Valentin_Galev
Valentin Galev
Bulgarian footballer
Valentin Plamenov Galev (Bulgarian: Валентин Пламенов Галев; born 1 January 1984) is a Bulgarian professional footballer currently playing for Kostinbrod as a goalkeeper. He also serves as a goalkeepers coach for Vitosha Bistritsa.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Valentin Plamenov Galev | ||
| Date of birth | (1984-01-01) 1 January 1984 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kostinbrod | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2015 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 111 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Botev Plovdiv | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2020 | Septemvri Sofia | 64 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 38 | (0) |
| 2022– | Kostinbrod | 46 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021–2022 | Vitosha Bistritsa (goalkeepers coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:36, 6 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Valentin Galev earned his first professional contract with Lokomotiv Sofia, signing from their academy in 2002. On 17 May 2003, Galev made his debut in Bulgarian A PFG when he replaced Daniel Peev in the 8th minute of the match against Litex Lovech following the sending-off of Vladimir Manolkov.
On 29 June 2015 Galev joined Botev Plovdiv.[1] On 18 April 2016 his contract was terminated by mutual agreement. During his short spell at Botev Plovdiv Galev was injured most of the time and played in just a single game, the 1-1 draw with Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[2]
On 25 May 2021 he was announced as the goalkeeper coach of Vitosha Bistritsa, who will also play for the team in Third League. [3]
- As of 13 December 2017 [4]
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | A Group | 2002–03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2003–04 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 2004–05 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 2005–06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2006–07 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2007–08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2008–09 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | |||||
| 2010–11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 2011–12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | |||||
| 2013–14 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 111 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 0 | |||
| Botev Plovdiv | A Group | 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Septemvri Sofia | Second League | 2016–17 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| First League | 2017–18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| Career totals | 144 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 0 | |||
- Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
- Valentin Galev at FootballDatabase.eu
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