Full name Georgi Iliev Rusev Years Team Weight 74 kg Number 23 Height 1.78 m | Playing position Role Footballer Place of birth Varna, Bulgaria Name Georgi Iliev Career start 2000 | |
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Date of birth (1981-09-05) 5 September 1981 (age 34) Current teams Bulgaria national football team (Midfielder), Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C. (#8 / Midfielder) | ||
Georgi iliev wmv
Georgi Iliev (Bulgarian: Георги Илиев; 5 September 1981 in Varna) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays for Cherno More Varna. He primarily plays as a centre midfielder. He has been capped 23 times for Bulgaria.
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- Georgi iliev wmv
- Rado shisharkata za mutrenskite vremena i tigre tigre a syshto i vasil i georgi iliev
- Cherno More
- Lokomotiv Plovdiv
- CSKA Sofia
- Return to Cherno More
- Shijiazhuang Yongchang
- International career
- Career statistics
- International goals
- Club
- References
Rado shisharkata za mutrenskite vremena i tigre tigre a syshto i vasil i georgi iliev
Cherno More
Born in Varna, Iliev was taken on by Cherno More Varna 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 the 4–1 win over Marek Dupnitsa on 16 August 2003. In his first season at Lokomotiv, they won their first ever A PFG championship in the 2003–04. On 31 July 2004, Iliev helped Lokomotiv to 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 of 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 2007. With CSKA he was a Champion of Bulgaria for 2008 and holder of Bulgarian Cup for 2006.
Return to Cherno More
In June 2008, Iliev made a comeback for his first team Cherno More. On 2 October 2008, Georgi scored the 2nd goal for the Sailors in the UEFA Cup match against VfB Stuttgart in the away 2–2 draw at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Iliev took over the captaincy of Cherno More when Aleksandar Aleksandrov was transferred to Levski Sofia in 2009. On 26 October 2009, he made his 100th league appearance for Cherno more in a 1–1 draw against Slavia Sofia, scoring the only goal. On 18 April 2012, Iliev scored a hat-trick in the 7–1 win over Kaliakra Kavarna.
Shijiazhuang Yongchang
Iliev signed with Chinese side Shijiazhuang Yongchang on 6 January 2014 on a two-year deal for a reported fee of €100,000. He finished 2014 season in the China League One as the club's top scorer with 9 goals, helping his team to gain promotion to the Chinese Super League for first time in club's history. On 5 April 2015 he scored his first goal for Shijiazhuang in Chinese Super League in a 1-2 away loss to Jiangsu Sainty.
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 19 times for Bulgaria.
Career statistics
As of 23 September 2017