Atanas Zehirov
 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Atanas Tsankov Zehirov | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Kochan, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right back / Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Spartak Varna | ||
| Number | 81 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | CSKA Sofia | 6 | (1) |
| 2010 |
→ Sliven (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2011 |
Pirin Blagoevgrad | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Hasle-Løren IL | 22 | (6) |
| 2013–2017 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 92 | (10) |
| 2017–2018 | Cherno More | 38 | (2) |
| 2019 |
Botev Plovdiv | 5 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Botev Vratsa | 39 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Arda Kardzhali | 19 | (0) |
| 2023– | Spartak Varna | 15 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Bulgaria U19 | |||
| 2008–2009 | Bulgaria U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 | Bulgaria | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:46, 28 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 September 2017 | |||
Atanas Zehirov (Bulgarian: Атанас Зехиров; born 13 February 1989) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a right back and right winger for Spartak Varna.[2]
Career
Early career
Zehirov began his career with
Lokomotiv Mezdra
on 13 June 2009.
On 31 January 2011, Zehirov signed as a free agent with
Pirin Blagoevgrad,[4]
but made only one league appearance, as a substitute, before being released at the end of the season.
In August 2011, Zehirov joined Norwegian side Hasle-Løren IL.
Beroe
On 7 February 2013, Zehirov signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with
Lyubimets 2007
, scoring the fourth of their five goals.
In the 2014–15 season, Zehirov became Beroe's first-choice right-back. On 8 May 2015, he signed a new two-year extension to his contract.[6] He left the club in May 2017 after his contract expired.[7]
Cherno More
On 1 June 2017, Zehirov agreed to join
Man of the match award in that game.[12]
International career
On 26 May 2015, Zehirov received his first call-up to the
2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier.[15]
Career statistics
- As of 21 January 2019
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| CSKA Sofia | 2008–09 | A Group
|
5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | |
| 2009–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Sliven 2000 (loan)
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
Pirin Blagoevgrad
|
2010–11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hasle-Løren IL | 2011
|
2. divisjon
|
12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 1 | |
2012
|
3. divisjon
|
10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 5 | ||
| Beroe | 2012–13 | A Group
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 22 | 2 | |||
| 2015–16 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 4 | ||
| 2016–17 | First League
|
25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| Cherno More | 2017–18 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 8 | 1 | |||
Botev Plovdiv
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career Total | 162 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 179 | 21 | ||
Honours
Club
- Bulgarian Cup (1): 2012–13
- Bulgarian Supercup (1): 2013
References
- ^ "Състав на "Черно море" за сезон 2017/2018" (in Bulgarian). Cherno More official website. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ "Арда представи двама нови футболисти и един треньор" (in Bulgarian). Topsport.bg. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "ЦСКА се раздели с талант от село Кочан" (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. 11 October 2010.
- ^ "Атанас Зехиров подписа само за 1 година с Пирин" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Зехиров подписа с Берое" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 7 February 2013.
- ^ "Двама играчи продължиха договорите си" (in Bulgarian). beroe.bg. 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Александър Томаш поема "Берое" от новия сезон" (in Bulgarian). beroe.bg. 23 May 2017.
- ^ "Атанас Зехиров подписа предварителен договор с "Черно море" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Черно море започна подготовка с 18 футболисти" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Cherno More vs. Vitosha Bistritsa 1–0". soccerway.com. 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Cherno More vs. Slavia Sofia 1–1". soccerway.com. 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Черно море-Славия, 11 август 2017, 18:15 - Играч на мача" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Turkey 4-0 Bulgaria". goal.com. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ "Bulgaria NT vs. Belarus NT 1:0". flashscore.com. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Matches - Netherlands-Bulgaria". fifa.com. 3 September 2017. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
External links
- Atanas Zehirov at Soccerway
- Zehirov Statistics in Norway at fotball.no