Aleksandar_Tsvetkov
Aleksandar Tsvetkov
Bulgarian footballer
Aleksandar Aleksandrov Tsvetkov (Bulgarian: Александър Александров Цветков; born 31 August 1990) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spartak Varna.
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Tsvetkov in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksandar Aleksandrov Tsvetkov | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-08-31) 31 August 1990 (age 33) | ||
| Place of birth | Pleven, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Spartak Varna | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2006 | Spartak Pleven | ||
| 2006–2008 | Litex Lovech | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2016 | Litex Lovech | 101 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Litex Lovech II | 22 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Cherno More | 57 | (2) |
| 2018–2022 | Beroe | 111 | (2) |
| 2022 | Academica Clinceni | 15 | (0) |
| 2022 | Politehnica Timișoara | 14 | (0) |
| 2023– | Spartak Varna | 36 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2012 | Bulgaria U21 | 12 | (0) |
| 2011–2020 | Bulgaria | 11 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:35, 28 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2020 | |||
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Litex
Tsvetkov made his first team debut in a 5–1 Bulgarian Cup win over Maritsa Plovdiv on 7 December 2008, coming on as a substitute for Sandrinho. He made his league debut on 31 May 2009, again as a substitute replacing Wilfried Niflore, as Litex beat CSKA Sofia 1–0.
Tsvetkov became a first-team regular early in the 2012–13 season. On 31 August 2012, he scored his first goal in a 4–0 away league win over Botev Vratsa.
Cherno More
On 9 June 2016 after 10 years in Litex, he left the club and joined Cherno More.[2] He quickly established himself as a regular starter, so it came as a surprise when his contract was terminated by mutual consent in May 2018, several weeks before the end of the season.[3]
Beroe
Spartak Varna
On 29 December 2022, he was announced as a new signing of Spartak Varna, joining the team on a one-and-a-half year contract.[5]
On 7 October 2011, Tsvetkov earned his first cap for Bulgaria in the 0–3 away loss against Ukraine in an exhibition match. He had to wait nearly 6 years to feature for the national team again; on 3 September 2017, Tsvetkov was in the line-up for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier, a 1–3 away defeat by the Netherlands.[6]
- As of 6 May 2022
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Litex Lovech | 2008–09 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 3 | |
| 2013–14 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 39 | 3 | |
| 2014–15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 101 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 126 | 6 | |
| Litex Lovech II | 2015–16 | 22 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 22 | 1 |
| Cherno More | 2016–17 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 34 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 0 | |
| Total | 57 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 4 | |
| Beroe | 2018–19 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 1 |
| 2019–20 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 1 | |
| 2020–21 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 1 | |
| Total | 111 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 3 | |
| Academica Clinceni | 2021–22 | 15 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 0 |
| Career total | 306 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 342 | 14 | |
International stats
| Bulgaria national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 |
| Total | 11 | 1 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 11 November 2020 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |  Gibraltar | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
- Litex Lovech
- "Състав на "Черно море" за сезон 2016/2017" (in Bulgarian). Cherno More official website. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- "Черно море се подсили с национален състезател" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 9 June 2016.
- "Александър Цветков разтрогна с Черно море" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 8 May 2018.
- "Берое привлече Александър Цветков" (in Bulgarian). beroe.bg. 23 June 2018.
- "Спартак Варна привлече бивш национал" (in Bulgarian). dsport.bg. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Matches - Netherlands-Bulgaria". fifa.com. 3 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- Aleksandar Tsvetkov at Soccerway
- Aleksandar Tsvetkov at FootballDatabase.eu
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