Georgi Iliev

Georgi Iliev

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Cherno More

Born in Varna, Iliev was taken on by Cherno More at an early age and signed a professional contract in July 2000. His debut came on 14 October 2000 at Hristo Botev Stadium ending in a 1–0 defeat to Botev Plovdiv. On 21 October, he went on to score his first competitive goal for Cherno More against Litex Lovech on his 2nd appearance for the club. For three years in Cherno More, Iliev earned 72 appearances playing in the A PFG, scored 13 goals.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

In 2003, Iliev was transferred to Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He made his first appearance in a 4–1 win over Marek on 16 August 2003. In his first season at Lokomotiv, they won their first ever A PFG championship. On 31 July 2004, Iliev helped Lokomotiv win the Bulgarian Supercup and he made his debut for the Bulgarian national side under coach Hristo Stoichkov in the same year. On 29 September 2005, he scored his first ever European goals for Lokomotiv, in a 1–2 loss against Bolton Wanderers in the UEFA Cup.

CSKA Sofia

On 16 December 2005, CSKA Sofia signed Georgi Iliev to a three-year deal. On 5 March 2006, he made his competitive debut for CSKA in a 1–0 victory over Botev Plovdiv. During the 2006–07 season Iliev netted his first CSKA goal. He scored on 5 August 2006 in a 2–0 away victory over Cherno More. On 18 April 2007, Georgi scored CSKA's second in a 2–0 home win against Botev Plovdiv. Iliev netted CSKA's only and his third goal in a 1–0 win against Beroe Stara Zagora on 7 October…

International career

An occasional member of the Under 21 team, Iliev marked his international début under Hristo Stoichkov on 29 November 2004 in a friendly game against Egypt. His first goal for Bulgaria came against Iceland on 7 September 2005. He has so far been capped 24 times for Bulgaria.

Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results lists Bulgaria's goals first

Club
PFC CSKA Sofia (2006–2008)
Club
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (2003–2005)
Club
PFC Cherno More Varna (2000–2003)
Club
PFC Cherno More Varna (2008–2013)
Club
Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. (2014–2015)
Club
PFC Cherno More Varna (2016–)
Club
Bulgaria men's national football team (2004–2006)
National team
Bulgaria

Legacy

Honours

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

A Group: 2003–04 Bulgarian Cup: 2019–20 Bulgarian Supercup: 2004 CSKA Sofia

A Group: 2007–08 Bulgarian Cup: 2005–06 Bulgarian Supercup: 2006

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Bulgarian footballer

Position

midfielder

Extract from Wikipedia

Georgi Iliev Rusev is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, notably for Cherno More, where he made over 350 appearances for the club in all competitions. Iliev is the second highest scorer for Cherno More in the Bulgarian top flight with 71 goals.

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