Aleksandar Aleksandrov (; born 19 January 1975) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Aleksandrov was honoured as Bulgarian Footballer of the Year in 1999 and Footballer of the Year of Varna for 2007 and for 2008.
Club career Aleksandrov was born in Plovdiv and began his career in his hometown with Maritsa Plovdiv and played there until 1997.
Then his career lead him to Sofia, as Levski Sofia were interested and bought him. He spent four years with The Blues, winning the 1997–98 Bulgarian Cup and in 2000, the double of Bulgarian Championship and Bulgarian Cup. He won "The Best Bulgarian Footballer" award in 1999.
Turkish teams With Kocaelispor he won the Turkish Cup in 2002. After two years in Kocaelispor, he changed teams and moved to Istanbulspor AS. After İstanbulspor he played in Kayserispor and Konyaspor, then signed with Ankaragucu (2006–2007).
Cherno More Varna In July 2007, Aleksandrov returned to Bulgaria and signed a three years contract with Cherno More Varna. The following 2007–08 season in the Bulgarian championship, he was honoured as the most valuable player in the Bulgarian A PFG.
On 28 September 2009, he terminated his contract with the Sailors, due to family difficulties and problems with the owners of the club.
Return to Levski After 10 years, Aleksandrov returned to Levski Sofia on 5 January 2010. He signed a one-a-half-year contract with the club and was given the number 7 shirt. Aleksandrov made his re-debut for Levski on 7 March 2010 against Minyor Pernik. The result of the match was 3:1 for Levski.
In the first friendly match for 2010–11 season, Aleksandrov played with his nickname Alex, as he did in Cherno More Varna.
Botev Plovdiv In June 2011, Aleksandrov joined Botev Plovdiv, where he would eventually retire.
International career Between 1999 and 2003 Aleksandrov played in Bulgaria national team. He earned his first cap with Bulgaria in a 3–0 victory over Luxembourg on 10 October 1999. He was capped 10 times.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLevski Sofia1997–982710852037151998–99187334025101999–200028661604072000–01711040121Levski Sofia2009–1010300001032010–111732050152Career total1073020921014839
Honours Levski Sofia Bulgarian A Professional Football Group: 2000 Bulgarian Cup: 1998, 2000
Kocaelispor Turkish Cup: 2002
Individual Bulgarian Footballer of the Year: 1999 Footballer of the Year of Varna: 2007, 2008
References
External links
Profile at Levskisofia.info