Kiril Kotev
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Kotev with Cherno More in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Kiril Hristov Kotev | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vihar Gorublyane | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2002 | Velbazhd Kyustendil | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Vidima-Rakovski (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 2002–2005 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 79 | (7) |
| 2005–2010 | CSKA Sofia | 87 | (7) |
| 2010 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 16 | (0) |
| 2011 | Dalian Aerbin | 23 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 22 | (2) |
| 2013–2015 | Cherno More | 60 | (3) |
| 2015– | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 16 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2009 | Bulgaria | 13 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2015 | |||
Kiril Kotev (Bulgarian: Кирил Котев; born 18 April 1982) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender for Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
Career
In his youth years, Kotev started to play football at Vihar Gorublyane.[citation needed] At the age of 16 he moved to Velbazhd Kyustendil.[citation needed] In 2002 Kotev signed with Lokomotiv Plovdiv, with whom became a Champion of Bulgaria and holder of Bulgarian Supercup in 2004. In same year he made his debut for Bulgaria national football team.
In January 2005, CSKA Sofia signed Kotev to a four-year deal for €100,000. After the departure of Aleksandar Tunchev and Valentin Iliev in the summer of 2008, he started to play a lot more regularly showing his great abilities, great sense for marking and also scoring some important goals for the club.
International career
He was part of the Bulgarian 2004 European Football Championship team, which exited in the first round, finishing bottom of Group C, having finished top of Qualifying Group 8 in the pre-tournament phase.[1]
Chinese League career statistics
(Correct as of 1 March 2012)
| Season | Club | League | League | FA Cup | CSL Cup | Asia | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2011 | Dalian Aerbin | China League One | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 1 |
| Total | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
Awards
- Champion of Bulgaria – 2 times
– 2004 (with Lokomotiv Plovdiv)
- 2008 (with CSKA Sofia)
- Bulgarian Supercup – 2 times
– 2004 (with Lokomotiv Plovdiv)
- 2008 (with CSKA Sofia)
References
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- Kiril Kotev at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Articles containing Bulgarian-language text
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Bulgarian footballers
- Bulgarian A Football Group players
- PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo players
- PFC CSKA Sofia players
- PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players
- PFC Cherno More Varna players
- Bulgarian expatriate footballers
- Dalian Aerbin F.C. players
- China League One players
- Expatriate footballers in China
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- Bulgaria international footballers
- Association football defenders
