Todor Nedelev

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Todor Nedelev
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Personal information
Date of birth (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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Position(s) Winger / Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Botev Plovdiv
(on loan from Mainz 05)
Number 8
Youth career
2004–2011 Botev 2002
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Botev Plovdiv 63 (16)
2014–2015 Mainz 05 II 18 (2)
2014– Mainz 05 2 (0)
2016– Botev Plovdiv (loan) 12 (3)
International career
2009–2010 Bulgaria U17 3 (1)
2011 Bulgaria U19 5 (3)
2012–2014 Bulgaria U21 2 (3)
2013– Bulgaria 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:31, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:33, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Todor Nedelev (Bulgarian: Тодор Неделев; born 7 February 1993) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Botev Plovdiv.[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]

Loan to Botev Plovdiv

After only 2 matches in Mainz first team He was loaned out until the end of the 2015–16 season on 23 January 2016 to Botev Plovdiv in searching for more playing time.[10] He made his second debut for the team during 1-0 home win in the local derby match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv. [11]

On 28 February, after almost two years since his last goal, Nedelev scored during the 2-2 draw of Botev Plovdiv with PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad and he was selected for man of the match.[12][13]

On 16 April Nedelev scored a spectacular injury-time equaliser during the 2-2 draw with PFC Montana.[14] A couple of weeks later, on 29 April, Nedelev scored a magnificent goal from a direct free kick against PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad.[15]

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.[16]

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.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 May 2016
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'
2015–16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bulgaria League Bulgarian Cup Europe Other. Total
Botev Plovdiv (loan) A Group 2015–16 12 3 0 0 12 3
Career statistics 77 19 3 0 5 3 0 0 85 22
  1. Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
  2. Includes DFB-Supercup and FIFA Club World Cup matches.

International

Bulgaria national team
Year Apps Goals
2013 3 0
2014 1 0
Total 4 0

References

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  11. "А" група започна с радост за Ботев Пд
  12. Ботев изпусна Пирин в последната минута
  13. Вие решихте! Тодор Неделев е Играч на мача Пирин - Ботев
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  15. Ботев изпусна победата срещу Пирин в последната секунда
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  17. European Qualifiers 2016 - Azerbaijan-Bulgaria – UEFA.com

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