Ivaylo Emilov Dimitrov ( bg, Ивайло Емилов Димитров; born 26 March 1989) is a Bulgarian professional

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who plays as a winger or

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for

Etar Veliko Tarnovo Etar ( bg, Етър) is a Bulgarian sports football club based in Veliko Tarnovo, that plays in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football. Etar is the official successor of Etar 1924, which was dissolved for financial reasons ...

Career

Dimitrov started playing football in CSKA Sofia's youth academy. On 23 July 2018, he moved abroad for the first time, signing with Armenian club

FC Ararat-Armenia FC Ararat-Armenia ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ-Արմենիա), is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan, founded in 2017. History It was founded in 2017 as FC Avan Academy by Ruben Hayrapetyan, on the basis of t ...

for two years. In July 2023, Dimitrov joined newly promoted

Career statistics

Club

1. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Bulgarian Supercup.

International

International career

On 21 August 2017, Dimitrov was selected for the first time to the Bulgaria senior team by manager

Petar Hubchev Petar Kanchev Hubchev ( bg, Петър Кънчев Хубчев; born 26 February 1964) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player who played for Hamburger SV and Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga. Considered one of the great ...

ahead of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against

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and Netherlands. He made his debut ten days later against Sweden as an 83rd-minute substitute for

Ivelin Popov Ivelin Ivanov Popov ( bg, Ивелин Иванов Попов; born 26 October 1987) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Levski Sofia. Club career Youth career Born in Sofia, Popov started to play ...

in a 3–2 win.

Honours

;CSKA Sofia * Bulgarian League (1): 2007–08 ;Slavia Sofia * Bulgarian Cup (1): 2017–18

References

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* * 1989 births Living people Footballers from Sofia Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers PFC CSKA Sofia players FC Sportist Svoge players PFC Akademik Sofia players PFK Svetkavitsa 1922 players FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo players OFC Nesebar players FC Dobrudzha Dobrich players PFC Slavia Sofia players FC Ararat-Armenia players FC Zhetysu players FC Arda Kardzhali players SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Armenian Premier League players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Men's association football forwards {{Bulgaria-footy-forward-stub