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Lachezar Kotev

Lachezar Kotev
Personal information
Full name Lachezar Hristov Kotev
Date of birth (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Arda Kardzhali
Number 80
Youth career
Levski Sofia
Septemvri Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Septemvri Sofia 21 (3)
2016–2020 Vitosha Bistritsa 77 (0)
2017Oborishte (loan) 10 (0)
2020–2023 Arda Kardzhali 64 (5)
2023–2024 Khimki 2 (0)
2023–2024Arda Kardzhali (loan) 36 (1)
2024– Arda Kardzhali 0 (0)
International career
2019–2020 Bulgaria U21 10 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2020

Lachezar Hristov Kotev (Bulgarian: Лъчезар Христов Котев; born 5 January 1998) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Arda Kardzhali.[2][3]

Club career

On 11 February 2023, Kotev signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Russian Premier League club Khimki.[4]

Khimki were relegated to the Russian First League at the end of the 2022–23 season, and First League has much stricter restrictions than RPL on the number of foreign players allowed on the squad. On 28 June 2023, Kotev returned to Arda Kardzhali on a season-long loan.[5]

On 20 August 2024, Kotev returned to Arda Kardzhali on a permanent basis and signed a three-year contract.[6]

International career

Youth levels

In August 2018 he was called up for the Bulgaria U21 team for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against France U21 and Montenegro U21 to be held on 7 and 11 September 2018.[7]

Senior level

Kotev received his first call up for the Bulgaria national team on 14 May 2021 for the friendly games against Slovakia, Russia and France between 1 June and 8 June.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 December 2020[3]
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 Total
Septemvri Sofia V Group 2015–16 21 3 0 0 21 3
Vitosha Bistritsa Second League 2016–17 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
First League 2017–18 11 0 0 0 5[a] 0 16 0
2018–19 29 0 1 0 3[b] 0 33 0
2019–20 23 0 2 0 0 0 25 0
Total 77 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 88 0
Oborishte (loan) Second League 2017–18 10 0 0 0 10 0
Arda Kardzhali First League 2020–21 12 0 1 0 13 0
Career statistics 120 3 4 0 0 0 8 0 132 3

References