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Iliyan Mitsanski

{{short description|Bulgarian footballer (born 1985)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Iliyan Mitsanski

| image = Ilian Micanski1112.jpg

| upright = 0.9

| caption = Mitsanski with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2011

| full_name = Iliyan Emilov Mitsanski

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|12|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sandanski, Bulgaria

| height = 1.83 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2003–2005| clubs1 = Pirin Blagoevgrad | caps1 = 37 | goals1 = 21

| years3 = 2005–2006| clubs3 = Amica Wronki | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 6

| years4 = 2006–2008| clubs4 = Lech Poznań | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2007 | clubs5 = → Korona Kielce (loan) | caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = → Odra Wodzisław (loan) | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 5

| years7 = 2008–2010| clubs7 = Zagłębie Lubin | caps7 = 59 | goals7 = 40

| years8 = 2010–2013| clubs8 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern | caps8 = 16 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2012 | clubs9 = → FSV Frankfurt (loan) | caps9 = 15 | goals9 = 9

| years10 = 2013 | clubs10 = → Ingolstadt 04 (loan) | caps10 = 7 | goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2013–2015| clubs11 = Karlsruher SC | caps11 = 49 | goals11 = 9

| years12 = 2015 | clubs12 = Suwon Bluewings | caps12 = 8 | goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2016 | clubs13 = Levski Sofia | caps13 = 9 | goals13 = 1

| years14 = 2017 | clubs14 = Korona Kielce | caps14 = 8 | goals14 = 3

| years15 = 2018–2019| clubs15 = Slavia Sofia | caps15 = 19 | goals15 = 5

| totalcaps = | totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 2010–2015 | nationalteam1 = Bulgaria | nationalcaps1 = 17 | nationalgoals1 = 4

| medaltemplates =

}}

Iliyan Mitsanski ({{langx|bg|Илиян Мицански}}; born 20 December 1985) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played 17 times for the Bulgaria national team.

Club career

=In Bulgaria=

Mitsanski started his professional football career at Pirin Blagoevgrad. In the 2004–05 season, he earned 29 appearances playing in the B PFG and scored 21 goals.

In June 2005, he moved to Polish club Amica Wronki.

In the first round of 2006–07 season he was loaned out to Korona Kielce, but was not able to reach the first squad there.

=Zagłębie Lubin=

In June 2008, Mitsanski transferred to Zagłębie Lubin. In the 2008–09 season, he became the top goalscorer for the team in the Polish First League with 26 goals,{{cite web | url = http://www.90minut.pl/wystepy.php?id=6607&id_sezon=73 | title = Ilian Micanski | language = pl | publisher = 90minut.pl | access-date =15 August 2012}} helping his team win promotion. During the next season he finished second goalscorer in the Polish league with 15 goals, just 2 goals behind the Polish rising star Robert Lewandowski.[https://archive.today/20130914084203/http://www.football-live.net/scorers_detail.php?s=170 Top Polish League Goalscorers 2009/2010]

=1. FC Kaiserslautern=

On 18 June 2010, Mitsanski signed a four-year contract with 1. FC Kaiserslautern. On 24 July, he netted the only goal in the prestigious 1–0 win against Liverpool in a friendly match. On 22 September 2010, he made his official debut for his new team in the 0–5 away loss against Borussia Dortmund after coming on as a substitute for Erwin Hoffer. On 13 November 2010, he scored his first goal in the Bundesliga in the 3–3 home draw with VfB Stuttgart. He was unable to establish himself as a regular for the team and was loaned out to FSV Frankfurt during the winter break.

