Valentin Iliev

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Valentin Iliev
Personal information
Full name	Valentin Iliev
Date of birth	August 11 1980 (1980-08-11) (age 29)
Place of birth	Vratsa, Bulgaria
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	PFC CSKA Sofia
Number	14
Youth clubs
1992-1998	FC Botev Vratsa
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2001 2001-2004 2004-	FC Botev Vratsa Metalurg PFC CSKA Sofia	21 (1) 66 (7)
National team2
2005-	Bulgaria	11 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 1, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of August 1, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Valentin Iliev (Bulgarian: Валентин Илиев) (born August 11, 1980) is a footballer currently playing for PFC CSKA Sofia.

[edit] Family

Iliev's father was goalkeeper for Bulgaria's national team.^{[citation needed]} He is known thorught Bulgaria for scoring a historic goal which got CSKA Sofia a historic win over Liverpool in 2005 however it did not help them qualify for the UEFA Champions League group phase.

[edit] Career

Iliev started his career in his home town Vratsa,where he played in the local team Botev. In june 2001 he signed with ukrainian club Metalurg from Zaporizhzhya. But for 3 years Valentin participated only in 21 matches and scored 1 goal. From november 2004 Iliev played in bulgarian grand CSKA Sofia.For 6 months he joint captain on the team.From 2005 Iliev played and in Bulgaria national football team.

v • d • e PFC CSKA Sofia – current squad
1 Kovačević • 3 Tunchev • 5 Kotev • 6 Yanchev • 7 Sakaliev • 8 Dimitrov • 9 Garcés • 10 Georgi Iliev • 11 Amuneke • 12 Ivaylo Petrov • 13 Vujadinović • 14 Valentin Iliev • 15 Robert Petrov • 16 Branekov • 17 José Rui • 18 Petre • 19 Chilikov • 20 Yurukov • 21 Udoji • 22 Pirgov • 23 Kabous • 25 Ivanov • 27 Lanzaat • 28 Marquinhos • 30 Todorov • 84 Machado • 99 Nei • Manager: Mladenov

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