Georgi Kitanov
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Georgi Georgiev Kitanov | ||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CSKA Sofia | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2012 | Cherno More | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Cherno More | 110 | (0) |
| 2016– | CSKA Sofia | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Bulgaria U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Bulgaria U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012– | Bulgaria U21 | 16 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2016 | |||
Georgi Kitanov (Bulgarian: Георги Китанов; born 6 March 1995 in Blagoevgrad) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays for CSKA Sofia as a goalkeeper.
Kitanov has been with Cherno More since the age of 9. He has also represented Bulgaria at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level.
Career
Cherno More
Kitanov was born in Blagoevgrad, but grew up in Varna. He joined Cherno More Academy at the age of nine.[2] In May 2012, he was promoted to the senior squad and given the number 33, for to replace the injured Petar Denchev. Kitanov made his first team debut in a 2–1 league win over Vidima-Rakovski on 14 May, coming on as a substitute for Plamen Kolev at the age of 17 years, 2 months and 8 days.
On 11 August 2012, he was handed his first league start, in a 3–0 home loss against Ludogorets Razgrad on the opening day of the 2012–13 season. A week later, Kitanov made his second start for Cherno More, keeping a clean sheet against Etar 1924 at Ivaylo Stadium. In January 2013, he spent a week on trial at Dutch club PSV Eindhoven.[3]
On 19 October 2014, Kitanov kept a clean sheet in the 4–0 win over Beroe, but was seriously injured in the closing minutes of the match, suffering a broken foot after a challenge from a Beroe player. He underwent an operation and is expected to recover in four months' time at the earliest.[4] Kitanov made his comeback for Cherno More from a serious injury on 26 May 2015, playing for 56 minutes of the 2–1 defeat against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
On 3 March 2016 against Beroe, Kitanov made his 100th A Group appearance.[5]
CSKA-Sofia
On 2 June 2016 Kitanov moved to CSKA-Sofia for 3 years.[6]
International Career
Under U21
On 26 March 2016 Kitanov was in the starting lineup for the goalless draw with Wales U21.[7][8]
On 21 May 2016 Kitanov was in the starting lineup during the 0-1 defeat from France U21.[9]
Senior
In November 2016 Kitanov received his first call-up to the senior Bulgaria squad for a match against Belarus.[10]
Statistics
As of 22 August 2016[update]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other[a] | Total | ||||||||
| Cherno More | A Group | 2011–12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | |||||
| 2013–14 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 0 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||||
| 2015–16 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| Total | 110 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 0 | |||
| CSKA–Sofia | First League | 2016–17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 114 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 0 | |||
- ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
Honours
Club
- Cherno More
References
- ^ "Профил на Георги Китанов" (in Bulgarian). winner.bg. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "Атанас Илиев и Георги Китанов са бъдещето на Черно море" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 16 May 2012.
- ^ "Georgi Kitanov on trial at PSV Eindhoven". scouting-team.com. 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Китанов: не се сърдя на Гади, стават такива неща, не е искал да ми причини болка" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Жоро Китанов – най-опитния млад играч в А група" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 4 March 2016.
- ^ Георги Китанов премина в ЦСКА
- ^ България не успя да преклони Уелс
- ^ Младежите не успяха да се справят с Уелс (видео)
- ^ Младите "лъвове" отстъпиха пред Франция
- ^ "Petar Hubchev named an expanded group for Belarus". bfunion.bg. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
External links
- Profile at uefa.com
- Player Profile at soccerway.com
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