Dimitar Rangelov

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Dimitrov and the family name is Rangelov.

Dimitar Rangelov
Димитър Рангелов

Personal information
Full name	Dimitar Dimitrov Rangelov
Date of birth	(1983-02-09) 9 February 1983
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Second striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2006	Slavia Sofia	127	(32)
2006–2008	Strasbourg	15	(2)
2007	→ Erzgebirge Aue (loan)	16	(5)
2007–2008	→ Energie Cottbus (loan)	22	(6)
2008	→ Energie Cottbus II (loan)	1	(0)
2008–2009	Energie Cottbus	27	(9)
2009–2012	Borussia Dortmund	11	(1)
2010–2011	→ Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan)	22	(2)
2011–2012	→ Energie Cottbus (loan)	30	(12)
2012–2014	FC Luzern	54	(12)
2014–2017	Konyaspor	78	(13)
2017–2018	Ümraniyespor	27	(9)
2018–2020	Energie Cottbus	46	(18)
2020–2021	Slavia Sofia	26	(3)
2021–2022	VfB Krieschow	22	(12)
Total		524	(136)
International career
2004–2016	Bulgaria	40	(6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dimitar Rangelov (Bulgarian: Димитър Рангелов; born 9 February 1983) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a second striker.

He made his debut for Bulgaria in 2004.

Career

Slavia Sofia

Born in Sofia, Rangelov started playing football in local team Slavia. On 3 June 2000, then 17 years old, he made his official debut in professional football in a match against Beroe Stara Zagora as a 65th-minute substitute. Rangelov played for Slavia Sofia between 2000 and 2006.

Strasbourg

Rangelov was sold to RC Strasbourg for €1 million. In January 2007, he was loaned for six months to German side Erzgebirge Aue. After that, he moved to Energie Cottbus on a season-long loan and quickly developed into an important first team player at his new team.

Energie Cottbus

After the 2007–08 season, Rangelov signed permanently for Energie Cottbus. He made 49 appearances playing in the Bundesliga, scoring 15 goals.

Borussia Dortmund

On 16 June 2009, Rangelov officially signed his contract with Borussia Dortmund. The transfer fee was €1 million. His contract is for four years. On 20 March 2010, he scored his first goal in the Bundesliga for the Dortmund side in the 3–0 home win against Bayer Leverkusen.

Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan)

On 4 September 2010, Borussia Dortmund loaned him to Maccabi Tel Aviv until the end of the season with purchase option in the end. On 6 November 2010, Rangelov scored his first goal for Maccabi in the match against Hapoel Ashkelon. In April 2011 with the end of regular season (before the playoffs). Rangelov reached a mutual agreement on his release from Maccabi and his return to his original club Dortmund.

Return to Energie Cottbus (loan)

On 28 June 2011, Rangelov re-joined Energie Cottbus where he played between 2007 and 2009, signing a one-year loan deal. Rangelov ended the season in 2. Bundesliga with 12 goals to his name making him Energie's top scorer.

Luzern

On 11 July 2012, Rangelov joined Swiss Super League side FC Luzern on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee, though media reports estimated it to be between €300,000 and £350,000. Four days later, he made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against FC Zürich, playing the full 90 minutes. On 11 August Rangelov netted his first goal, scoring a penalty against St. Gallen. He scored his first-ever European goal on 23 August, opening the scoring in a 2–1 home win over Genk in their Europa League play-offs first leg tie. A week later, in the second leg tie against Genk, Rangelov was sent off in the 37th minute.

Third Energie Cottbus stint

In October 2018, Rangelov joined Energie Cottbus for the third time in his career having signed a contract until the end of the season. As of 2019, he is the only Bulgarian to have scored at four different levels of the German league system.

Return to Slavia Sofia

After nearly 15 years playing abroad Rangelov returned to his childhood club Slavia Sofia by signing a contract with the club in July 2020.

VfB Krieschow

Rangelov moved to German club VfB Krieschow, playing in the fifth-tier NOFV-Oberliga Süd, in 2021. He left the club after the 2021–22 season.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Slavia Sofia	2000–01	A Group	5	0			–		5	0
	2001–02		24	3			–		24	3
	2002–03		24	4			–		24	4
	2003–04		21	10			–		21	10
	2004–05		27	8			–		27	8
	2005–06		26	7	1	0	–		27	7
	Total		127	32	1	0	0	0	128	32
Strasbourg	2006–07	Ligue 2	15	2	4	2	–		19	4
Erzgebirge Aue (loan)	2006–07	2. Bundesliga	16	5	0	0	–		16	5
Energie Cottbus (loan)	2007–08	Bundesliga	22	6	1	1	–		23	7
Energie Cottbus II (loan)	2007–08	Regionalliga Nord	1	0	0	0	–		1	0
Energie Cottbus	2008–09	Bundesliga	27	9	3	3	–		30	12
Borussia Dortmund	2009–10	Bundesliga	10	1	2	0	0	0	12	1
	2010–11		1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	Total		11	1	2	0	1	0	14	1
Borussia Dortmund II	2009–10	3. Liga	2	0	0	0	–		2	0
Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan)	2010–11	Israeli Premier League	22	2	6	2	0	0	28	4
Energie Cottbus (loan)	2011–12	2. Bundesliga	30	12	1	0	–		31	12
FC Luzern	2012–13	Swiss Super League	28	1	1	0	2	1	31	2
	2013–14		26	11	5	6	–		31	17
	Total		54	12	6	6	2	1	62	19
Konyaspor	2014–15	Süper Lig	23	6	3	0	–		26	6
	2015–16		29	4	8	1	–		37	5
	2016–17		26	3	4	2	1	1	31	6
	Total		78	13	15	3	1	1	94	17
Ümraniyespor	2017–18	TFF First League	27	9	0	0	–		27	9
Energie Cottbus	2018–19	3. Liga	24	7	0	0	–		24	7
	2019–20	Regionalliga Nordost	22	11	1	0	–		23	11
	Total		46	18	1	0	0	0	47	18
Slavia Sofia	2020–21	Bulgarian First League	23	3	4	0	1	0	31	3
VfB Krieschow	2021–22	NOFV-Oberliga Süd	22	12	0	0	–		22	12
Career total			524	136	44	17	5	2	575	155

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Bulgaria	2004	2	0
	2005	0	0
	2006	0	0
	2007	0	0
	2008	3	0
	2009	8	1
	2010	8	1
	2011	2	0
	2012	3	1
	2013	3	0
	2014	1	0
	2015	4	1
	2016	6	2
Total		40	6

Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rangelov goal.

List of international goals scored by Dimitar Rangelov

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 August 2009	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Latvia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2	12 October 2010	Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Saudi Arabia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
3	12 October 2012	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Denmark	1–0	1–1	2014 World Cup qualifier
4	13 October 2015	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Azerbaijan	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier
5	29 March 2016	Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	Macedonia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
6	6 September 2016	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Luxembourg	1–0	4–3	2018 World Cup qualifier

External links

• Dimitar Rangelov at National-Football-Teams.com
• Dimitar Rangelov at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• Dimitar Rangelov at WorldFootball.net
• Dimitar Rangelov at Soccerway