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Simeon Raykov
Personal information
Full name Simeon Georgiev Raykov
Date of birth (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Gigant Saedinenie
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Spartak Plovdiv 3 (0)
2008–2009 Sliven 5 (0)
2009–2010 Spartak Plovdiv 6 (0)
2010–2011 Botev Vratsa 28 (11)
2011–2012 Levski Sofia 29 (7)
2013 Cherno More 35 (8)
2014 Chernomorets Burgas 12 (5)
2014–2016 Cherno More 48 (10)
2016 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 9 (1)
2017 Roda JC Kerkrade 2 (0)
2017–2019 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 28 (4)
2019– Gigant Saedinenie 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2019

Simeon Raykov (Bulgarian: Симеон Райков; born 11 November 1989) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a winger for Gigant Saedinenie.

Career

Levski Sofia

In the summer of 2011, Simeon signed with PFC Levski Sofia.[1] His kit number was chosen to be 11.[2] On 19 July 2012, Raykov netted the only goal for Levski in the 1:0 home win over Bosnian club FK Sarajevo in a UEFA Europa League match, but the team from Sofia was eliminated from the competition after a 1:3 loss in the return leg.

On 19 August 2012, he scored 2 goals in the derby match against Botev Plovdiv and as a result of that he was chosen for Player of the Second Round in A PFG in a poll of newspaper "Football".[3]

On 31 January 2017 it was announced that Simeon had joined Dutch football club Roda JC Kerkrade.[4] His contract was terminated in June.[5]

On 7 August 2017, Raykov signed a two-year contract with Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[6]

Snooker

Raykov is a keen snooker player and won the Bulgarian Snooker Championship in 2007. After the completion of his football career, Raykov entered snooker tournaments once again.[7]

Career statistics

As of 8 December 2016

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Spartak Plovdiv 2007–08 3 0 0 0 – 3 0
Sliven 2000 2008–09 5 0 0 0 – 5 0
Spartak Plovdiv 2009–10 6 0 0 0 – 6 0
Botev Vratsa 2010–11 28 11 0 0 – 28 11
Levski Sofia 2011–12 19 4 0 0 2 0 21 4
2012–13 10 3 2 0 2 1 14 4
Cherno More 2012–13 14 2 0 0 – 14 2
2013–14 21 6 3 0 – 24 6
Chernomorets Burgas 2013–14 12 5 2 0 – 14 5
Cherno More 2014–15 23 6 5 1 – 28 7
2015–16 25 4 3 4 2 0 30 8
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2016–17 9 1 2 2 – 11 3
Career totals 175 42 17 7 6 1 198 50

Honours

Club

Cherno More

References

  1. ^ Levski made an agreement with its first transfer
  2. ^ Zuberski, Philip (20 October 2012). "Симеон Райков - от цеха на татко до Герена. Бащата на Валери Божинов спасява за футбола днешната надежда на Левски". 7sport.net. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. ^ Simeon Raykov is the top player of the Second Round (in Bulgarian)
  4. ^ "Simeon Raykov voor 1,5 seizoen naar Roda JC" (in Dutch). rodajc.nl. 31 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Roda JC onbindt contracten van Simeon Raykov, Stefan Savic en Nestoras Mytides" (in Dutch). rodajc.nl. 30 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Локомотив подписа договор със Симеон Райков" (in Bulgarian). lokomotivpd.com. 7 August 2017.
  7. ^ Bozhinov, Yordan (9 June 2023). "A former professional football player is among the 6-red event participants in Albena". ebsa.tv. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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