Lachezar Kotev
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lachezar Hristov Kotev | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arda Kardzhali | ||
| Number | 80 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Levski Sofia | |||
| Septemvri Sofia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Septemvri Sofia | 21 | (3) |
| 2016–2020 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 77 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Oborishte (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Arda Kardzhali | 64 | (5) |
| 2023–2024 | Khimki | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Arda Kardzhali (loan) | 36 | (1) |
| 2024– | Arda Kardzhali | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | Bulgaria U21 | 10 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2020 | |||
Lachezar Hristov Kotev (Bulgarian: Лъчезар Христов Котев; born 5 January 1998) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Arda Kardzhali.[2][3]
Club career
[edit]On 11 February 2023, Kotev signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Russian Premier League club Khimki.[4]
Khimki were relegated to the Russian First League at the end of the 2022–23 season, and First League has much stricter restrictions than RPL on the number of foreign players allowed on the squad. On 28 June 2023, Kotev returned to Arda Kardzhali on a season-long loan.[5]
On 20 August 2024, Kotev returned to Arda Kardzhali on a permanent basis and signed a three-year contract.[6]
International career
[edit]Youth levels
[edit]In August 2018 he was called up for the Bulgaria U21 team for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against France U21 and Montenegro U21 to be held on 7 and 11 September 2018.[7]
Senior level
[edit]Kotev received his first call up for the Bulgaria national team on 14 May 2021 for the friendly games against Slovakia, Russia and France between 1 June and 8 June.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 24 December 2020[3]
| 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 | Total | ||||||||
| Septemvri Sofia | V Group | 2015–16 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 3 | |||
| Vitosha Bistritsa | Second League | 2016–17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| First League | 2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5[a] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3[b] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 77 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 88 | 0 | |||
| Oborishte (loan) | Second League | 2017–18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| Arda Kardzhali | First League | 2020–21 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 120 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 132 | 3 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Профил на Лъчезар Христов Котев" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ "Lachezar Kotev Facts". footballdatabase.eu.
- ^ a b Lachezar Kotev at Soccerway
- ^ "ЛАЧЕЗАР КОТЕВ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С НАШИМ КЛУБОМ НА 2,5 ГОДА" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "АРДА СИ ВЪРНА ЛЪЧЕЗАР КОТЕВ" (in Bulgarian). FC Arda Kardzhali. 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Лъчезар Котев се завърна в АРДА" [Lachezar Kotev returned to ARDA] (in Bulgarian). Arda Kardzhali. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ Лъчо Котев: Чест и удоволствие е да бъда национал! Мечтая да заиграя в голям европейски отбор
- ^ Ясен Петров викна 31 играчи в националния
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