Dimitar Berbatov
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 Dimitar Berbatov (2016)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov | |
| birthday | January 30, 1981 | |
| place of birth | Blagoevgrad , Bulgaria | |
| size | 188 cm | |
| position | striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | ||
| -1998 | CSKA Sofia | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1998-2001 | CSKA Sofia | 50 (25) |
| 2001-2006 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 154 (68) |
| 2001 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen Amat. | 7 (6) |
| 2006-2008 | Tottenham Hotspur | 70 (27) |
| 2008–2012 | Manchester United | 108 (48) |
| 2012-2014 | Fulham FC | 51 (19) |
| 2014-2015 | AS Monaco | 38 (13) |
| 2015-2016 | PAOK Thessaloniki | 17 (4) |
| 2017-2018 | Kerala Blasters | 9 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2002 | Bulgaria U-21 | 1 (0) |
| 1999-2010 | Bulgaria | 78 (48) |
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1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career |
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Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov ( Bulgarian Димитър Иванов Бербатов , English transcription / FIFA spelling Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov ; born January 30, 1981 in Blagoevgrad ) is a former Bulgarian football player . He is the record goal scorer for the Bulgarian national soccer team and has been named soccer player of the year in his home country seven times. Berbatow played five years in Germany at Bayer 04 Leverkusen and eight in the English Premier League , in which he won two league titles and five national cup competitions.
Career
societies
CSKA Sofia
Dimitar Berbatow was discovered by former Bulgarian international Dimitar Penew when he was still playing for Pirin Blagoevgrad's youth team . At the age of 17 he joined CSKA Sofia , where his father also played. In the 1998/99 season he made his professional debut in the A Grupa , the top division of Bulgaria. In his first year as a professional he scored 14 goals in 27 games and nine goals in eleven games in the 2000/01 season.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
In January 2001 he finally moved to Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Germany . In the 2001/2002 season he slowly worked his way up to the top team, while the Werkself caused a sensation in Europe and in the Champions League after victories against FC Barcelona, Olympique Lyon and Juventus Turin, the English trio for FC too Arsenal, Liverpool FC and Manchester United were kicked out of the competition. In the final of the Champions League Berbatov was substituted on in the 39th minute, but could not prevent the defeat against Real Madrid. In the DFB Cup final in the same year he even brought Leverkusen into the lead against FC Schalke 04, but that should not change the fact that Leverkusen came second in the cup, championship and Champions League.
In Leverkusen, Berbatov initially wore the shirt number 12. After Ulf Kirsten's career ended in 2003, he took over his shirt number 9.
In the 2004/05 season Berbatow was one of the best scorer in the Bundesliga with 20 goals. With his teammate Andrij Voronin he formed the best striker duo of the season; together they scored 35 hits. In the 2005/06 season Berbatow was with 21 goals and nine assists second best scorer in the league behind Miroslav Klose (25 goals, 14 assists) and qualified with Leverkusen for the UEFA Cup .
Tottenham Hotspur
Berbatov, whose contract contained a release clause for a fixed transfer fee of around 16 million euros, had expressed interest in a move to the English Premier League for a long time . In the summer break of 2006, he moved to Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur for 16.5 million euros . This transfer fee was until then the highest that was paid for a Bulgarian footballer. Berbatow scored his first goal for Tottenham in the first home game of the 2006/07 season. He quickly became a regular and in April 2007 was named Player of the Month together with his teammate Robbie Keane .
Manchester United
In September 2008, Manchester United committed Berbatow for a transfer fee of 30.7 million pounds sterling (approx. 38 million euros), at the time the most expensive transfer in the club's history. He received a four-year contract and the number 9 shirt , which was last worn by Frenchman Louis Saha . The Bulgarian played his first game for Manchester United on September 13, 2008 in the league game against Liverpool , in which he prepared a goal for the Argentine Carlos Tévez . He scored his first two goals in the Champions League against Danish club Aalborg BK .
At the beginning of the 2010/11 season , Berbatow was in excellent shape. In the match against Liverpool (3-2) on September 19, he scored his first hat trick in the Manchester United shirt. He scored five goals in one game on November 27, 2010 (15th matchday) in a 7-1 win over Blackburn Rovers .
