Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bozhidar Brankov Chorbadzhiyski | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CSKA Sofia | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2014 | CSKA Sofia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013– | CSKA Sofia | 95 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016– | Bulgaria | 7 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2018 | |||
Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski (Bulgarian: Божидар Чорбаджийски; born 8 August 1995) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who captains Bulgarian First League club CSKA Sofia. He also plays for the Bulgarian national team and is usually deployed as a centre back for both club and country.
Career
CSKA Sofia
Chorbadzhiyski joined CSKA Sofia as a nine-year-old in 2004 and subsequently progressed through CSKA's academy.[2] On 25 May 2013, he made his competitive debut as a 32nd-minute substitute for Plamen Krachunov in a 2–1 league loss against Lokomotiv Sofia at Lokomotiv Stadium.[3] On 4 April 2014, he signed his first professional contract.[4]
Chorbadzhiyski began to establish himself in the CSKA first team from the 2015–16 season, making 26 league appearances. He scored his first senior goal of his career in a Bulgarian Cup match against Botev Ihtiman on 9 September 2015, which CSKA won 5–0.[5] In that season he also collected his first trophy with the club, winning the 2015–16 Bulgarian Cup.
International career
On 26 May 2016 Chorbadzhiyski received his first call up for Bulgaria for the Kirin Cup, replacing the injured Plamen Galabov.[6] He made his debut for the team on 6 September 2016 in a match against Luxembourg for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, won by Bulgaria.[7] His second game for the team was again a qualification match for the 2018 World Cup against the Netherlands on 25 March 2017, won by Bulgaria with 2-0.[8]
Career statistics
Club
As of 7 October 2018
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| CSKA Sofia | 2012–13 | A Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | V Group | 26 | 0 | 9 | 1 | – | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | First League | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | 30 | 4 | |||
| 2018–19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 95 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 113 | 8 | ||
Honours
Club
- CSKA Sofia
References
- ^ "Профил на Божидар Чорбаджийски" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg.
- ^ "Божидар Чорбаджийски: С труд всичко се постига" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 8 April 2014.
- ^ "Lokomotiv vs. CSKA". soccerway.com. 25 May 2013.
- ^ "Юноша подписа първи договор с ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 4 April 2014.
- ^ "ЦСКА помете Ботев Ихтиман. Юношите пак блестят" (in Bulgarian). btvnovinite.bg. 9 September 2015.
- ^ Петев най-накрая повика играч на ЦСКА
- ^ България изстрада драматична победа в голово шоу срещу Люксембург
- ^ Браво, "лъвове"! България с голям успех над Холандия
External links
- Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski at Soccerway
- Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski at National-Football-Teams.com
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