Iliyan_Stefanov
Iliyan Stefanov
Bulgarian footballer
Iliyan Avramov Stefanov (Bulgarian: Илиян Аврамов Стефанов; born 20 September 1998) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Levski Sofia and the Bulgaria national team.[1]
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Stefanov in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iliyan Avramov Stefanov | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-09-20) 20 September 1998 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Levski Sofia | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2015 | Levski Sofia | ||
| 2015–2016 | Avellino | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Gozzano | 7 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 52 | (9) |
| 2021–2022 | Beroe | 23 | (0) |
| 2022– | Levski Sofia | 48 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Bulgaria U17 | 8 | (2) |
| 2020 | Bulgaria U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2022– | Bulgaria | 8 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:23, 4 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:56, 20 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Stefanov started to play football at Levski Sofia. At end of 2015 he moved to Italy to join Avellino's youth academy. Between 2016 and 2017 he appeared in 7 games for Gozzano in Serie D.
In 2017, Stefanov returned to Bulgaria to sign for Lokomotiv Sofia. He established himself as an undisputed starter and a top performer for the club in the Second League. His talent attracted the attention of various teams from the Bulgarian top flight and on 23 February 2021, he signed with Beroe.[2][3]
On 1 March 2022, Stefanov signed with his boyhood club Levski Sofia on a 2-year deal.[4] Оn 15 May 2022, he scored the only goal in the Bulgarian Cup final, leading his club to its first trophy since 2009.
After making his first appearance for the senior side in the 1–1 home draw with North Macedonia on 2 June 2022, Stefanov scored his first goal for Bulgaria in his second cap in a 2–5 defeat to Georgia on 5 June 2022.[5]
International
- As of match played 20 June 2023[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 2022 | 6 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 2 |
- Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.[6]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 June 2022 | Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad, Bulgaria |  Georgia | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C |
| 2. | 23 September 2022 |  Gibraltar | 4–1 | 5–1 |
Levski Sofia
- "Ilyan Stefanov Career Stats". footballdatabase.eu.
- "Отбори от елита се борят за сърдитата звезда на Локо София". gol.bg (in Bulgarian). 4 December 2020.
- ""Берое" привлече Илиян Стефанов". beroe.bg (in Bulgarian). 23 February 2021.
- "Официално: Илиян Стефанов е играч на Левски". dsport.bg (in Bulgarian). 1 March 2022.
- "Bulgaria 2-5 Georgia in UEFA Nations League 2022-2023". Vavel. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- Stefanov_Stefanov.doc "Stefanov, Iliyan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
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- Iliyan Stefanov at Soccerway