Daniel Dimov
{{short description|Bulgarian professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Daniel Dimov
| image = daniel_dimov_2019.jpg
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| fullname = Daniel Svetoslavov Dimov
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|1|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Shabla, Bulgaria
| height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}{{cite web| url = http://chernomorepfc.bg/bg/%d1%81%d1%8a%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%b2-20172018/| title = Състав на "Черно море" за сезон 2017/2018| language = Bulgarian| publisher = Cherno More official website| accessdate = 7 March 2018}}
| currentclub =
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| position = Centre back / Defensive midfielder
| youthyears1 = 1999–2002
| youthclubs1 = FC Shabla{{cite web| url = http://sport.varna24.bg/39801.html | title = Даниел Димов, юноша на Черно море| language = Bulgarian | publisher = sport.varna24.bg | date = 29 February 2008 }}
| youthyears2 = 2002–2008
| youthclubs2 = Cherno More
| years1 = 2006–2010
| clubs1 = Cherno More
| caps1 = 54
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2011–2014
| clubs2 = Levski Sofia
| caps2 = 73
| goals2 = 8
| years3 = 2014–2015
| clubs3 = Maccabi Petah Tikva
| caps3 = 28
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2015–2016
| clubs4 = Denizlispor
| caps4 = 21
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2016–2017
| clubs5 = Manisaspor
| caps5 = 40
| goals5 = 6
| years6 = 2018
| clubs6 = Cherno More
| caps6 = 18
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2018–2019
| clubs7 = Boluspor
| caps7 = 21
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2019–2025
| clubs8 = Cherno More
| caps8 = 135
| goals8 = 6
| totalcaps = 390
| totalgoals = 28
| nationalyears1 = 2007
| nationalteam1 = Bulgaria U21
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2021
| nationalteam2 = Bulgaria
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| pcupdate =
| ntupdate =
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Daniel Dimov ({{langx|bg|Даниел Димов}}; born 21 January 1989) is a former Bulgarian professional footballer.{{cite web | title = Даниел Димов подписа с Черно море | url = http://chernomorepfc.bg/bg/%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5%d0%bb-%d0%b4%d0%b8%d0%bc%d0%be%d0%b2-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%bf%d0%b8%d1%81%d0%b0-%d1%81-%d1%87%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%be-%d0%bc%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b5-2/ | publisher = chernomorepfc.bg | date = 27 August 2019 | language = Bulgarian}} Originally a defensive midfielder, in the last years of his career he has been used mostly as a centre back.
Dimov came through the academy system at Cherno More Varna and made over 60 appearances for the first team before signing with Levski Sofia in December 2010. He then made the move to Israel to sign for Maccabi Petah Tikva in July 2014. After success there, Dimov joined Turkish club Denizlispor a year later. In July 2016, after one season at Denizlispor, he signed with Manisaspor. In February 2018 returned to Cherno More, spending six months there. In August 2018 he moved to Boluspor, before returning again to his first club a year later. He ended his career at the end of 2024–25 season.
Club career
=Cherno More=
Dimov began his career at Cherno More Varna, progressing through the club's youth system. He made his debut during the 2006–07 season, in a 6–0 away win over Chernomorets Burgas Sofia on 15 September 2006, coming on as a substitute for Slavi Zhekov.{{cite web|publisher=Guardian.co.uk |title=Stats Centre: Daniel Dimov Facts |url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=7&CPID=11&TEID=6439&PLID=185424&pStr=Player |accessdate=2010-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930162854/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=7&CPID=11&TEID=6439&PLID=185424&pStr=Player |archivedate=2012-09-30 }}
On 14 July 2007, Dimov scored his first goal for a 3-0 home win against Makedonija Gjorče Petrov in the second round of the Intertoto Cup.{{cite web|publisher=macedonianfootball.com|title=Cherno More 3–0 Makedonija Gjorče Petrov|url=http://macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73%3Amakedonija-gp-eliminated&catid=14%3Anews&Itemid=161|accessdate=2007-07-15}}
In the 2009–10 A Group season he earned 17 appearances in the league. On 1 March 2010, Dimov scored his first league goal in a 2–0 home win against Chernomorets Burgas. On 4 April, Dimov hit his second goal of the season against Sportist Svoge in a 3–0 win.
On 2 October 2010, Dimov scored his third goal for Cherno More, netting in the 40th minute of their 1–3 away loss against Litex Lovech. On 23 October, he made his 50th appearance for the team in the A Group in a 0–4 loss against Montana.
=Levski Sofia=
After weeks of speculation, the transfer saga of Dimov finally ended on 26 December 2010 when Levski Sofia announced on the official website that Cherno More and Levski had reached an agreement for the transfer of Dimov. In Sofia, Daniel signed a three-a-half-year contract with Levski, keeping him there until 30 June 2014.{{cite web|publisher=dariknews.bg|title=Левски" привлече Даниел Димов от "Черно море|url=http://dariknews.bg/view_article.php?article_id=643701|accessdate=2010-12-26|language=Bulgarian}}
In June 2014 Dimov refused to renew his contract with Levski and decided to leave after 3 years of playing in which he played in 73 appearances and scored 8 goals in total.
=Return to Cherno More=
Having played {{frac|3|1|2}} years abroad, on 13 February 2018 Dimov returned to his first club Cherno More, signing a short-term contract.{{cite web | title = Даниел Димов подписа с Черно море | trans-title = Daniel Dimov signed with Cherno More | url = http://chernomorepfc.bg/bg/%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BB-%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0-%D1%81-%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5/ | publisher = chernomorepfc.bg | date = 13 February 2018 | language=Bulgarian}} On 23 February, he made his second debut in a 0–0 away draw against CSKA Sofia.{{cite web | title = Слаб ЦСКА се провали на "Армията", рефер не даде дузпа за децата на Черно море | url = https://www.sportal.bg/news.php?news=711010 | publisher = sportal.bg | date = 23 February 2018 | language = Bulgarian}}
=Boluspor=
On 7 August 2018, Dimov signed with Turkish club Boluspor for two years.{{cite web | title = Daniel Dimov ve Ufuk Budak ile 2 yıllık sözleşme imzalandı | trans-title = Daniel Dimov and Ufuk Budak signed a 2-year contract | url = http://boluspor.org.tr/haberler/daniel-dimov-ve-ufuk-budak-ile-2-yillik-sozlesme-imzalandi | publisher = boluspor.org.tr | date = 7 August 2018 | language = Turkish | access-date = 18 September 2018 | archive-date = 13 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002546/http://boluspor.org.tr/haberler/daniel-dimov-ve-ufuk-budak-ile-2-yillik-sozlesme-imzalandi | url-status = dead }}
=2nd return to Cherno More=
On 28 August 2019, Dimov signed again with Cherno More.
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;" | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps
!Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||
| rowspan="6" valign="center"|Cherno More
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08
|6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=UEIC|Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup}} | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 11 | 1 | |
| 2008–09
|12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 12 | 0 | |
| 2009–10
|17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UEL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 22 | 2 | |
| 2010–11
|15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 17 | 1 | ||
| colspan=1|Total
!54 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 4 |
| rowspan="5" valign="center"|Levski Sofia
|11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 11 | 0 | |
| 2011–12
|14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1{{efn|name=UEL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 17 | 3 | |
| 2012–13
|19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 26 | 1 | |
| 2013–14
|29 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=UEL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 36 | 5 | |
| colspan=1|Total
!73 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 9 |
| rowspan="1" valign=center|Maccabi Petah Tikva
!28 | 2 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 34 | 2 | ||
| rowspan="1" valign=center|Denizlispor
!21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 21 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="3" valign=center|Manisaspor
|27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 27 | 5 | ||
| 2017–18
|13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 14 | 1 | ||
| colspan=1|Total
!40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 6 |
| rowspan="3" valign=center|Cherno More
|15 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19
|3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 0 | ||
| colspan=1|Total
!18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| rowspan="1" valign=center|Boluspor
!21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 23 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="7" valign=center|Cherno More
|19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21
|26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2021–22
|24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23
|13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24
|27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 27 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21
|26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UECL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 31 | 0 | |
| colspan=1|Total
!135 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 7 |
| colspan="2" | Career totals
!390 | 28 | 39 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 441 | 31 |
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International career
On 1 October 2010, Dimov received his first call-up to the Bulgaria national team for the Euro 2012 qualifying match against Wales and the friendly match against Saudi Arabia from Lothar Matthäus.{{cite web|publisher=topsport.bg|title=Ще запали ли ПроМатеус огъня на националния, Лотар е свикнал на нападки по балкански|url=http://topsport.ibox.bg/comment/id_1151566944|date=2010-10-07|accessdate=2013-08-22|language=Bulgarian}} However, he did not feature in any of these games. He made his debut on 25 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Switzerland.{{cite web|publisher=FIFA|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/match/400155594/#match-lineups|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129230109/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/match/400155594/#match-lineups|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2021|title=Bulgaria v Switzerland game report|date=25 March 2021}}
References
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External links
- [http://en.levskisofia.info/player/daniel-dimov/ Profile at LevskiSofia.info]
- {{Soccerway|daniel-dimov/40420}}
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Category:Footballers from Dobrich
Category:Bulgarian men's footballers
Category:Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
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Category:Israeli Premier League players
Category:PFC Cherno More Varna players
Category:PFC Levski Sofia players
Category:Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players
Category:Denizlispor footballers
Category:Manisaspor footballers
Category:Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
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Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Category:Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey