Aleksandar Aleksandrov (footballer, born 1975)

Aleksandar Aleksandrov

Personal information
Full name	Aleksandar Yordanov Aleksandrov
Date of birth	(1975-01-19) 19 January 1975
Place of birth	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1997	Maritsa Plovdiv	87	(33)
1997–2000	Levski Sofia	79	(24)
2001–2002	Kocaelispor	62	(10)
2002–2005	Istanbulspor AS	79	(15)
2005–2006	Kayserispor	31	(6)
2006	Konyaspor	14	(2)
2007	MKE Ankaragücü	12	(0)
2007–2009	Cherno More	58	(15)
2010–2011	Levski Sofia	27	(6)
2011–2012	Botev Plovdiv	24	(9)
Total		473	(120)
International career
1998–2003	Bulgaria	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksandar Aleksandrov (Bulgarian: Александър Александров; born 19 January 1975 in Plovdiv) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Aleksandrov was honoured as Bulgarian Footballer of the Year in 1999 and Footballer of the Year of Varna for 2007 and for 2008.

Career

Aleksandar Aleksandrov began his career in his hometown of Plovdiv in the Maritsa and played there until 1997.

Then his career lead him to Sofia, as Levski Sofia were interested and bought him. He entertained "The Blues" fans for four years, until the Turkish team Kocaelispor lured him from Levski.

Turkish teams

After two years in Kocaelispor, he changed teams and moved to Istanbulspor AS. After İstanbulspor he played in Kayserispor and Konyaspor, then signed with Ankaragucu (2006–2007).

Cherno More Varna

In July 2007, Aleksandrov returned to Bulgaria and signed a three years contract with Cherno More Varna. The following 2007–08 season in the Bulgarian championship, Alex was honoured as the most valuable player in the Bulgarian A PFG.

On 28 September 2009, Alex terminated his contract with the Sailors, due to family difficulties and problems with the owners of the club.

Return to Levski

After 10 years, Alex returned to Levski Sofia on 5 January 2010. He signed a one-a-half-year contract with the club and was given the number 7 shirt. Aleksandrov made his re-debut for Levski on 7 March 2010 against Minyor Pernik. The result of the match was 3:1 for Levski.

In the first friendly match for 2010/2011 season, Aleksandrov played with his nickname Alex, as he did in Cherno More Varna.

Botev Plovdiv

In June 2011, Aleksandrov joined Botev Plovdiv, where he would eventually retire.

International career

Between 1999 and 2003 Aleksandrov played in Bulgaria national football team. Alex earned his first cap with Bulgaria in a 3–0 victory over Luxembourg on 10 October 1999. For Bulgaria, he was capped 10 times.

Trophies won

Although not famous around the world, his career is marked by a few trophies. The first one is just after his arrival in Levski, in 1998 when "The Blues" win Bulgarian Cup. That trophy is followed by a double in 2000, when Levski not only win the Bulgarian Championship, but the Bulgarian Cup as well. Meanwhile, he has won "The Best Bulgarian Footballer" award in 1999. After his move to Kocaelispor the trophies continue to follow him, as his team wins the Turkish Cup in 2002.

Levski

• Champion of Bulgaria: 2000
• Bulgarian Cup: 1998, 2000

Kocaelispor

• Turkish Cup: 2002

Individual

• Bulgarian Footballer of the Year: 1999
• Footballer of the Year of Varna: 2007, 2008

Career Stats

Updated 2 September 2010.

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Levski Sofia	1997–98	27	10	8	5	2	0	37	15
	1998–99	18	7	3	3	4	0	25	10
	1999–00	28	6	6	1	6	0	40	7
	2000–01	7	1	1	0	4	0	12	1
Levski Sofia	2009–10	10	3	0	0	0	0	10	3
	2010–11	17	3	2	0	5	0	15	2
Career totals		107	30	20	9	21	0	148	39

External links

• Aleksandrov at Levski's official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 August 2010)
• Aleksandar Aleksandrov at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at Levskisofia.info