Miki_Orachev
Miki Orachev
Bulgarian footballer
Miki Rumenov Orachev (Bulgarian: Мики Руменов Орачев; born 19 March 1996) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a defender for CSKA 1948.[1] Orachev prefers to play as a left-back but can also play as a left winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miki Rumenov Orachev | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back / Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CSKA 1948 | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2011 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | ||
| 2011–2014 | Levski Sofia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Levski Sofia | 49 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Lokomotiv Sofia (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2018 | Septemvri Sofia | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | Holzwickeder SC | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 89 | (1) |
| 2023– | CSKA 1948 | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2013 | Bulgaria U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Bulgaria U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Bulgaria U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2022– | Bulgaria | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:09, 29 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
Levski Sofia
First spell
Born in Blagoevgrad, Orachev began playing football for local side Pirin.[citation needed] On 19 July 2011, he joined Levski Sofia's academy.[2]
Orachev made his first team debut in a 2–1 league home loss against Litex Lovech on 12 April 2014, coming on as a substitute for Ricardo Nunes.[3] His first goal for the club came on 4 May 2015, a 17-metre strike in a 5–0 win at Haskovo.
On 14 July 2017 he made his Europa League debut for the team in a match against NK Maribor.[4]
Loan to Lokomotov Sofia
In January 2017, Orachev was loaned to Second League club Lokomotiv Sofia until the end of the season.[5] He made his debut for the team on 25 February 2017 in a league match against Spartak Pleven.[6]
Return to Levski
Although there was information that his loan would be extended,[7] Orachev returned in the beginning of June from his loan spell. He joined the first training of the team on 13 June 2017.[8]
Septemvri Sofia
On 22 December 2017 Levski's executive manager Asen Bukarev announced that Orachev would be transferred in Septemvri Sofia.[9] He officially signed a contract on 28 December for a year and a half.[10] He completed his debut for the team on 17 February 2018 in the first league match for the year, against Etar Veliko Tarnovo.[11]
On 7 March he left the field in the 32nd minute due to low blood pressure.[12] On 22 March it was announced that he would miss the rest of the season due to heart problems.[13]
Club
- As of 22 March 2018 [1]
| 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 | ||||||||
| Levski Sofia | A Group | 2013–14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 1 | |||||
| 2015–16 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | |||||
| First League | 2016–17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Lokomotiv Sofia (loan) | Second League | 2016–17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| Levski Sofia | First League | 2017–18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 49 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | |||
| Septemvri Sofia | First League | 2017–18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 64 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 1 | |||
- Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
Miki is a cousin of the retired footballer and now manager Malin Orachev.[14]
- "Школата на Левски се подсили с Мики Орачев" (in Bulgarian). viasport.bg. 19 July 2011.
- "Levski 1–2 Litex". soccerway.com. 12 April 2014.
- "Окончателно: Левски праща Орачев и Димитров в Локо Сф, Янев в Плевен" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 23 January 2017.
- https://www.blitz.bg/sport/intervyu/malin-orachev-iskakh-da-stana-borets-i-plakakh-tsyala-noshch-kogato-tatko-mi-zabrani-da-treniram_343469.doc Малин Орачев: Исках да стана борец и плаках цяла нощ, когато татко ми забрани да тренирам]
- Miki Orachev at Soccerway
- Profile at LevskiSofia.info