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Emil Gargorov (Bulgarian: Емил Гъргоров; born 15 February 1981) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Vitosha Bistritsa.

Emil Gargorov

Personal information
Full name	Emil Nikolaev Gargorov
Date of birth	(1981-02-15) 15 February 1981 (age 41)
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Vitosha Bistritsa
Number	23
Youth career
1990–1999	Lokomotiv Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2002	Lokomotiv Sofia	66	(13)
2002–2006	CSKA Sofia	92	(49)
2006–2010	Strasbourg	51	(6)
2008	→ CSKA Sofia (loan)	13	(0)
2010	Universitatea Craiova	13	(1)
2011	CSKA Sofia	12	(2)
2011–2013	Ludogorets Razgrad	48	(19)
2013–2014	CSKA Sofia	38	(9)
2014	Shijiazhuang Yongchang	12	(3)
2015	Lokomotiv Sofia	12	(3)
2015–2016	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	19	(3)
2016	Beroe Stara Zagora	2	(0)
2017–2018	CSKA 1948	19	(13)
2019–2020	Vitosha Bistritsa	26	(8)
2021–	Vitosha Bistritsa	22	(2)
National team
2001–2014	Bulgaria	22	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:53, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Career

Born in Sofia, Gargorov came through the youth system at Lokomotiv Sofia. He made his first-team debut in a 2–0 away loss against Shumen at Panayot Volov Stadium on 10 April 1999.[2]

In 2002, he signed with CSKA Sofia, for which he played 121 games and scored 57 goals. On 26 July 2006, he signed for RC Strasbourg.[3] For the first half of 2008, from January to June, he was sent on loan back to CSKA Sofia. On 17 June 2010, Gargorov signed the Romanian team FC Universitatea Craiova. In the winter transfer window of 2011, he was released from the Romanian side and was signed by his former club CSKA Sofia. However, on 1 June 2011, Gargorov relocated to Razgrad, to sign with newly promoted Ludogorets for two years. On 11 September 2011, Gargorov netted a hat-trick in the 6–0 home win against Slavia Sofia in an A PFG match. He parted ways with the team from Razgrad in the summer of 2013.[4]

On 13 July 2014, Gargorov transferred to China League One side Shijiazhuang Yongchang.[5]

On 15 September 2017, Gargorov signed with Third League club CSKA 1948.[6] In February 2019, he joined Vitosha Bistritsa. Gargorov received his first red card on 23 September 2019, in the 0:1 away loss against Etar Veliko Tarnovo.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 5 June 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lokomotiv Sofia	1998–99	A Group	6	1	0	0	–		–		6	1
	1999–00		24	7	5	2	–		–		29	9
	2000–01		20	5	7	2	–		–		27	7
	2001–02		17	2	0	0	–		–		17	2
CSKA Sofia	2002–03	A Group	24	14	8	2	4	2	–		36	18
	2003–04		21	15	6	4	6	1	–		33	20
	2004–05		22	9	5	0	4	1	–		31	10
	2005–06		25	11	5	3	10	2	–		40	16
RC Strasbourg	2006–07	Ligue 1	2	0	0	0	–		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
	2007–08	Ligue 2	2	0	0	0	–		–		2	0
CSKA Sofia (loan)	2007–08	A Group	13	0	0	0	0	0	–		13	0
RC Strasbourg	2008–09	Ligue 2	26	4	0	0	–		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	27	4
	2009–10		21	2	1	0	–		–		22	2
	Total		51	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	54	6
U Craiova	2010–11	Liga I	13	1	3	0	0	0	–		16	1
CSKA Sofia	2010–11	A Group	12	2	1	0	0	0	–		13	2
Ludogorets Razgrad	2011–12		26	13	3	1	–		–		29	14
	2012–13		22	6	0	0	2	1	1[lower-alpha 3]	1	25	8
	Total		48	19	3	1	2	1	1	1	54	22
CSKA Sofia	2013–14	A Group	38	9	3	0	–		–		41	9
	Total		155	60	28	9	24	6	0	0	207	75
Shijiazhuang Yongchang	2014	China League One	12	3	0	0	–		–		12	3
Lokomotiv Sofia	2014–15	A Group	12	3	1	0	–		–		13	3
	Total		79	18	13	4	0	0	0	0	92	22
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2015–16	A Group	19	3	1	1	–		–		20	4
Beroe Stara Zagora	2016–17	First League	2	0	0	0	–		–		2	0
CSKA 1948 Sofia	2017–18	Third League	19	13	0	0	–		4[lower-alpha 4]	0	23	13
Vitosha Bistritsa	2018–19	First League	11	4	0	0	–		–		11	4
	2019–20		14	3	1	0	–		–		15	3
	2020–21	Second League	4	1	0	0	–		–		4	1
	Total		29	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	8
Career total			427	131	50	15	26	7	7	1	510	154

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	29 November 2004	Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo	Egypt	1–1	1–1	Friendly
2	22 March 2013	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia	Malta	4–0	6–0	World Cup 2014 qualifying
3	10 September 2013	Ta' Qali Stadium, Attard	Malta	2–0	2–1	World Cup 2014 qualifying

Honours

Club

CSKA Sofia

• A Group (3): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08
• Bulgarian Cup (2): 2005–06, 2010–11

Ludogorets Razgrad

• A Group (2): 2011–12, 2012–13
• Bulgarian Cup: 2011–12
• Bulgarian Supercup: 2012

Individual

Razgrad sportsman of the year (2): 2011, 2012[8]

References

External links

• Emil Gargorov – French league stats at LFP – also available in French
• Emil Gargorov at Soccerway
• Emil Gargorov at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
• Emil Gargorov at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

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- [en] Emil Gargorov

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[es] Emil Gargorov

Emil Gargorov (Sofía, Bulgaria, 15 de febrero de 1981), futbolista búlgaro. Juega de volante y su actual equipo es el FC Vitosha Bistritsa de Bulgaria.

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[fr] Emil Gargorov

Emil Lui Gargorov (né le 15 février 1981 à Sofia) est un joueur de football bulgare qui joue actuellement dans le club chinois du Shijiazhuang Yongchang.

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[it] Emil Gărgorov

Emil Nikolaev Gărgorov (in bulgaro: Емил Николаев Гъргоров?; Sofia, 15 febbraio 1981) è un calciatore bulgaro, centrocampista della Vitoša Bistrica.

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[ru] Гаргоров, Эмиль

Эмиль Гаргоров (болг. Емил Гъргоров; род. 15 февраля 1981 года) — болгарский футболист, полузащитник клуба «Витоша (Бистрица)».

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