| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Plamen Ivanov Iliev | ||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Botevgrad, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Levski Sofia | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Balkan Botevgrad | |||
| Vidima-Rakovski | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009–2011 | Vidima-Rakovski | 34 | (0) |
| 2011– | Levski Sofia | 28 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010– | Bulgaria U21 | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 June 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Plamen Iliev (Bulgarian: Пламен Илиев) (born 30 November 1991) is a Bulgarian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Levski Sofia.
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In his youth years in Botevgrad, Iliev started to play football at local team Balkan. Plamen joined Vidima-Rakovski when he was fourteen years old and signed his first contract in 2009.
At the beginning of the 2009–10 season, Iliev was added to Vidima's senior squad by manager Dimitar Todorov. He made his B PFG debut in the starting line-up on 8 August 2009 in a 1-1 draw against Kom-Minyor. During the season he became first choice goalkeeper and earned 23 appearances, helping his team to win promotion to A PFG. Iliev was also the first choice keeper for the team from Sevlievo in the first half of the 2010/2011 A PFG season and earned praise for his performances.
On 17 December 2010, Iliev was sold to Levski Sofia. His first official match for Levski was against Lokomotiv Sofia on 06 March 2011, with Iliev succeeding in keeping a clean sheet.
Since 2010 Iliev has been a regular with the Bulgaria U21 side, gradually becoming first choice, taking over from Stefano Kunchev. On 11 October 2011, he was sent off in the last minute of Bulgaria's 3:2 win against Luxembourg U21 in a 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifier after an altercation with Tom Laterza. Iliev was subsequently banned for 3 matches.
As of 04 December 2011
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vidima-Rakovski | 2009–10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Levski Sofia | 2010–11 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Career totals | 62 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 0 | |
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