Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dimitar Dimitrov Rangelov | ||
Date of birth | 9 February 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2006 | Slavia Sofia | 127 | (32) |
2006–2008 | Strasbourg | 15 | (2) |
2007 | → Erzgebirge Aue (loan) | 16 | (5) |
2007–2008 | → Energie Cottbus (loan) | 22 | (6) |
2008 | → Energie Cottbus II (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Energie Cottbus | 27 | (9) |
2009–2012 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | (1) |
2010–2011 | → Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) | 22 | (2) |
2011–2012 | → Energie Cottbus (loan) | 30 | (12) |
2012–2014 | FC Luzern | 54 | (12) |
2014–2017 | Konyaspor | 78 | (13) |
2017–2018 | Ümraniyespor | 27 | (9) |
2018–2020 | Energie Cottbus | 46 | (18) |
2020–2021 | Slavia Sofia | 26 | (3) |
2021–2022 | VfB Krieschow | 22 | (12) |
Total | 524 | (136) | |
International career | |||
2004–2016 | Bulgaria | 40 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dimitar Rangelov (Bulgarian: Димитър Рангелов; born 9 February 1983) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Born in Sofia, [3] Rangelov started playing football in local team Slavia. On 3 June 2000, then 17 years old, he made his official debut in professional football in a match against Beroe Stara Zagora as a 65th-minute substitute. Rangelov played for Slavia Sofia between 2000 and 2006.
Rangelov was sold to RC Strasbourg for €1 million. In January 2007, he was loaned for six months to German side Erzgebirge Aue. After that, he moved to Energie Cottbus on a season-long loan and quickly developed into an important first team player at his new team.
After the 2007–08 season, Rangelov signed permanently for Energie Cottbus. He made 49 appearances playing in the Bundesliga, scoring 15 goals.
On 16 June 2009, Rangelov officially signed his contract with Borussia Dortmund. The transfer fee was €1 million. [4] [5] His contract is for four years. On 20 March 2010, he scored his first goal in the Bundesliga for the Dortmund side in the 3–0 home win against Bayer Leverkusen. [6]
On 4 September 2010, Borussia Dortmund loaned him to Maccabi Tel Aviv [7] [8] until the end of the season with purchase option in the end. On 6 November 2010, Rangelov scored his first goal for Maccabi in the match against Hapoel Ashkelon. In April 2011 with the end of regular season (before the playoffs). Rangelov reached a mutual agreement on his release from Maccabi and his return to his original club Dortmund.
On 28 June 2011, Rangelov re-joined Energie Cottbus where he played between 2007 and 2009, signing a one-year loan deal. [9] Rangelov ended the season in 2. Bundesliga with 12 goals to his name making him Energie's top scorer.
On 11 July 2012, Rangelov joined Swiss Super League side FC Luzern on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee, though media reports estimated it to be between €300,000 and £350,000. [10] [11] Four days later, he made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against FC Zürich, playing the full 90 minutes. On 11 August Rangelov netted his first goal, scoring a penalty against St. Gallen. He scored his first-ever European goal on 23 August, opening the scoring in a 2–1 home win over Genk in their Europa League play-offs first leg tie. [12] A week later, in the second leg tie against Genk, Rangelov was sent off in the 37th minute. [13]
In October 2018, Rangelov joined Energie Cottbus for the third time in his career having signed a contract until the end of the season. [14] As of 2019, he is the only Bulgarian to have scored at four different levels of the German league system. [15]
After nearly 15 years playing abroad Rangelov returned to his childhood club Slavia Sofia by signing a contract with the club in July 2020.
Rangelov moved to German club VfB Krieschow, playing in the fifth-tier NOFV-Oberliga Süd, in 2021. [16] He left the club after the 2021–22 season. [17]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Slavia Sofia | 2000–01 | A Group | 5 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
2001–02 | 24 | 3 | – | 24 | 3 | |||||
2002–03 | 24 | 4 | – | 24 | 4 | |||||
2003–04 | 21 | 10 | – | 21 | 10 | |||||
2004–05 | 27 | 8 | – | 27 | 8 | |||||
2005–06 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | 27 | 7 | |||
Total | 127 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 32 | ||
Strasbourg | 2006–07 | Ligue 2 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | 19 | 4 | |
Erzgebirge Aue (loan) | 2006–07 [18] | 2. Bundesliga | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 5 | |
Energie Cottbus (loan) | 2007–08 [18] | Bundesliga | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | 23 | 7 | |
Energie Cottbus II (loan) | 2007–08 [18] | Regionalliga Nord | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
Energie Cottbus | 2008–09 [18] | Bundesliga | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | – | 30 | 12 | |
Borussia Dortmund | 2009–10 [18] | Bundesliga | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
2010–11 [18] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
Borussia Dortmund II | 2009–10 [18] | 3. Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) | 2010–11 | Israeli Premier League | 22 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
Energie Cottbus (loan) | 2011–12 [18] | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 12 | 1 | 0 | – | 31 | 12 | |
FC Luzern | 2012–13 | Swiss Super League | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 2 |
2013–14 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 6 | – | 31 | 17 | |||
Total | 54 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 62 | 19 | ||
Konyaspor | 2014–15 | Süper Lig | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | 26 | 6 | |
2015–16 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 1 | – | 37 | 5 | |||
2016–17 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 | ||
Total | 78 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 17 | ||
Ümraniyespor | 2017–18 | TFF First League | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 9 | |
Energie Cottbus | 2018–19 [18] | 3. Liga | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 7 | |
2019–20 [18] | Regionalliga Nordost | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | – | 23 | 11 | ||
Total | 46 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 18 | ||
Slavia Sofia | 2020–21 | Bulgarian First League | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
VfB Krieschow | 2021–22 | NOFV-Oberliga Süd | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 12 | |
Career total | 524 | 136 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 575 | 155 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Bulgaria | 2004 | 2 | 0 |
2005 | 0 | 0 | |
2006 | 0 | 0 | |
2007 | 0 | 0 | |
2008 | 3 | 0 | |
2009 | 8 | 1 | |
2010 | 8 | 1 | |
2011 | 2 | 0 | |
2012 | 3 | 1 | |
2013 | 3 | 0 | |
2014 | 1 | 0 | |
2015 | 4 | 1 | |
2016 | 6 | 2 | |
Total | 40 | 6 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 12 August 2009 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | Latvia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
2 | 12 October 2010 | Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
3 | 12 October 2012 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | Denmark | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2014 World Cup qualifier |
4 | 13 October 2015 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | Azerbaijan | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier |
5 | 29 March 2016 | Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia | Macedonia | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
6 | 6 September 2016 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | Luxembourg | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2018 World Cup qualifier |
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