Fulham FC
On August 31, 2012 Berbatow moved shortly before the end of the transfer period within the league to Fulham . With the club from London he signed a two-year contract until June 30, 2014. The next day he made his debut for his new club. He was used in front of a home crowd in the second half against West Ham United (0-3).
AS Monaco
On January 31, 2014 Berbatow moved on loan until the end of the 2013/14 season in the French Ligue 1 to AS Monaco . He should replace the long-term injured Falcao in the Monegasque . Later it became known that Berbatov was not loaned, but firmly committed. In the second half of the season he scored six goals in eleven league games. After the season, Berbatow extended his end-of-season contract by one year to June 30, 2015. Berbatow's contract in Monaco was not extended beyond June 2015.
PAOK Thessaloniki
On September 2, 2015 Berbatow signed with the Greek first division club PAOK Thessaloniki . After the end of his contract, he has been without a club since July 2016.
Kerala Blasters
For the Indian first division side Kerala Blasters FC , the Bulgarian made his last nine competitive games and scored one more goal. After his last appearance in February 2018, Berbatow, who left the club at the end of the season, finally ended his active career in September 2019 at the age of 38.
In the national team
Berbatow was an active national player and also team captain of his country. He took part in the 2004 European Championship in Portugal with the Bulgarian national team. Since November 18, 2009, with 48 goals scored, he has been the record scorer of the Bulgarian national team alongside Christo Bonew .
On May 13, 2010 Berbatov resigned from the national team.
Achievements / titles
With his clubs
- FIFA Club World Cup : 2008
- UEFA Champions League finalist : 2002 , 2009 , 2011
- English champion : 2009, 2011
- English league cup winner : 2008, 2009, 2010
- Community Shield : 2010, 2011
- Bulgarian Cup Winner : 1999
Personal awards
- Footballer of the year in Bulgaria : 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- UEFA Cup top scorer : 2001 (with Juan Antonio Pérez Alonso )
- Premier League top scorer : 2011 (together with Carlos Tévez )
- Premier League Player of the Month : April 2007, January 2011
- PFA Team of the Year : 2011
- DFB Cup top scorer : 2002
Trivia
His cousin Kiprijan is an International Master in chess sport .
Web links
- Dimitar Berbatow in the database of weltfussball.de
- Dimitar Berbatow in the database of fussballdaten.de
- Dimitar Berbatow in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Dimitar Berbatow in the database of the German Football Association
- Dimitar Berbatow in the database of kicker.de
- Dimitar Berbatow in the database of soccerbase.com (English)
- Dimitar Berbatow in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Barbarez is coming, Berbatov is going" (kicker.de)
- ↑ "Berbatov finally signs" ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (manutd.com)
- ↑ "Robinho to City, Berbatov to United" (kicker.de)
- ↑ Dimitar Berbatov joins Fulham
- ↑ Berbatov Signs For Fulham
- ↑ Dimitar Berbatov new player of AS Monaco FC ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Dimitar Berbatov 'released by Fulham'
- ↑ Contract extension for Dimitar Berbatov ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Berbatov and loan professional Stekelenburg leave AS Monaco ; Transfermarkt.de, June 1, 2015, accessed on July 12, 2015
- ↑ Berbatov's move to PAOK is perfect ; transfermarkt.de, published and accessed on September 2, 2015
- ↑ Президентът на ПАОК обяви, че Бербатов си тръгва dnevnik.bg , accessed August 6, 2016 (Bulgarian)
- ↑ Fernando Torres, Dimitar Berbatov, Victor Valdes: Out-of-contract XI skysports.com, accessed on August 6, 2016 (English)
- ↑ 1.5 years after the last game: Berbatov ends professional career - "Long overdue" , transfermarkt.de, accessed on September 20, 2019
- ↑ "Berbatow resigns from the national team" (welt.de)
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Berbatov, Dimitar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Бербатов, Димитър (Bulgarian); Berbatov, Dimitar (English transcription); Иванов Бербатов, Димитър (full name in Bulgarian); Ivanov Berbatov, Dimitar (full name); Ivanov Berbatov, Dimitar (full name in English transcription) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blagoevgrad |