Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski (Bulgarian: Божидар Чорбаджийски; born 8 August 1995) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Polish club Widzew Łódź.[2] He is usually deployed as a centre back.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bozhidar Brankov Chorbadzhiyski | ||
Date of birth | (1995-08-08) 8 August 1995 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Widzew Łódź | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2014 | CSKA Sofia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2020 | CSKA Sofia | 117 | (8) |
2019 | → FCSB (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Stal Mielec | 42 | (1) |
2022– | Widzew Łódź | 1 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2016– | Bulgaria | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:22, 18 July 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2022 |
Chorbadzhiyski joined CSKA Sofia as a nine-year-old in 2004 and subsequently progressed through CSKA's academy.[3] On 25 May 2013, he made his competitive debut as a 32nd-minute substitute for Plamen Krachunov in a 2–1 league loss against Lokomotiv Sofia at Lokomotiv Stadium.[4] On 4 April 2014, he signed his first professional contract.[5]
Chorbadzhiyski began to establish himself in the CSKA first team from the 2015–16 season, making 26 league appearances. He scored his first senior goal of his career in a Bulgarian Cup match against Botev Ihtiman on 9 September 2015, which CSKA won 5–0.[6] In that season he also collected his first trophy with the club, winning the 2015–16 Bulgarian Cup.
On 20 August 2019 Chorbadzhiyski joined Romanian club FCSB on loan until end of the year, with a buyout clause.[7]
On 26 May 2016 Chorbadzhiyski received his first call up for Bulgaria for the Kirin Cup, replacing the injured Plamen Galabov.[8] He made his debut for the team on 6 September 2016 in a match against Luxembourg for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, won by Bulgaria by a score of 4:3.[9] His second game for the team was again a qualification match for the 2018 World Cup against the Netherlands on 25 March 2017, won by Bulgaria with 2-0.[10]
As of 26 May 2022
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
CSKA Sofia | 2012–13 | A Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2015–16 | V Group | 26 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 35 | 1 | |||
2016–17 | First League | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 3 | |||
2017–18 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 4 | ||||
2018–19 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | |||
2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 117 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 139 | 9 | |||
FCSB (loan) | 2019–20 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
Stal Mielec | 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | |||
Total | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 43 | 1 | ||||
Career total | 162 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 186 | 10 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Bulgaria | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
2017 | 3 | 0 | |
2018 | 4 | 0 | |
2019 | 1 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 0 | |
2022 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 11 | 0 |
FCSB
Widzew Łódź – current squad | |
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