Valentin Iliev

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Valentin Iliev
Full name	Valentin Iliev Ivanov
Date of birth	August 11, 1980 (1980-08-11) (age 27)
Place of birth	Vratsa, Bulgaria
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Terek Grozny
Number	14
Youth clubs
1992-1998	FC Botev Vratsa
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2001 2001-2004 2004-2008 2008-	FC Botev Vratsa Metalurg PFC CSKA Sofia Terek Grozny	21 (1) 66 (7)
National team²
2005-	Bulgaria	11 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 1, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of August 1, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Valentin Iliev (Bulgarian: Валентин Илиев Иванов) (born August 11, 1980) is a footballer currently playing for Terek Grozny.

[edit] Family

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

[edit] Career

Iliev started his career in his home town Vratsa,where he played in the local team Botev Vratsa. 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.

On Monday 7th January 2008, Sky Sports News reported that CSKA Sofia had agreed a £700k deal with Norwich City and was set to have a medical, however the deal is now "very unlikely" to go through because of work permit problems. ^[1]