Lazar Enev Marin ( bg, Лазар Енев Марин; born 9 February 1994) is a Bulgarian professional

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who currently plays as a defender for

Hebar Pazardzhik FC Hebar ( bg, Футболен клуб Хебър) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Pazardzhik. The club currently competes in the First League, the first tier of the Bulgarian football league system. Founded in 1918, Hebar h ...

Career

Early career

Marin began his career at the

Spartak Plovdiv PFC Spartak Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Спартак Пловдив) is a Bulgarian football club based in Plovdiv, which currently plays in the third tier of Bulgarian football, the Third League. The club was established in 1947 and folded its senio ...

academy but moved to

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 ...

along with

Radoslav Terziev Radoslav Terziev ( bg, Радослав Терзиев; born 6 August 1994) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Krumovgrad. Career Early career Born in Plovdiv, Terziev began his career at the Spartak Plovdiv ac ...

, Lachezar Angelov and Rosen Andonov in January 2012. In February 2013, he joined Rakovski on loan to gain first team experience. In June 2014, Marin was recalled by his parent club after spending a one-and-a-half-years with Rakovski and making 34 league appearances.

Botev Plovdiv

2014-15 season

On 7 December 2014 Lazar Marin was included in the

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as a left defender during the 2-0 win over

PFC Haskovo FC Haskovo 1957 ( bg, ФК Хасково 1957) is a Bulgarian football club based in Haskovo, which currently competes in the A RFG Haskovo, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. Haskovo's home ground is the Haskovo Stadium, which has a capaci ...

. A week later he played again 90 minutes and made a solid performance during the 1-0 loss from Ludogorets Razgrad. On 15 March 2015 Marin participated in the final 30 minutes during the important 2-0 home win of

over

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 ...

. He came on as a substitute for

Momchil Tsvetanov Momchil Emilov Tsvetanov ( bg, Момчил Емилов Цветанов; born 3 December 1990) is a Bulgarian professional footballer. Although he predominantly plays as a winger, he has also been deployed as a left-back. A product of Sparta ...

and played on the atypical for him position of a left midfielder. A week later, on 22 March, Marin again came on as a substitute and again played on the same position during the 0-0 draw with Ludogorets Razgrad. On 18 April Lazar Marin was included in the starting lineup for the 1-1 draw with

Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...

. He played well but was replaced on the half time due to an injury. On 3 May 2015 Marin came on a substitute and made an assist for the goal of

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during the 1-3 defeat from Ludogorets Razgrad. Soon after Petar Penchev decided to start using Lazar Marin in more attacking role he scored his first goal in

A grupa 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 ...

. On 16 May Marin opened the score with a right footed shot, although he prefers to play with the left foot, during the 3-2 win over

. In the same game Marin also provided an assist to

Ivan Tsvetkov Ivan Tsvetkov ( bg, Иван Цветков; born 31 August 1979) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He works as an assistant manager and is employed as a scout for Ludogorets Razgrad. Club career Born in Bl ...

. A week later, on 23 May, Marin scored again but this time

lost with 1-2 the away game versus

2015-16 season

Lazar Marin established as a regular first team player for

during 2015-16 season. He participated in all of the first 10 matches in

A Grupa 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 ...

and received 5 yellow cards. He missed the 11th round due to a ban. In the beginning of 2016, after the arrival of Ihor Oshchypko, Marin lost his regular place in the starting line-up. On 6 March, he came on as a substitute during the 1-1 away draw with

. On 24 April Lazar Marin was in the starting line-up and scored a goal during the 1-2 defeat from

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 ...

. Five days later, on 29 April, Marin was in the starting line-up during the 2-2 draw with

PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad was a Bulgarian professional football club based in Blagoevgrad. History Makedonska slava Club was founded in 1928 as Makedonska Slava (" Macedonian Glory"). In 1948 the club joined the newly established FD Julius Dermendz ...

Return to Botev

In January 2017, Marin returned to

as a free agent. On 18 February, he made his debut after the come back during the 1-0 away win over

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv ( bg, Локомотив) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Gorna Oryahovitsa, which currently competes in the Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football. Established in 1932 as a sports association of the rai ...

. On 24 May 2017 Lazar Marin played an important role in the historical 2-1 win over Ludogorets Razgrad in the

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final and won the cup with

Torpedo Kutaisi

On 1 July 2018, Marin signed a one year contract with Georgian club

Torpedo Kutaisi FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's third largest city. 'Torpedo Kutaisi' was founded in 1946 and in just three years the club became the winner of the Football Championship of that time. Torp ...

Hebar Pazardzhik

In June 2023, Marin joined Hebar.

International career

Under 21

On 31 March 2015 Marin played for Bulgaria U21 during their 1-3 away defeat against Wales U21. On 21 May 2016 Marin was in the starting lineup during the 0-1 defeat from France U21.Младите "лъвове" отстъпиха пред Франция
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Career statistics

Honours

;Botev Plovdiv *

: 2016–17 *

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 ...

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;Torpedo Kutaisi *

Georgian Cup The Georgian Cup (, ''Sakartvelos tasi'') is the main cup competition in Georgia (country), Georgian football (soccer), football. The competition is a knockout (single elimination) tournament. Soviet era cup winners Previous winners are: * 194 ...

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marin, Lazar 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Plovdiv Province Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football fullbacks First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Erovnuli Liga players Botev Plovdiv players PFC CSKA Sofia players FC Torpedo Kutaisi players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Bulgarian people of Romanian descent