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Dimitar Rangelov

Dimitar Rangelov

Bulgarian footballer (born 1983)

Dimitar Rangelov (Bulgarian: Димитър Рангелов; born 9 February 1983) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a forward for German NOFV-Oberliga Süd club VfB Krieschow.[2]

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Dimitrov and the family name is Rangelov.
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He made his debut for Bulgaria in 2004.[3]

Career

Slavia Sofia

Born in Sofia,[4] Rangelov started playing football in local team Slavia. On 3 June 2000, then 17 years old, he made his official debut in professional football in a match against Beroe Stara Zagora as a 65th-minute substitute. Rangelov played for PFC Slavia Sofia between 2000 and 2006.

Strasbourg

Rangelov was sold to RC Strasbourg for €1 million. In 2007, he was loaned for six months to German side FC Erzgebirge Aue. After that, he was loaned again to Energie Cottbus and quickly developed into an important first team player at his new team.

Energie Cottbus

After a half season on loan, Rangelov signed for FC Energie Cottbus. For Energie Cottbus, he earned 49 appearances playing in the Bundesliga, scoring 15 goals.

Borussia Dortmund

On 16 June 2009, Rangelov officially signed his contract with Borussia Dortmund. The transfer fee was 1 million €.[5][6] His contract is for four years. On 20 March 2010, he scored his first goal in the Bundesliga for the Dortmund side in the 3–0 home win against Bayer Leverkusen.[7]

Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan)

On 4 September 2010 Borussia Dortmund loaned him to Maccabi Tel Aviv[8][9] until the end of the season with purchase option in the end. On 6 November 2010, Rangelov scored his first goal for Maccabi in the match against Hapoel Ashkelon. In April 2011 with the end of regular season (before the playoffs). Rangelov reached a mutual agreement on his release from Maccabi and his return to his original club Dortmund.

Return to Energie Cottbus (loan)

On 28 June 2011, Rangelov re-joined Energie Cottbus where he played between 2007 and 2009, signing a one-year loan deal.[10] Rangelov ended the season in 2. Bundesliga with 12 goals to his name making him Energie's top scorer.

Luzern

On 11 July 2012, Rangelov joined Swiss Super League side FC Luzern on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee, though media reports estimated it to be between €300,000 and £350,000.[11][12] Four days later, he made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against FC Zürich, playing the full 90 minutes. On 11 August Rangelov netted his first goal, scoring a penalty against St. Gallen. He scored his first-ever European goal on 23 August, opening the scoring in a 2–1 home win over Genk in their Europa League play-offs first leg tie.[13] A week later, in the second leg tie against Genk, Rangelov was sent off in the 37th minute.[14]

Third Energie Cottbus stint

In October 2018, Rangelov joined Energie Cottbus for the third time in his career having signed a contract until the end of the season.[15] As of 2019, he is the only Bulgarian to have scored at four different levels of the German league system.[16]

Return to Slavia Sofia

After nearly 15 years playing abroad Rangelov returned to his childhood club PFC Slavia Sofia by signing a contract with the club in July 2020.

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 May 2020
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International

As of 6 September 2016
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Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rangelov goal.
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References

  1. [1]
    "Профил на Димитър Димитров Рангелов" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Бивш национал подпиcа c 4-и отбоp в Геpмания, ще игpае в 5-а лига".
  3. [3]
    "Dimitar Rangelov wechselt zum FC Luzern" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  4. [4]
    "БФС честити рождения ден на Димитър Рангелов". BFS. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  5. [5]
    "Borussia Dortmund After Cottbus Striker Rangelov". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  6. [6]
    "Rangelov signs with Borussia Dortmund for three years". Bulgaria Gazette. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  7. [7]
    "Leverkusen kann Gunst der Stunde nicht nutzen". Die Welt. Welt Online. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  8. [8]
    מכבי סיכמה על השאלת ראנגלוב (in Hebrew). maccabi-tlv.co.il. 4 September 2010. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  9. [9]
    דימיטאר רנגלוב: עונה הבאה נוכל להצליחבאלופות (in Hebrew). one.co.il. 4 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  10. [10]
    "Rangelov zurück nach Cottbus". 2. Bundesliga (in German). Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  11. [11]
    Gruhn, Andreas (15 August 2012). "Der BVB muss erwachsen werden" (in German). rp-online.de. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  12. [12]
    Zocher, Thomas (11 July 2012). "Rangelov makes Luzern switch". Skysports.com. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  13. [13]
    "Luzern 2–1 Genk". UEFA.com. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  14. [14]
    "Genk 2–0 Luzern". UEFA.com. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  15. [15]
    "Fix: Cottbus nimmt Rangelov wieder unter Vertrag". kicker Online (in German). 18 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  16. [16]
    "Димитър Рангелов е първият българин с голове в 4 различни нива на немския футбол". topsport.bg (in Bulgarian). 28 July 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
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