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 | FC Oţelul Galaţi | |
| Number | 31 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1990-1995 | PFC Beroe | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996-1998 1998-2007 2007- |
FC Olimpik Teteven PFC Litex Lovech FC Oţelul Galaţi |
178 (26) 18 (3) |
| 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 Romania side FC Oţelul Galaţi. 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. He is the defender who has scored the most goals in the whole history of Bulgarian football.[citation needed]
He has been considered one of the favourite players by Litex fans, due to his dedicated and selfless manner of playing, and his loyalty to the club. He has been awarded the title "The best player of Litex" in 2006.
On July 12, 2007, Zhelev joined Romanian club Oţelul Galaţi for a fee of €125.000
[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 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| 2007-08 | Oţelul Galaţi | Liga I | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
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