Plamen Tsvetanov Getov ( bg, Пламен Цветанов Гетов; born 4 March 1959) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

n retired

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who played as either an

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or a

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. A skillful free-kick taker, he scored numerous goals from different positions, in a career which spanned almost 20 years. Getov represented

at the

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Career

Born in

Sungurlare Sungurlare ( bg, Сунгурларе, ) is a town in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Burgas Province. It is the administrative centre of Sungurlare municipality, which lies in the northwestern part of Burgas Province. Sungurlare lies in a valley ...

, Getov grew up in

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. A product of Spartak Varna's youth academy, he progressed to their first-team in the 1977–78 season. He made 37 league appearances with 7 goals in his tenure at the club and had a loan spell at Vatev Beloslav. In June 1980, Getov joined

Spartak Pleven OFK Spartak ( bg, ОФК Спартак) is a Bulgarian municipal association football club from the city of Pleven founded on 10 September 1919. It currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. The team's grea ...

, where he scored 123 goals in 207 matches for eight seasons. In 1984–85 season Getov became

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 ...

top scorer with 26 goals. He won the top Bulgarian league twice: with CSKA Sofia in 1989 and with Levski Sofia in 1993. Proclaimed the best player of the 1992–93 season, he added the league to the top scorer's crown, scoring 26 goals at 34 years of age – he had already won that award in 1985, with 26 for Pleven. Getov retired with his first club at 39, amassing totals of 286 games and 165 goals in the country's top division, of which 108 were for Spartak Pleven.

International career

For the

Bulgarian national team The Bulgaria national football team ( bg, Български национален отбор по футбол, Bǎlgarski natsionalen otbor po futbol) represents Bulgaria in men's international football and is administered by the Bulgarian Foo ...

Getov gained 25 caps and netted four times, playing all four matches at the

1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia ha ...

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and scoring against

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in a 1–1 group stage draw.

International goals

Honours

Club

;Levski Sofia *

: 1992–93

Individual

* A Group Top Scorer (2): 1984–85 (26 goals); 1992–93 (26 goals)

References

External links

* *
Levski official profile
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