Zdravko Minchev Dimitrov ( bg, Здравко Минчев Димитров; born 24 August 1998) is a

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who plays as a left winger for Sakaryaspor, on loan from Levski Sofia.

Career

In July 2017, Dimitrov was loaned to

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. He was named on the bench for three Botev's games in the Second League, but he did not make an appearance in either match. He was recalled by his parent club after spending a month in Vratsa. On 3 September 2017, Dimitrov joined

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on loan until the end of the season.

Levski Sofia

He became part of Levski Sofia in the summer of 2019. He made his debut on 11 June in the

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qualification win against Ružomberok substituting Iliya Yurukov in the 89th minute. He scored his first goal for Levski on 14 February 2021 in the 2–0 win against

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. Receiving good pass from

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, dribbling past one opposite defender he netted the first goal of the game in the 14th minute. Upon the return of

Stanimir Stoilov Stanimir Stoilov ( bg, Станимир Стоилов; born 13 February 1967) is a former Bulgarian footballer and current head coach of Levski Sofia. He was the manager of Litex Lovech, the Bulgarian national team, FC Astana and the national t ...

as head coach of Levski in September 2021, Dimitrov was sidelined on his position as left-winger by new signing Welton. In March 2022, Dimitrov along with fellow team-mate

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were excluded from the squad by manager Stoilov due to disciplinary issues, later identified as gambling addiction.

Spartak Varna

Six months after Dimitrov's suspension from the first team squad of Levski, the player joined newly promoted side Spartak Varna on a one-year loan deal.

International career

Dimitrov made his debut for the Bulgarian under-21 team on 22 March 2019 in the starting eleven for the friendly against Northern Ireland U21. He netted his first goal on 13 October 2020, opening the scoring in the 1:1 away draw with Poland U21. Dimitrov earned his first cap for the senior national team on 11 November 2020, coming on as a substitute for

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during the second half of the 3:0 win over

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in a

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Honours

Club

;Levski Sofia *

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(1): 2021–22

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

*
Profile at LevskiSofia.info
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