Todor Nedelev
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Todor Nedelev | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Mainz 05 | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2011 | Botev 2002 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011–2013 | Botev Plovdiv | 63 | (16) |
| 2014– | Mainz 05 II | 12 | (2) |
| 2014– | Mainz 05 | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Bulgaria U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2011 | Bulgaria U19 | 5 | (3) |
| 2012– | Bulgaria U21 | 2 | (3) |
| 2013– | Bulgaria | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:33, 20 November 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Todor Nedelev (Bulgarian: Тодор Неделев; born 7 February 1993) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga.[1]
Career
Raised in village Belozem, Plovdiv Province, Nedelev start to play football in the local club, before joining the Botev 2002 Academy in 2004.[2]
Botev Plovdiv
On 27 June 2011, Nedelev signed a professional contract with Botev Plovdiv.[3] He made his first league appearance in Botev's 1–0 away win over Dobrudzha Dobrich on 13 August, coming on as a 70th minute substitute. A week later he made his first start in a game versus Spartak Varna. On 3 September, Nedelev scored his first goal to secure a 1–1 draw against Chernomorets Pomorie. He finished his first season with 2 goals in 23 matches, as Botev clinched promotion to the A PFG.
On 11 August 2012, Nedelev marked his A PFG debut with a three assists for an Ivan Tsvetkov hattrick in a 3–0 home win over Slavia Sofia.[4] On 19 December, it was announced that Botev had renewed the contract of Nedelev, extending it until 31 December 2015.[5] He ended his first season in A PFG with 9 goals and 12 assists.[6]
Nedelev scored his first-ever European goals on 11 July 2013, scoring twice in a 5–0 home win over Astana in their first qualifying round-match of Europa League.[7] He then scored two goals in Botev's 2–1 win over Levski Sofia on 21 July, in their opening game of the 2013–14 season in the domestic league.
Mainz 05
On 1 September 2013, Nedelev signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Mainz 05, joining the team on 1 January 2014.[8] Nedelev made his official league debut on 25 March 2014, in the 1–3 away loss against Eintracht Braunschweig after coming on as a second-half substitute for Julian Koch.[9]
International career
Nedelev earned his first cap for Bulgaria (as a starter) on 15 August 2013 in the 0–2 away loss against Macedonia in a friendly match.[10]
On 9 September 2014 Todor came in as a substitute in the 74th minute and made an assist from a corner kick for the winning goal of Ventsislav Hristov in the opening game of UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group H against Azerbaijan. Bulgaria achieved 2–1 victory away from home.[11]
| Bulgaria national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
Career statistics
Club
- As of 20 May 2014
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||||
| Botev Plovdiv | B Group | 2011–12 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 2 | |||
| A Group | 2012–13 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 9 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | – | 16 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 63 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 19 | |||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other[lower-alpha 2] | Total | ||||||||
| Mainz 05 | Bundesliga | 2013–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 65 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 19 | |||
- ↑ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
- ↑ Includes DFB-Supercup and FIFA Club World Cup matches.
References
- ↑ "Todor Nedelev Facts". Footballdatabase.eu.
- ↑ "Тодор Неделев по стъпките на Пирло" (in Bulgarian). viasport.bg. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
- ↑ "Тодор Неделев подписа договор с Ботев" (in Bulgarian). football24.bg. 27 June 2011.
- ↑ "Ботев тресна Славия с 3:0 пред 12 000 на Колежа" (in Bulgarian). plovdivutre.bg. 11 August 2012.
- ↑ "Тодор Неделев поднови договора си с Ботев" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 19 December 2012.
- ↑ "Неделев най-добър млад играч в България" (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ↑ "Nedelev shines as Botev Plovdiv plot progress". uefa.com. 24 July 2013.
- ↑ "Todor Nedelev to Join the 05ers". mainz05.de. 1 September 2013.
- ↑ "Braunschweig vs. Mainz 3:1". flashscore.com. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
- ↑ "Macedonia vs. Bulgaria Matchcast". topsport.bg. 15 August 2013.
- ↑ European Qualifiers 2016 - Azerbaijan-Bulgaria – UEFA.com
External links
- Profile at Soccerway.com
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