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Bozhidar Mitrev ( bg, Божидар Митрев; born 31 March 1987 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian retired professional
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who played as a goalkeeper. Mitrev began his career at Levski Sofia. In early 2013 he moved to
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 ...
, where he made more than 60 league appearances, before moving to Moldovan National Division club Sheriff Tiraspol in 2015. In early 2017 Mitrev re-signed for Levski.


Career


Levski Sofia

Mitrev came through the youth ranks at Levski Sofia. For 2006–07 season he was promoted to the first squad as third choice behind Georgi Petkov and
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. He made his debut in a 3–0 home loss against Werder Bremen in the group stage of the Champions League on 31 October 2006, replacing Nikolay Mihaylov at half-time. On 4 November, he started for first time, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 home league win over
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. On 5 December, Mitrev played in Levski's 2–0 defeat to Chelsea at
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, making several excellent saves, including one reaction save from a
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header. However, he received criticism from the Chelsea faithful for a bad challenge on
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, clearly fouling him. Chelsea were not offered a penalty, however Drogba accepted the apologies of the goalkeeper. Mitrev collected his first
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title winner's medal at the end of the 2006–07 season, playing 12 matches in all competitions. On 10 March 2009, Mitrev scored 90-meters goal for the second team of Levski in a game against
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. On 9 May 2009, he kept a clean sheet in a 2–0 win in the Eternal derby of Bulgarian football against CSKA Sofia. Mitrev finished the season with 7 appearances in the league, as Levski clinched the
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. On 17 December 2009, Mitrev played in a 1–0
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away win over Lazio at
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. Mitrev left Levski on 1 July 2012 after his contract with the club expired. He spent six seasons of his career with Levski, mainly as a backup. He played 52 competitive games in all competitions.


Lokomotiv Sofia

After six months without a club, Mitrev joined
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 ...
on 28 December 2012. He made his debut in a 2–0 away loss against
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 ...
on 2 March 2013. Mitrev left the team from the Nadezhda district after the 2014/2015 A PFG season when it was administratively relegated to the V group, as it was unable to obtain a license for professional football due to failing to meet the deadlines to pay for or provide sufficient guarantees regarding its debts.


Sheriff Tiraspol

In June 2015, Mitrev moved abroad for the first time, joining Moldovan club Sheriff Tiraspol.


Return to Levski

In March 2017, Mitrev was signed by Levski urgently since the starter Bojan Jorgacevic will be unavailable for the rest of the season due to a shoulder injury and the other two goalkeepers being too young and inexperienced. Mitrev signed for 1,5 years. At the beginning of 2017–18 season, he was appointed as the captain of the team.


Voluntari

On 27 February 2019, Mitrev signed with Romanian club FC Voluntari until the end of the season with an option for extension.


International career

On 7 February 2015, Mitrev made his first appearance for Bulgaria, in the 0–0 draw with Romania in a non-official friendly match, playing the first 45 minutes. He earned his first cap on 8 June 2015, in the 0:4 loss against Turkey in another exhibition game, being between the sticks for the entire duration of the match. His official debut followed a few days after, keeping a clean sheet the whole match in a 0–1 away win against Malta, for the
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.


Career statistics


Honours

; Levski Sofia *
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(2): 2006–07, 2008–09 * Bulgarian Cup: 2006–07 * Bulgarian Supercup (2):
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; Sheriff Tiraspol * Moldovan National Division: 2015–16 *
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: 2016 ; Individual Best goalkeeper in the
Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...
- 2017.


References


External links


Profile at Levskisofia.info
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitrev, Bozhidar 1987 births Living people Footballers from Sofia Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Bulgaria men's international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Moldovan Super Liga players Liga I players PFC Levski Sofia players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players FC Sheriff Tiraspol players FC Voluntari players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania