Milen Gamakov ( bg, Милен Гамаков; born 12 April 1994) is a

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n professional

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who currently plays for

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team

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as a defender or

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Career

Early career and loan

Gamakov is youth player of Chernomorets Burgas since 2009. In 2013, he was sent on loan at Neftochimic Burgas till end of season 2013. He won promotion in A group with the team.

Chernomorets Burgas

After end of season 2012–2013 and his good play at Neftochimic, he returned to Chernomorets. He made his debut for the team at first match of season 2013–14 against

Cherno more Varna Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an assoc ...

as a substitution.

Botev Plovdiv

On 12 July 2014, Gamakov signed with

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 13 August, he scored a goal in the

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 ...

final but despite his excellent performance

was defeated by Ludogorets Razgrad with 1-3. Milen scored the opening goal in the derby game against

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 ...

on 24 October. He was among the best players in the match although he was substituted at the 68 minute.

achieved a 3-1 victory. On 15 March 2015 Gamakov scored the first goal with a header for the important 2-0 home win 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 ...

. On 16 and 23 May Milen Gamakov was included in the starting lineup as a defensive midfielder for the 3-2 home win over

and the 1-2 away defeat from

. He played well but received yellow cards in both games. Milen Gamakov was named the second-place winner of the best youth player 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 ...

for season 2014-15. His teammate

Tsvetelin Chunchukov Tsvetelin Lukov Chunchukov ( bg, Цветелин Луков Чунчуков; born 26 December 1994) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga II side CSA Steaua București. Career Early career Born in Pazardzhik, ...

won the first prize.

2015-16 season

For

season 2015-16 was marked with a lot of changes of the managers. Despite this Milen Gamakov was regularly included in the starting lineup. In February 2016, due to a lot of injuries of his team mates,

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started using Gamakov as a central defender. On 13 March 2016, Gamakov played as a midfielder and scored one of the goals for the 3-1 win over

Cherno More Varna Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an assoc ...

Lechia Gdańsk

In June 2016, Gamakov signed with Polish

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

side

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

. He spent the second half of the 2016–17 season on loan at

Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów () is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: fourteen-time national champions, and three-time winners of the Polish Cup. Currently the team play ...

Slavia Sofia

On 1 June 2018, Gamakov signed a two year contract with

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 ...

Club statistics

International career

Under 21

Gamakov made him international debut for Bulgaria U21 in a friendly match against Azerbaijan U21 won by Bulgaria with 3:1. Gamakov scores a goal in the additional time.

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was appointed as manager of the

Bulgaria national under-21 football team The Bulgaria national under-21 football team ( bg, Mладежки национален отбор на България по футбол) is considered to be the feeder team for the Bulgaria national football team. This team is for Bulgarian p ...

in October 2014 and he selected Gamakov as the new captain of the team. Milen Gamakov missed the game against Wales U21 due to a ban. In the next game, on 9 June 2015, he played 90 minutes during the 1-0 win in a friendly game with Cyprus U21. In September 2015 Gamakov was in the starting lineup for the 0-2 away victory over Romania U21 and the 3-0 home win over Luxembourg U21. He was the captain of the team and played 90 minutes in both games. On 25 March 2016 Gamakov was in the starting lineup as a captain for the goalless draw with Wales U21. Four days later, on 29 March, he played in another goalless draw, this time against Luxembourg U21. On 21 May 2016 Gamakov was in the starting lineup during the 0-1 defeat from France U21. On 6 June he played during the 0-2 defeat in a friendly game from Norway U21.

Senior

Gamakov was included in the

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for the first time on 6 November 2014. He remain and unused substitute during the 1-1 draw with

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gamakov, Milen 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Burgas Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria youth international footballers Bulgaria under-21 international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Ekstraklasa players I liga players A Lyga players PFC Chernomorets Burgas players Neftochimic Burgas players Botev Plovdiv players Lechia Gdańsk players Ruch Chorzów players OKS Stomil Olsztyn players PFC Slavia Sofia players FK Žalgiris players Bulgarian expatriate footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate footballers in Poland Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Expatriate footballers in Lithuania Association football midfielders