Aleksandar Aleksandrov Tsvetkov ( bg, Александър Александров Цветков; born 31 August 1990) is a

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n professional

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who plays as a

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for Spartak Varna.

Career

Litex

Tsvetkov made his first team debut in a 5–1

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win over

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on 7 December 2008, coming on as a substitute for Sandrinho. He made his

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debut on 31 May 2009, again as a substitute replacing

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, as Litex beat

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1–0. Tsvetkov became a first-team regular early in the

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season. On 31 August 2012, he scored his first goal in a 4–0 away league win over

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Cherno More

On 9 June 2016 after 10 years in Litex, he left the club and joined Cherno More. He quickly established himself as a regular starter, so it came as a surprise when his contract was terminated by mutual consent in May 2018, several weeks before the end of the season.

Beroe

On 23 June 2018, Tsvetkov signed with Beroe.

International career

On 7 October 2011, Tsvetkov earned his first cap for

in the 0–3 away loss against

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in an

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. He had to wait nearly 6 years to feature for the national team again; on 3 September 2017, Tsvetkov was in the line-up for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier, a 1–3 away defeat by

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Career statistics

International stats

International goals

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

Honours

;Litex Lovech * Bulgarian A Group (2): 2009–10,

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: 2008–09 *

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: 2010

References

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