Lyubomir Tsekov ( bg, Любомир Цеков; born 17 January 1990, in

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...

) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

Career

Born in

, Tsekov began his football career with Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He made his first team debut in a 1–0 A PFG win over Belasitsa Petrich on 29 April 2008, coming on as a substitute for Gerasim Zakov. In 2009, newly promoted

B PFG The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...

side Brestnik 1948 signed Tsekov on loan. He netted Brestnik's only goal on his debut, a 2–1 defeat at Svetkavitsa on 15 August. In June 2010, Tsekov joined

Bdin Vidin OFC Bdin ( bg, ОФК Бдин) is a Bulgarian football club based in Vidin, currently playing in the North-West Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football. Its home stadium "Georgi Benkovski" has a capacity of 15 000 seats. Club colors ...

and helped the team to

promotion, contributing with 6 goals. In 2011 Tsekov joined Svilengrad 1921 and scored 12 goals during the season. After training with Lokomotiv Plovdiv one week, Tsekov re-signed for his native club on a -year contract on 30 January 2012.

References

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