Bozhidar Brankov Chorbadzhiyski ( bg, Божидар Бранков Чорбаджийски; born 8 August 1995) is a
Bulgarian professional
footballer
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who plays for Polish club
Widzew Łódź. He is usually deployed as a
centre back.
Career
CSKA Sofia
Chorbadzhiyski joined
CSKA Sofia as a nine-year-old in 2004 and subsequently progressed through CSKA's academy. On 25 May 2013, he made his competitive debut as a 32nd-minute substitute for
Plamen Krachunov in a 2–1 league loss against
Lokomotiv Sofia
Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football.
Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...
at
Lokomotiv Stadium. On 4 April 2014, he signed his first professional contract.
Chorbadzhiyski began to establish himself in the CSKA first team from the
2015–16 season, making 26 league appearances. He scored his first senior goal of his career in a
Bulgarian Cup match against
Botev Ihtiman Botev ( bg, Ботев) may refer to:
Places
* Botevgrad
* Botev Peak, the highest peak of the Balkan mountains
* Botev Point
Sports
* FC Botev Galabovo, a football club from Galabovo
* OFC Botev Ihtiman, a football club from Ihtiman
* FC Bote ...
on 9 September 2015, which CSKA won 5–0. In that season he also collected his first trophy with the club, winning the
2015–16 Bulgarian Cup
The 2015–16 Bulgarian Cup was the 34th official edition of the Bulgarian annual football knockout tournament. The competition began on 23 September 2015 with the matches of the First Round and finished with the final on 24 May 2016. Cherno More ...
.
Loan to FCSB
On 20 August 2019 Chorbadzhiyski joined Romanian club
FCSB on loan until end of the year, with a buyout clause.
International career
On 26 May 2016 Chorbadzhiyski received his first call up for
Bulgaria for the
Kirin Cup, replacing the injured
Plamen Galabov
Plamen Yordanov Galabov ( bg, Пламен Йорданов Гълъбов; born 2 November 1995) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays for Maccabi Netanya as a defender.
Club career
Galabov made his competitive debut on 12 December 2 ...
. He made his debut for the team on 6 September 2016 in a match against
Luxembourg for the
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
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, won by Bulgaria by a score of 4:3. His second game for the team was again a qualification match for the 2018 World Cup against the
Netherlands on 25 March 2017, won by Bulgaria with 2-0.
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Career statistics
Club
''As of 30 November 2022''
International
Honours
Club
;CSKA Sofia
* Bulgarian Cup: 2015–16
FCSB
*Cupa României
The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...
: 2019–20
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Footballers from Sofia
Bulgarian footballers
Bulgaria international footballers
PFC CSKA Sofia players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Association football defenders
FC Steaua București players
Stal Mielec players
Widzew Łódź players
Liga I players
Ekstraklasa players
Expatriate footballers in Romania
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Expatriate footballers in Poland
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
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