Ismail Isa

Ismail Isa
Personal information
Full name Ismail Isa Mustafa
Date of birth 6 February 1989 (1989-02-06) (age 23)
Place of birth Targovishte, Bulgaria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Karabükspor
Youth career
0000–2005 Svetkavitsa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Svetkavitsa 8 (2)
2006–2007 Haskovo 32 (14)
2008–2011 Levski Sofia 22 (3)
2008–2009 Sliven (loan) 17 (1)
2009–2010 Lokomotiv Mezdra (loan) 25 (11)
2011– Karabükspor 3 (0)
National team
Bulgaria U19
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 June 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Ismail Isa Mustafa (Bulgarian: Исмаил Иса Мустафа) (born on 26 June 1989 in Targovishte) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays for Turkish Karabükspor as a forward.

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Career

Isa started playing football at PFC Svetkavitsa's youth teams.

Levski Sofia

Ismail Isa made his unofficial debut for Levski in a friendly match against FC Dynamo Kyiv on 20 January 2008. He played for 33 minutes. The result of the match was a 1:2 loss for Levski.

On 20 February 2008 he scored his first goals for Levski in a friendly against Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo. He scored two goals in the 75th and 85th minute. The result of the match was a 3:0 win for Levski. He made his official debut in the 1-0 defeat away at Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

During 08/09 season, he was loaned to OFC Sliven 2000. Anyway, after the end of the season, he returned to Levski.

Isa re-debuted for Levski on 15 July 2009 in the 2nd Qualifying round of UEFA Champions League, where Levski defeated the team of UE Sant Julià. The result of the match was 4:0 with a home win for Levski.

On 21 July 2009, he was sent off at the stroke of half time for a second bookable offense in the return leg against the Andorran side, but despite playing a man down his team won 5:0.

His return was in a match against Dundalk F.C. - a second qualifying round of Europa League. Levski won the first match and the result was 6:0. Isa scored two of the goals. He further added to his tally in the 5-2 home win against the Swedish Kalmar FF, where he scored another two goals.

Isa scored his first goal for Levski in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group on August 23, 2010 against Kaliakra Kavarna.

Lokomotiv Mezdra

On 2 August 2009 Ismail Isa was loaned for half a season in Lokomotiv Mezdra. After matches, in which he scored 7 goals in 12 matches, Isa returned to Levski. Shortly afterwards on 11 January 2010, though, he was loaned out to Lokomotiv Mezdra again. On 21 March 2010, he scored the only goal for his side to give the team from Mezdra a 1:0 lead against the other Bulgarian top team CSKA Sofia. This goal got him in the news since just a few minutes after it the CSKA supporters flooded the field and stopped the match, earning their team a 3-0 disciplinary loss. After scoring 11 goals in 25 caps Isa was brought back to Levski on 24 May.

Karabükspor

In June 2011, Isa was transferred to Turkish Super League club Karabükspor. On 22 October 2011, Isa made his official debut for his new team, playing the first 85 minutes and earning himself a yellow card in the 2:0 home win over Istanbul B.B. in a Turkish Süper Lig match.[1]

International career

Isa was a part of Bulgaria national under-19 football team. With the team he plays on 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in Czech Republic. On 29 April he scored a goal in qualifying match against Norway.

Personal life

His father is of Turkish descent.[2]

Career Stats

As of 13 June 2011.
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Levski Sofia 2007–08 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Sliven 2000 2008–09 17 1 2 0 0 0 19 1
Levski Sofia 2009–10 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Lokomotiv Mezdra 2009–10 25 11 1 0 0 0 26 11
Levski Sofia 2010–11 19 3 2 0 6 4 27 7

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