Nikolay Dimitrov (footballer, born 1970)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 November 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Petrich, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back / Right wingback | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1996 | Belasitsa Petrich | 141 | (3) |
1996–2005 | Litex Lovech | 178 | (6) |
Total | 319 | (9) | |
Teams managed | |||
2006–2016 | Litex Lovech (youth coach) | ||
2016–2017 | Belasitsa Petrich | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Nikolay Dimitrov-Džajić' (born 4 November 1970, in Petrich) is a Bulgarian former football player. He played as a right back and spent the majority of his career with Litex Lovech.[1]
Born in Petrich, Dimitrov was a product of the Belasitsa Petrich system. He was signed by Litex Lovech in 1996 and spent the remainder of his career with the club. He spent nine seasons of his career at Litex, before retiring at the age of 35 in 2005. During that period, Dimitrov won two A PFG titles and two Bulgarian Cups. He had played 241 games in all competitions for Litex, scoring seven goals.
Dimtrov was head coach of Belasitsa in the 2016–17 South-West Third League but stepped down in June 2017.[2]
Litex statistics[]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Litex Lovech | 1996–97 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 0 |
1997–98 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 1 | |
1998–99 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
1999–00 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
2000–01 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 23 | 2 | |
2001–02 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
2002–03 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
2003–04 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
2004–05 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
Career totals | 178 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 241 | 7 |
Honours[]
Club[]
- A PFG: 1997–98, 1998–99
- Bulgarian Cup: 2001, 2004
References[]
- ^ "Nikolay Dimitrov Facts". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ "Николай Димитров–Джаич и Беласица се разделиха" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 12 June 2017.
Categories:
- Bulgarian footballers
- PFC Belasitsa Petrich players
- PFC Litex Lovech players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- People from Petrich
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Association football defenders