=FSV Frankfurt=

On 3 February 2012, Mitsanski made his debut for FSV Frankfurt and netted two goals in the 2–1 away win over MSV Duisburg in a 2. Bundesliga match.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/02/03/germany/2-bundesliga/msv-duisburg/fsv-frankfurt/1122397/|title=MSV Duisburg vs. FSV Frankfurt Match Report|publisher=soccerway.com |access-date=4 February 2012 | date = 3 February 2012}}

=Karlsruher SC=

In June 2013, Mitsanski signed a contract with Karlsruher SC.{{cite web|title=Micanski wechselt zum KSC|url=http://www.sport1.de/de/fussball/fussball_bundesliga2/newspage_741956.html|publisher=sport1.de|access-date=30 June 2013|language=de|archive-date=2 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702064537/http://www.sport1.de/de/fussball/fussball_bundesliga2/newspage_741956.html|url-status=dead}}

=Levski Sofia=

On 6 September 2016, Mitsanski made his return to Bulgarian football after 11 years abroad as he signed with PFC Levski Sofia until the end of the season.{{cite web |url=https://levski.bg/news/details/175600 |title=ПФК Левски София |website=levski.bg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914162326/https://levski.bg/news/details/175600 |archive-date=14 September 2016}} He was released in January 2017.{{cite web | title = Топузаков: Искам да проведем подготовка на топ ниво! | url = https://levski.bg/news/details/175838%22%22 | publisher = levski.bg | date = 7 January 2017 | language = bg }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

=Korona Kielce=

On 1 February 2017, Mitsanski signed with Korona Kielce.{{cite web | title = Micański w Koronie! | url = http://korona-kielce.pl/news,9562-micanski-w-koronie.html | publisher = korona-kielce.pl | date = 1 February 2017 | language = pl}} In the following three months he scored three goals in eight league games. Mitsanski was not offered a contract extension and left the club in June 2017.{{cite web | title = Ruchy kadrowe w Koronie | url = http://korona-kielce.pl/news,10077-ruchy-kadrowe-w-koronie.html | publisher = korona-kielce.pl | date = 5 June 2017 | language = pl | access-date = 5 June 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170711024556/http://korona-kielce.pl/news,10077-ruchy-kadrowe-w-koronie.html | archive-date = 11 July 2017 | url-status = dead }}

=Slavia Sofia=

After a year without a club, Mitsanski signed with Slavia Sofia on 28 September 2018.{{cite web | title = "Белите" привличат Мицански | url = http://www.pfcslavia.com/pages.aspx?id=2158 | publisher = pfcslavia.com | date = 28 September 2018 | language = bg}} He left the club my mutual consent in December 2019.{{cite web|url=https://gong.bg/bg-football/efbet-liga/multimedia/video/slaviia-osvobodi-trima-570708|title=Славия" освободи трима|publisher=gong.bg |access-date=1 May 2020 | date = 16 December 2019}}

International career

On 11 August 2010, Mitsanski made his debut for the Bulgarian national team in the 0–1 away loss against Russia in a friendly match.{{cite web|url=http://topsport.ibox.bg/news/id_1587974918|title=Русия-България 1:0, кошмарна грешка на Ники Михайлов|publisher=topsport.bg |access-date=4 February 2012|language=bg | date = 12 August 2012}} On 26 May 2012, he scored his first goal for the team against the Netherlands, which was a dramatic last-minute win. He scored his second international goal against Cyprus after coming off the substitutes bench in a friendly played on 15 August 2012.

On 9 September 2014, Mitsanski scored a goal for the 2–1 away win over Azerbaijan.[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2013837--azerbaijan-vs-bulgaria/ European Qualifiers 2016 - Azerbaijan-Bulgaria]

On 28 March 2015, he scored the second goal for Bulgaria during the 2–2 draw with Italy.[https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/0253-0d8007724264-e156e854402f-1000--italy-debutant-eder-thwarts-bulgaria/ Italy debutant Éder thwarts Bulgaria] He was sent off on 6 September 2015, in a 1–0 away loss against Italy after a tussle with Daniele De Rossi.{{cite web | url = http://www.flashscore.com/match/pf3BQfu7/#match-summary| title = Italy - Bulgaria 1:0| language = en |publisher = flashscore.com| date=6 September 2015|access-date = 10 October 2015}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{Updated|20 December 2019}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes Polish Cup, Ekstraklasa Cup, DFB-Pokal, Bulgarian Cup}}

