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 Dimitrov with Levski in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zdravko Minchev Dimitrov | ||
| Date of birth | 24 August 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Bankya, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mardin 1969 Spor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Septemvri Sofia | 38 | (3) |
| 2017 | → Botev Vratsa (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Lokomotiv Sofia (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2019–2024 | Levski Sofia | 58 | (2) |
| 2022 | → Spartak Varna (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Sakaryaspor (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | → Septemvri Sofia (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Sakaryaspor (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 2024–2026 | Bodrum | 51 | (5) |
| 2026 | Amedspor | 16 | (0) |
| 2026– | Mardin 1969 Spor | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Bulgaria U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Bulgaria U21 | 11 | (1) |
| 2020– | Bulgaria | 11 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2026 | |||
Zdravko Minchev Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Здравко Минчев Димитров; born 24 August 1998) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for TFF 1. Lig club Mardin 1969 Spor.
Career
[edit]In July 2017, Dimitrov was loaned to Botev Vratsa. He was named on the bench for three Botev's games in the Second League, but he did not make an appearance in either match. He was recalled by his parent club after spending a month in Vratsa.
On 3 September 2017, Dimitrov joined Lokomotiv Sofia on loan until the end of the season.[2]
Levski Sofia
[edit]He became part of Levski Sofia in the summer of 2019. He made his debut on 11 June in the Europa League qualification win against Ružomberok substituting Iliya Yurukov in the 89th minute. He scored his first goal for Levski on 14 February 2021 in the 2–0 win against Montana. Receiving good pass from Nigel Robertha, dribbling past one opposite defender he netted the first goal of the game in the 14th minute.[3] Upon the return of Stanimir Stoilov as head coach of Levski in September 2021, Dimitrov was sidelined on his position as left-winger by new signing Welton. In March 2022, Dimitrov along with fellow team-mate Dimitar Kostadinov were excluded from the squad by manager Stoilov due to disciplinary issues, later identified as gambling addiction.[4]
loans
[edit]Six months after Dimitrov's suspension from the first team squad of Levski, the player joined newly promoted side Spartak Varna on a one-year loan deal.[5]
Bodrum
[edit]In July 2024, after loans at Sakaryaspor in TFF First League, he was transferred to newly promoted to Süper Lig team Bodrum. On 20 August he scored his debut goal for the club which also turned to be the first ever goal of the team in the Super Lig.[6]
International career
[edit]Dimitrov made his debut for the Bulgarian under-21 team on 22 March 2019 in the starting eleven for the friendly against Northern Ireland U21.[7] He netted his first goal on 13 October 2020, opening the scoring in the 1:1 away draw with Poland U21.[8] Dimitrov earned his first cap for the senior national team on 11 November 2020, coming on as a substitute for Georgi Yomov during the second half of the 3:0 win over Gibraltar in a friendly match.[9] He was once again called up in August 2024, being selected by manager Ilian Iliev for the September UEFA Nations League matches against Belarus and Northern Ireland.[10]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Levski Sofia
- Bulgarian Cup (1): 2021–22
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 28 February 2021
| 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[a] | Total | ||||||||
| Septemvri Sofia | Second League | 2016–17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 2 | |||
| Botev Vratsa (loan) | 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lokomotiv Sofia (loan) | 2017–18 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 1[b] | 1 | 26 | 2 | |||
| Septemvri Sofia | First League | 2018–19 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 3[c] | 1 | 34 | 2 | ||
| Total | 38 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 4 | |||
| Levski Sofia | First League | 2019–20 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 16 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |||
| Career statistics | 71 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 84 | 8 | |||
- ↑ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
- ↑ Promotion play-offs
- ↑ Relegation play-offs
References
[edit]- ↑ "Профил на Здравко Минчев Димитров" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ↑ "Железничарите взеха талант от Септември" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 3 September 2017.
- ↑ "Левски - Монтана 2:0 (Развой на срещата по минути)". topsport.bg.
- ↑ "Дългове от хазарт довели до отстраняването на Димитров и Костадинов". topsport.bg.
- ↑ "Официално: Спартак (Варна) подписа договор със Здравко Димитров". sportal.bg.
- ↑ Здравко Димитров с гол при загуба на Бодрумспор
- ↑ "България U21 отстъпи с 0:1 в контролата със Северна Ирландия U21" (in Bulgarian). bfunion.bg. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ↑ "Тежък хикс в Полша огорчи "лъвчетата" и сложи край на надеждите ни за Евро 2021". gong.bg. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ↑ "Bulgaria NT 3-0 Gibraltar NT" (in Bulgarian). soccerway.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ↑ "Пълен състав на България "А" за мачовете с Беларус и Северна Ирландия" (in Bulgarian). bfunion.bg. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Zdravko Dimitrov at Soccerway
- Profile at LevskiSofia.info
- Living people
- 1998 births
- Sportspeople from Sofia City Province
- Bulgarian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- PFC Septemvri Sofia players
- POFC Botev Vratsa players
- FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- FC Spartak Varna players
- Sakaryaspor footballers
- Bodrum F.K. footballers
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- TFF 1. Lig players
- Süper Lig players
- Bulgaria men's youth international footballers
- Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers
- Bulgaria men's international footballers
- Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen