Valentin Iliev

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Valentin Iliev

Full name	Valentin Iliev
Date of birth	11 August 1980
Place of birth	Vratsa, Bulgaria
Height	1.85m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	PFC CSKA Sofia
Number	14
Youth clubs
1992-1998	FC Botev Vratsa
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2001 2001-2004 2004-	FC Botev Vratsa Metalurg PFC CSKA Sofia	21 (1) 60 (7)
National team²
2005-	Bulgaria	11 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 1, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of August 31, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Valentin Iliev (Bulgarian: Валентин Илиев) (born August 11, 1980) is a footballer currently playing for PFC CSKA Sofia.

[edit] Family

Iliev's father was goalkeeper for Bulgaria's national team.^{[citation needed]} He is known thorught Bulgaria for scoring a hitoric goal which got CSKA Sofia a historic win over Liverpool in 2005 however it id not help them qualify for the UEFA Champions League gorup phase.

[edit] Career

Iliev started your career in home town Vratsa,where played in local team Botev.In june 2001 he signed with ukrainian club Metalurg from Zaporizhzhya.But for 3 years Valentin participated only in 21 matches and scored 1 goal.From november 2004 Iliev played in bulgarian grand CSKA Sofia.For 6 months he joint captain on the team.From 2005 Iliev played and in Bulgaria national football team.

PFC CSKA Sofia - Current Squad
1 Kovačević \| 3 Tunchev \| 4 Morales \| 5 Kotev \| 7 Sakaliev \| 8 Dimitrov \| 10 Georgi Iliev \| 11 Dah Zadi \| 12 Ivaylo Petrov \| 14 Valentin Iliev \| 15 Robert Petrov \| 16 Branekov \| 17 Yordanov \| 18 Petre \| 19 Trică \| 20 Yurukov \| 21 Udoji \| 22 Pirgov \| 23 Kabous \| 24 Alexandrov \| 25 Ivanov \| 26 Chipev \| 27 Tiago \| 28 Piţurcă \| 30 Todorov \| 77 Furtado \| Manager: Mladenov