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Pirin Blagoevgrad

|2003–04

|A PFG

|8

0colspan="2"|—80
2004–05

|B PFG

|29

21colspan="2"|—2921
colspan="2"|Total

!37

21003721
Amica Wronki

|2005–06

|Ekstraklasa

|17

632colspan="2"|—208
rowspan="3"|Lech Poznań

|2006–07

|Ekstraklasa

|10

0522{{efn|name=INT|Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup}}0172
2007–08

|Ekstraklasa

|2

040colspan="2"|—60
colspan="2"|Total

!12

09220232
Korona Kielce (loan)

|2006–07

|Ekstraklasa

|5

032colspan="2"|—82
Odra Wodzisław (loan)

|2007–08

|Ekstraklasa

|13

522colspan="2"|—157
rowspan="3"|Zagłębie Lubin

|2008–09

|I liga

|31

2634colspan="2"|—3430
2009–10

|Ekstraklasa

|28

1411colspan="2"|—2915
colspan="2"|Total

!59

4045006345
rowspan="3"|1. FC Kaiserslautern

|2010–11

|Bundesliga

|10

110colspan="2"|—111
2012–13

|2. Bundesliga

|6

000colspan="2"|—60
colspan="2"|Total

!16

11000171
FSV Frankfurt (loan)

|2011–12

|2. Bundesliga

|15

900colspan="2"|—159
Ingolstadt 04 (loan)

|2012–13

|2. Bundesliga

|7

100colspan="2"|—71
rowspan="3"|Karlsruher SC

|2013–14

|2. Bundesliga

|19

410colspan="2"|—204
2014–15

|2. Bundesliga

|30

521colspan="2"|—326
colspan="2"|Total

!49

931005210
Suwon Bluewings

|2015

|K League 1

|8

000colspan="2"|—80
Levski Sofia

|2016–17

|First League

|9

100colspan="2"|—91
Korona Kielce

|2016–17

|Ekstraklasa

|8

300colspan="2"|—83
rowspan="3"|Slavia Sofia

|2018–19

|First League

|16

410colspan="2"|—174
2019–20

|First League

|3

110colspan="2"|—41
colspan="2"|Total

!19

52000215
colspan="3"|Career total

!274

101271420303115

{{notelist}}

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="6"|Bulgaria

|2010

10
201100
201252
201330
201431
201551
colspan="2"|Total174

:Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mitsanski goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Iliyan Mitsanski

!scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align=center |126 May 2012Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam{{fb|NED}}align=center | 2–1align=center |2–1Friendly
align=center |215 August 2012Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia{{fb|CYP}}align=center | 1–0align=center |1–0Friendly
align=center |39 September 2014Bakcell Arena, Baku{{fb|AZE}}align=center | 1–0align=center | 2–1UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
align=center |428 March 2015Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia{{fb|ITA}}align=center | 2–1align=center | 2–2UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

Individual

  • Bulgarian B Professional Football Group top scorer: 2004–05 (21 goals)
  • I liga top scorer: 2008–09 (26 goals)
  • Polish Cup top scorer: 2008–09 (4 goals){{cite web |title=Remes Puchar Polski 2008/2009 - strzelcy |url=http://www.90minut.pl/strzelcy.php?id=3788 |website=90minut.pl |access-date=24 February 2024 |language=pl}}
  • Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: March 2010{{cite web |title=Micanski piłkarzem marca |url=http://ekstraklasa.wp.pl/kat%2C32298%2Ctitle%2CMicanski-pilkarzem-marca%2Cwid%2C12160491%2Cwiadomosc.html |website=ekstraklasa.wp.pl |access-date=9 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413015036/http://ekstraklasa.wp.pl/kat,32298,title,Micanski-pilkarzem-marca,wid,12160491,wiadomosc.html |archive-date=13 April 2010 |language=pl |date=10 April 2010}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{90minut|6607}}
  • {{Soccerway|ilijan-micanski/24730}}
  • {{K League player}}

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