Mihail Ivanov Aleksandrov ( bg, Михаил Иванов Александров; born 11 June 1989) is a

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n former

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who played as a

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. He primarily played as a

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or a right-sided midfielder.

Career

CSKA Sofia

Aleksandrov began his career at

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

. He made his debut for the first team in a 2–1 home win over

Belasitsa Petrich OFC Belasitsa ( bg, ОФК Беласица Петрич) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Petrich, currently playing in the Second League. The team was founded in 1923. They play at the Stadion Tsar Samuil in Petrich, which has ...

on 26 November 2006 at the age of 17.

Borussia Dortmund

In August 2007, Aleksandrov was signed by

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional fo ...

on a three-year contract. After joining Borussia, he played exclusively for the club's

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. He made his debut on 7 November 2008 in a 3–1 home victory over Köln II. On 20 March 2010, in a 2–0 away win over

Wuppertaler SV Borussia Wuppertaler SV is a German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in 1929 out of the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cronenberg and Ronsdorf – e ...

Aleksandrov assisted Marcel Großkreutz for the second goal. He spent most of his time with Borussia II on the bench, making only five appearances.

Akademik Sofia

After his contract expired in late July 2010, Aleksandrov agreed to join Akademik Sofia. He made his debut for Akademik in their match against Sliven 2000 on 21 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for Asparuh Vasilev. He made his first start a week later against

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 22 December 2010, Aleksandrov joined Ludogorets Razgrad. On 19 March 2011, he scored a goal in his competitive debut for Ludogorets against Dobrudzha Dobrich. Aleksandrov began the following 2011–12 season in fine form for Ludogorets. On 20 August he assisted Marcelinho for Ludogorets's third goal in a 4–0 home win over Vidima-Rakovski. Aleksandrov scored his first league goal of the season by netting Ludogorets's third goal in a 6–0 victory over

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home groun ...

on 11 September. On 18 September he scored his second goal of the season, netting the solitary strike in a 1–0 away victory over Cherno More. On 13 October, Aleksandrov signed a new two-year contract with Ludogorets. On 31 July 2013, Aleksandrov netted the winning goal for Ludogorets in the 2–1 victory over

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

in the first leg of a

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match. In 2015–16 season Aleksandrov was dropped to the bench, making only four league appearances as a substitute during the first half of the campaign. He scored four goals in six matches for the club's

in the

B Group The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...

. He scored 4 goals in 6 matches for the team, playing only 3 for the first team.

Legia Warsaw

On 29 February 2016, Aleksandrov signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 ...

club Legia Warsaw. He made his debut for the team on 5 March 2016 in a match against

Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning the second-most Po ...

won by Legia.

Arsenal Tula

On 10 February 2017, Legia announced the transfer of Aleksandrov to

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

club

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. On 8 July 2018, he extended his contract for another year with an additional 1-year extension option. In the opening game of the 2018–19 season against

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Foot ...

he suffered an ACL tear, even though he didn't even remember the moment of the injury. He recovered from injury in January 2019 and was cleared for training, however, he re-aggravated the injury and the season opening game remained his only appearance of the 2018–19 season for Arsenal. On 9 August 2019, he left Arsenal as his contract expired.

Arda Kardzhali

On 2 September 2019, he signed a one-year contract with Bulgarian club Arda Kardzhali.

International career

In October 2011, Aleksandrov earned his first call-up to the

national side for a

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against

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and a

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qualifier against

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. He was also selected for a

against

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in February 2012, but did not take part in it. Aleksandrov earned his first cap on 5 March 2014, in the 2:1 home win over

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

in a

Career statistics

Club

National team

International goals

:''As of match played 7 October 2016. Bulgaria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Aleksandrov goal.''

Honours

Club

;Ludogorets *

A Group 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 ...

(4): 2011–12,

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, 2013–14, 2014–15 *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournamen ...

(2): 2011–12, 2013–14 *

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match an ...

(2):

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;Legia Warsaw *

(2): 2015–16, 2016–17 *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...

(1): 2015–16

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aleksandrov, Mihail 1989 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers PFC CSKA Sofia players Borussia Dortmund II players PFC Akademik Sofia players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players Legia Warsaw players FC Arsenal Tula players FC Arda Kardzhali players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Men's association football midfielders First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Ekstraklasa players Footballers from Sofia 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Russian Premier League players