Zhivko Zhelev
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| Zhivko Zhelev | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Zhivko Zhelev | |
| Date of birth | 23 July 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Stara Zagora, Bulgaria | |
| Height | 1.85m | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | PFC Litex Lovech | |
| Number | 3 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1990-1995 | PFC Beroe | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996-1998 1998- |
FC Olimpik Teteven PFC Litex Lovech |
175 (26) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1998-2001 2004- |
Bulgaria U21 Bulgaria |
24 (2) 6 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Zhivko Zhelev (Bulgarian: Живко Желев) (born July 23, 1979) is a Bulgarian football player. He plays in the position of central defender or striker for Bulgarian side Litex Lovech. Zhelev joined Litex Lovech quite young but fought hard to get a place in the first team. He formed a formidable duet with ex-Bulgarian national defender Rosen Kirilov. However, due to a lack of strikers Zhelev was also used by managers to play as a striker for Litex and scored a lot of goals in this position. Actually he is the defender who has scored most goals in the whole history of Bulgarian football. Zhelev has always been loyal to Litex and is currently still playing for the Lovech side.He has been awarded the title "the best player in Litex" for the year 2006. He will always ramain one of the most favourite players for Litex fans, due to his dedicated and selfless manner of playing, and his loyalty to the club.
[edit] Career
- Up to the 2005 - 2006 Season
| Season | Team | League | Domestic League *1 | UEFA cup | Total | |||
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| Appearance | Goals | Appearance | Goals | A. | G. | |||
| 1998-99 | PFC Litex | A grupa | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 1999-00 | PFC Litex | A grupa | 18 | 0 | ? | ? | 18 | 0 |
| 2000-01 | PFC Litex | A grupa | 22 | 1 | ? | ? | 22 | 1 |
| 2001-02 | PFC Litex | A grupa | 25 | 3 | ? | ? | 25 | 3 |
| 2002-03 | PFC Litex | A grupa | 23 | 7 | ? | ? | 23 | 7 |
| 2003-04 | PFC Litex | A grupa | 29 | 2 | ? | ? | 29 | 2 |
| 2004-05 | PFC Litex | A grupa | 20 | 2 | ? | ? | 20 | 2 |
| 2005-06 | PFC Litex | A grupa | 22 | 8 | ? | ? | 22 | 8 |
| 2006-07 | PFC Litex | A grupa | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| PFC Litex Lovech - Current Squad |
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1 Vutov | 2 Robert Popov | 3 Zhelev | 4 Cicerro | 5 Venkov | 6 Kirilov | 7 Genchev | 8 Wellingtom | 10 Sandrinho | 11 Beto | 12 Todorov | 14 Sluijter | 16 Manolev | 18 Bibishkov | 20 Bandalovski | 22 Nikolov | 23 Jelenković | 24 Zlatinov | 25 Rodić | 29 Zanev | 32 Ivelin Popov | 33 Berberović | 78 Gospodinov | Manager: Petrović |
