Birsent Hamdi Karagaren (Bulgarian: Бирсент Хамди Карагарен; born 6 December 1992) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Lokomotiv Plovdiv and the Bulgarian national team. He made his debut for his country in October 2019.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Birsent Hamdi Karagaren | ||
Date of birth | (1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Asenovgrad, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Asenovets | |||
0000–2011 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Asenovets | 26 | (5) |
2012 | Shumen | 12 | (0) |
2013 | Etar 1924 | 2 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Vereya | 28 | (23) |
2014–2016 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 62 | (9) |
2017–2018 | Dunav Ruse | 48 | (11) |
2018– | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 134 | (23) |
National team‡ | |||
2019– | Bulgaria | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:15, 8 September 2021 (UTC) |
Born in Asenovgrad, Karagaren played as a youth for local club Asenovets and Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He also spent time at Shumen, Etar 1924 and Vereya, before joined Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2014.
On 19 January 2017 Karagaren signed for Dunav Ruse from Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[2] He made his debut for the team on 17 February 2017 in a 0:4 loss to Beroe.[3] In the next match for the league on 24 February, he scored both goals for the 2:0 win against Botev Plovdiv, becoming a man of the match.[4] He scored again in the match against Levski Sofia on 28 February 2017.[5]
Karagaren received his first call-up for senior Bulgarian squad in October 2019 for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Montenegro and England on 11 and 14 October.[6] He made his debut on 11 October 2019 in a game against Montenegro. He substituted Wanderson in the 77th minute.[7]
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Asenovets | 2011–12 | Third League | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 5 | |
Shumen 2010 | 2012–13 | Second League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |
Etar 1924 | 2012–13 | First League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
Vereya | 2013–14 | Third League | 28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 23 | |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2014–15 | First League | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | 35 | 6 | |
2015–16 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 28 | 3 | |||
2016–17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | |||
Dunav Ruse | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 18 | 5 | |||
2017–18 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 6 | ||
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2018–19 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 35 | 4 | ||
2019–20 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 9 | ||
2020–21 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 5 | ||
2021–22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
Career total | 283 | 62 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 317 | 68 |
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv – current squad | |
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