Radoslav Bonchev Dimitrov ( bg, Радослав Бончев Димитров; born 12 August 1988) is a Bulgarian professional

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who plays as a defender for Liga I club

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Career

Dimitrov began his football career at the

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's Youth Academy. He failed to break into the first team, and went out on loan to Montana and then Sportist Svoge. In January 2009, Dimitrov joined Slavia Sofia. He made his

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debut on 9 March 2009, coming on as a second-half substitute during the 1–0 away win over

. Dimitrov's first start for Slavia came on 17 March in their 5–2 away victory over Belasitsa Petrich, playing 56 minutes. In January 2010, Dimitrov was loaned out to fellow A PFG club Montana for the rest of the season. He returned to Slavia at the end of the season having made 13 appearances in Montana's successful battle against relegation. Dimitrov became a regular starter for Slavia during the

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season. On 4 December 2010, he tallied his first goal to give Slavia a 1–0 win against Etar 1924 for Bulgarian Cup. He netted his first league goal against

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on 2 April 2011, scoring the equalizing goal as the game ended in a 1–1 draw. After 5 years of playing for Slavia Dimitrov was released and in June 2014 he signed a 2-year contract with Levski Sofia.

International career

On 15 March 2013, Dimitrov received his first call-up to play for the

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for

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against Malta and Denmark. On 22 March, he made his debut in a 6–0 win over Malta, coming on as a substitute for

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. On 10 September, Dimitrov started as a first-team choice in the qualification game against Malta. He scored the opening goal of the game managing to score his first international goal. The game ended with a 2–1 victory for Bulgaria.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Slavia Sofia * Bulgarian Cup runner-up:

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Universitatea Craiova *

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: 2017–18 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994, ...

runner-up:

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Sepsi OSK *

: 2021–22,

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References

External links

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Profile at LevskiSofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dimitrov, Radoslav 1988 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Lovech players FC Sportist Svoge players PFC Slavia Sofia players FC Montana players PFC Levski Sofia players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players FC Botoșani players CS Universitatea Craiova players Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe players FC Universitatea Cluj players Liga I players Men's association football defenders Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania