Stanimir Georgiev ( bg, Станимир Георгиев; born 7 August 1975 in

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) is a retired

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professional

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who played for several clubs in Europe.

Club career

Georgiev played for

PFC 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 ...

PFC 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 ...

PFC Rodopa Smolyan FC Rodopa (ФК Родопа) is a Bulgarian football club based in Smolyan, which currently plays in the South-East Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football league system. The team was named after the Rhodope Mountains and plays its h ...

and

PFC Spartak Varna FK Spartak 1918 Varna ( bg, Футболен клуб „Спартак 1918“ Варна, Futbolen klub Spartak 1918 Varna) is a Bulgarian association football phoenix club based in Varna, which currently competes in the First League, the top ...

in Bulgaria and

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in Belarus. He had a brief spell in the Turkish

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with Kocaelispor.

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* 1975 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football forwards First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in Greece FC Spartak Varna players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players FC Dobrudzha Dobrich players FC Chernomorets Burgas players PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Cherno More Varna players PFC Slavia Sofia players Kocaelispor footballers FC Rodopa Smolyan players FC Gomel players Marsaxlokk F.C. players Olympiacos Volos F.C. players {{Bulgaria-footy-forward-stub