of the season against

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. Minchev became

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of the team.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Minchev joined

in July 2020.

Riga

Minchev joined

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in February 2022.

International career

Minchev received his first call up for the

national team on 14 May 2021 for the friendly games against

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and

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between 1 June and 8 June. He made his debut on 1 June 2021 against Slovakia.

International goals

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Statistics

Honours

Club

;Lokomotiv Plovdiv *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minchev, Georgi 1995 births Living people Men's association football forwards Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Litex Lovech players PFC CSKA Sofia players FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Riga FC players AEL Limassol players Cypriot First Division players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Sportspeople from Ruse, Bulgaria