Lachezar Kotev

Lachezar Kotev
Personal information
Full name	Lachezar Hristov Kotev
Date of birth	5 January 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Arda Kardzhali
Number	80
Youth career
	Levski Sofia
	Septemvri Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2016	Septemvri Sofia
2016–2020	Vitosha Bistritsa
2017	→ Oborishte (loan)
2020–	Arda Kardzhali
National team‡
2019–2020	Bulgaria U21
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:13, 12 December 2021 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2020

Lachezar Kotev (Bulgarian: Лъчезар Котев; born 5 January 1998) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Arda Kardzhali.^[2]^[3]

International career[]

Youth levels[]

In August 2018 he was called up for the Bulgaria U21 team for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against France U21 and Montenegro U21 to be held on 7 and 11 September 2018.^[4]

Senior level[]

Kotev received his first call up for the Bulgaria national team on 14 May 2021 for the friendly games against Slovakia, Russia and France between 1 June and 8 June.^[5]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 24 December 2020^[3]

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	League	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bulgaria			League		Bulgarian Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Septemvri Sofia	V Group	2015–16	21	3	0	0	–		–		21	3
Vitosha Bistritsa	Second League	2016–17	14	0	0	0	–		0	0	14	0
	First League	2017–18	11	0	0	0	–		5^[a]	0	16	0
		2018–19	29	0	1	0	–		3^[b]	0	33	0
		2019–20	23	0	2	0	–		0	0	25	0
	Total		77	0	3	0	0	0	8	0	88	0
Oborishte (loan)	Second League	2017–18	10	0	0	0	–		–		10	0
Arda Kardzhali	First League	2020–21	12	0	1	0	–		–		13	0
Career statistics			120	3	4	0	0	0	8	0	132	3