Dani Kiki
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dani Ayman Kiki | ||
Date of birth | 8 January 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder / Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cherno More | ||
Number | 99 | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–2003 | Botev 2002 | ||
2003–2006 | Spartak Plovdiv | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2011 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 84 | (7) |
2011 | Chernomorets Burgas | 2 | (0) |
2012 | Rakovski | 4 | (1) |
2013 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 2 | (0) |
2013–2017 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 113 | (16) |
2018– | Cherno More | 45 | (6) |
International career | |||
2007–2009 | Bulgaria U21 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 July 2020 |
Dani Ayman Kiki (Bulgarian: Дани Айман Кики) is a Bulgarian professional footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Cherno More Varna. He is of Syrian Kurdish descent,[1] as his father is from Syria.[2][3]
Career
Early career
Kiki started to play football in the private junior football academy Botev 2002 in Plovdiv. His first coach was Marin Bakalov. In 2004, at the age of 16, he went to Spartak Plovdiv.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
In 2006, only 18 years old, Dani Kiki signed his first professional contract with Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
Kiki made his official debut in the Bulgarian first division in a match against Lokomotiv Sofia on 17 September 2006 as a 77th-minute substitute and played for 13 minutes. The result of the match was a 0:2 loss for The Smurfs.
Six days later, Kiki scored his first goal for Lokomotiv Plovdiv against PFC Chernomorets Burgas Sofia. He netted a goal in the 90th minute. The result of the match was a 6:0 win for Loko.
On 31 October 2009, he was involved in a brawl, along with several other players, following his team's 0-1 loss to Botev Plovdiv.[4]
Chernomorets Burgas
After a five-year spell at Lauta and some problems with the club, Kiki was released from Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He relocated to Burgas, to sign a contract with Chernomorets Burgas. He was released in January 2012.
Return to Lokomotiv Plovdiv
On 29 October 2016 he scored the winning goal for Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the game against CSKA Sofia.[5]
Cherno More Varna
On 16 January 2018 Kiki joined Cherno More Varna after he had left Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the end of 2017.[6]
Career statistics
- As of 1 July 2019[7]
Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other[a] | Total | ||||||||
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Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | A Group | 2006–07 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 21 | 4 | |||
2007–08 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | |||||
2008–09 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 3 | |||||
2009–10 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 2 | |||||
2010–11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | |||||
Chernomorets Burgas | 2011–12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
Rakovski | V AFG | 2011–12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 1 | |||
Lokomotiv Sofia | A Group | 2012–13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2013–14 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 2 | ||||
2014–15 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 3 | |||||
2015–16 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 3 | |||||
First League | 2016–17 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 6 | ||||
2017–18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 2 | |||||
Cherno More | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 1 | |||||
2018–19 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 4 | |||||
2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 236 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 257 | 31 |
- ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
International career
In November 2007 of that time the Bulgarian national under-21 coach Aleksandar Stankov called Kiki up for Bulgaria national under-21 football team for a matches with England U21 and Ireland U21. On 16 November 2007, on stadium:mk in Milton Keynes he made his official debut for Bulgaria U21 against England U21. For Bulgaria U21, Kiki was capped five times.
References
- ^ "Сириец, кюрд, българин или просто Кики". topsport.bg (in Bulgarian). 15 November 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ "ЦСКА спазари трима от Локо Пд, Кики се дърпа". Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
- ^ Треньорът на "Локо" (Пд) дава оставка
- ^ Морини короняса Ботев - "канарчетата" спечелиха битката за Пловдив (видео)
- ^ ЦСКА - Локомотив Пд 0:1 /репортаж/
- ^ "Черно море се похвали с още две нови попълнения" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Dani Kiki". Soccerway.com. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
External links
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Bulgarian footballers
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players
- PFC Chernomorets Burgas players
- FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players
- PFC Cherno More Varna players
- Bulgarian people of Syrian descent
- Syrian Kurdish people
- Association football midfielders