Blagoy Georgiev

Slavia Sofia

Georgiev was born in Sofia. He is a product of the Slavia Sofia youth academy. He signed a professional contract in June 1999 and then made his first team debut under Miroslav Mironov' management three months later, on 17 October, in a 3–1 home win over Pirin Blagoevgrad. Georgiev's first goal came on 27 November 1999, when he scored a last-minute against Beroe Stara Zagora to secure a 1–1 away draw. On 11 March 2000, he netted Slavia's only goal in their league loss, a 2–1 defeat against Velbazhd Kyustendil. He then scored in Slavia's 3–2 win against Botev Plovdiv on 22 April, taking his tally for the season to 3 goals. On 27 September 2003, Georgiev scored his first-ever hat-trick in his career, scoring four goals in a 5–2 away win over Chernomorets Burgas. After scoring his 17th league goal in the final game of the 2003–04 season, a 2–0 win against Naftex Burgas, he ended the campaign in joint second place with Stoyko Sakaliev in the race for the Bulgarian A PFG golden boot. During his six years at Slavia Stadium, he scored 46 league goals in 172 matches.

Alaves (loan)

On 13 January 2006, Deportivo Alavés confirmed Georgiev would join on loan until the end of the season. He made his La Liga debut a week later, during Alaves's 2–0 loss against Barcelona at Camp Nou. He spent most of his time with Alaves on the bench. He returned to Bulgaria at the end of the season having made 10 appearances in Alaves's unsuccessful battle against…

A Bulgaria international, Georgiev was also previously a member of the country's under-21 team. He has been capped 50 times and scored 5 goals for Bulgaria. On 11 October 2011, he announced his retirement from Bulgarian national team. In September 2012, it was revealed that Georgiev was considering returning to the national team.

Club

International goals

Georgiev is a devout Christian and has a number of faith-related tattoos. Georgiev previously had a fling with singer Liana and was formerly in a long-term relationship with gymnast Hristina Vitanova (with whom he has two children - Yoanna and David). Georgiev was then engaged to Russian dancer Esmer Omerova, the mother of his third child - Elay. Since 2018 he has been together with model Zlatka Raykova, with whom he also has a child, named Blagoy Jr. and born in 2019. In 2015, Georgiev had been charged with vandalism after carving his initials into Rome's Colosseum with a coin.