Simeon Raykov
{{Short description|Bulgarian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Simeon Raykov
| image = Simeon_Raykov.JPG
| image_size = 230
| fullname = Simeon Georgiev Raykov
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|11|11}}
| birth_place = Plovdiv, Bulgaria
| height = {{height|m=1.75}}
| position = Winger
| currentclub =
| youthyears1=
| youthclubs1=
| years1 = 2007–2008 | years2 = 2008–2009 | years3 = 2009–2010 | years4 = 2010–2011 | years5 = 2011–2012 | years6 = 2013 | years7 = 2014 | years8 = 2014–2016 | years9 = 2016 | years10 = 2017 | years11 = 2017–2019 | years12 = 2019–2020
| clubs1 = Spartak Plovdiv | clubs2 = Sliven | clubs3 = Spartak Plovdiv | clubs4 = Botev Vratsa | clubs5 = Levski Sofia | clubs6 = Cherno More | clubs7 = Chernomorets Burgas | clubs8 = Cherno More | clubs9 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv | clubs10 = Roda JC Kerkrade | clubs11 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv | clubs12 = Gigant Saedinenie
| caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 0 | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 28 | goals4 = 11 | caps5 = 29 | goals5 = 7 | caps6 = 35 | goals6 = 8 | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 5 | caps8 = 48 | goals8 = 10 | caps9 = 9 | goals9 = 1 | caps10 = 2 | goals10 = 0 | caps11 = 28 | goals11 = 4 | caps12 = 0 | goals12 = 0
| totalcaps = 205 |totalgoals = 46
}}
Simeon Raykov ({{langx|bg|Симеон Райков}}; born 11 November 1989) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Career
=Levski Sofia=
In the summer of 2011, Simeon signed with PFC Levski Sofia.[http://gong.bg/view_article.php?article_id=205457 Levski made an agreement with its first transfer] His kit number was chosen to be 11.{{cite web|author=Zuberski, Philip|publisher=7sport.net|title=Симеон Райков - от цеха на татко до Герена. Бащата на Валери Божинов спасява за футбола днешната надежда на Левски|url=http://www.7sport.net/archive7ds/2012/10/20/h_hora/d6608_3.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201736/http://www.7sport.net/archive7ds/2012/10/20/h_hora/d6608_3.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 March 2016|date=20 October 2012|accessdate=25 July 2015}} On 19 July 2012, Raykov netted the only goal for Levski in the 1:0 home win over Bosnian club FK Sarajevo in a UEFA Europa League match, but the team from Sofia was eliminated from the competition after a 1:3 loss in the return leg.
On 19 August 2012, he scored 2 goals in the derby match against Botev Plovdiv and as a result of that he was chosen for Player of the Second Round in A PFG in a poll of the newspaper "Football".[http://football.sportal.bg/news.php?news=381995 Simeon Raykov is the top player of the Second Round (in Bulgarian)]
On 31 January 2017, it was announced that Simeon had joined Dutch football club Roda JC Kerkrade.{{cite web | title = Simeon Raykov voor 1,5 seizoen naar Roda JC | url = http://www.rodajc.nl/nieuwsbericht/31-01-2017/simeon-raykov-voor-1-5-seizoen-naar-roda-jc | publisher = rodajc.nl | date = 31 January 2017 | language = Dutch}} His contract was terminated in June.{{cite web | title = Roda JC onbindt contracten van Simeon Raykov, Stefan Savic en Nestoras Mytides | url = http://www.rodajc.nl/nieuwsbericht/30-06-2017/roda-jc-ontbindt-contracten-van-simeon-raykov-stefan-savic-en-nestoras-mytides | publisher = rodajc.nl | date = 30 June 2017 | language = Dutch}}
On 7 August 2017, Raykov signed a two-year contract with Lokomotiv Plovdiv.{{cite web | title = Локомотив подписа договор със Симеон Райков | url = https://lokomotivpd.com/lokomotiv-podpisa-dogovor-sas-simeon-rajkov/ | publisher = lokomotivpd.com | date = 7 August 2017 | language = Bulgarian}}
Snooker
Raykov is a keen snooker player and won the Bulgarian Snooker Championship in 2007. After the completion of his football career, Raykov entered snooker tournaments once again.{{cite web|url=https://www.ebsa.tv/a-former-professional-football-player-is-among-the-6-red-event-participants-in-albena/|website=ebsa.tv|accessdate=13 June 2023|title= A former professional football player is among the 6-red event participants in Albena |first=Yordan|last=Bozhinov|date=9 June 2023}}
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Career statistics
{{updated|8 December 2016}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Spartak Plovdiv
|2007–08 |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 0 | |
| Sliven 2000
|2008–09 |5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 5 | 0 | |
| Spartak Plovdiv
|2009–10 |6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 6 | 0 | |
| Botev Vratsa
|28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 28 | 11 | |
| rowspan="2"|Levski Sofia
|19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| 2012–13
|10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!29||7||2||0||4||1||35||8 | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Cherno More
|14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 14 | 2 | |
| 2013–14
|21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 24 | 6 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!35||8||3||0||colspan="2"|–||38||8 | |||||||
| Chernomorets Burgas
|12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 14 | 5 | |
| rowspan="2"|Cherno More
|23 | 6 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 28 | 7 | |
| 2015–16
|25 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv
|9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | colspan="2"|– | 11 | 3 | |
| colspan="2"|Career total
!175||42||17||7||6||1||198||50 |
Honours
=Club=
;Cherno More
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.theplayersagent.com/profile/25598/player/simeon_raykov Profile at ThePlayersAgent ]
- {{Soccerway|simeon-raykov/142540}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raykov, Simeon}}
Category:Footballers from Plovdiv
Category:Bulgarian men's footballers
Category:PFC Spartak Plovdiv players
Category:POFC Botev Vratsa players
Category:PFC Levski Sofia players
Category:PFC Cherno More Varna players
Category:PSFC Chernomorets Burgas players
Category:PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players
Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Category:Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Category:Roda JC Kerkrade players
Category:Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands