Zdravko Dimitrov

Zdravko Minchev Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Здравко Минчев Димитров; born 24 August 1998) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Levski Sofia.[2]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Minchev and the family name is Dimitrov.
Zdravko Dimitrov
Personal information
Full name Zdravko Minchev Dimitrov
Date of birth (1998-08-24) 24 August 1998
Place of birth Bankya, Bulgaria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Left winger
Club information
Current team
 Levski Sofia
Number 11
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– Levski Sofia 57 (2)
National team‡
2017 Bulgaria U19 1 (0)
2019–2020 Bulgaria U21 11 (1)
2020– Bulgaria 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:52, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2020

Career

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.[3]

Levski Sofia

He became part of Levski Sofia in the summer of 2019. He made his debut on 11th of June in the Europa League qualification win against Ružomberok substituting Iliya Yurukov in the 89th minute. He scored his first goal for Levski on 14th of 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.[4]

International career

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.[5] He netted his first goal on 13 October 2020, opening the scoring in the 1:1 away draw with Poland U21.[6] 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.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of 28 February 2021
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubLeagueSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
BulgariaLeagueBulgarian CupEuropeOther[lower-alpha 1]Total
Septemvri Sofia Second League 2016–17 12210––132
Botev Vratsa (loan) 2017–18 0000––00
Lokomotiv Sofia (loan) 2017–18 23120–1[lower-alpha 2]1262
Septemvri Sofia First League 2018–19 26150–3[lower-alpha 3]1342
Total 383600031474
Levski Sofia First League 2019–20 1102040–170
2020–21 15111––162
Total 261314000332
Career statistics715910042848
  1. Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
  2. Promotion play-offs
  3. Relegation play-offs

References
  1. "Профил на Здравко Минчев Димитров" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. "Левски подписа със Здравко Димитров" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 5 July 2019.
  3. "Железничарите взеха талант от Септември" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 3 September 2017.
  4. "Левски - Монтана 2:0 (Развой на срещата по минути)". topsport.bg.
  5. "България U21 отстъпи с 0:1 в контролата със Северна Ирландия U21" (in Bulgarian). bfunion.bg. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  6. "Тежък хикс в Полша огорчи "лъвчетата" и сложи край на надеждите ни за Евро 2021". gong.bg. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  7. "Bulgaria NT 3-0 Gibraltar NT" (in Bulgarian). soccerway.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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