Simeon Raykov ( bg, Симеон Райков; born 11 November 1989) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

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who plays as a winger for Gigant Saedinenie.

Career

Levski Sofia

In the summer of 2011, Simeon signed with

PFC Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

. His kit number was chosen to be 11. On 19 July 2012, Raykov netted the only goal for Levski in the 1:0 home win over

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n club

FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (; English: Sarajevo Football Club) is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the country. Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sara ...

in a

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match, but the team from

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

was eliminated from the competition after a 1:3 loss in the return leg. On 19 August 2012, he scored 2 goals in the derby match against

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 ...

and as a result of that he was chosen for Player of the Second Round in A PFG in a poll of newspaper "Football". On 31 January 2017 it was announced that Simeon had joined Dutch football club Roda JC Kerkrade. His contract was terminated in June. On 7 August 2017, Raykov signed a two-year contract with

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 ...

Snooker

Raykov is a keen

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player and won the Bulgarian Snooker Championship in 2007. After the completion of his football career, Raykov entered snooker tournaments once again.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Cherno More *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament ...

: 2014–15 *

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 ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

References

External links

Profile at ThePlayersAgent
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raykov, Simeon 1989 births Living people Footballers from Plovdiv Bulgarian men's footballers PFC Spartak Plovdiv players FC Sliven players POFC Botev Vratsa players PFC Levski Sofia players PFC Cherno More Varna players PSFC Chernomorets Burgas players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Roda JC Kerkrade players Eredivisie players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Men's association football wingers