Dimitar Rangelov

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Dimitar Rangelov
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Personal information
Full name Dimitar Dimitrov Rangelov
Date of birth (1983-02-09) 9 February 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2006 Slavia Sofia 127 (32)
2006–2008 Strasbourg 15 (2)
2007Erzgebirge Aue (loan) 16 (5)
2007–2008Energie Cottbus (loan) 22 (6)
2008Energie Cottbus II (loan) 1 (0)
2008–2009 Energie Cottbus 27 (9)
2009–2012 Borussia Dortmund 11 (1)
2010–2011Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) 22 (2)
2011–2012Energie 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)
Total524(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.

Contents

He made his debut for Bulgaria in 2004. [2]

Career

Slavia Sofia

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.

Strasbourg

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.

Energie Cottbus

After the 2007–08 season, Rangelov signed permanently for Energie Cottbus. He made 49 appearances playing in the Bundesliga, scoring 15 goals.

Borussia Dortmund

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]

Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan)

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.

Return to Energie Cottbus (loan)

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.

Luzern

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]

Third Energie Cottbus stint

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]

Return to Slavia Sofia

After nearly 15 years playing abroad Rangelov returned to his childhood club Slavia Sofia by signing a contract with the club in July 2020.

VfB Krieschow

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]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Slavia Sofia 2000–01 A Group 5050
2001–02 243243
2002–03 244244
2003–04 21102110
2004–05 278278
2005–06 26710277
Total12732100012832
Strasbourg 2006–07 Ligue 2 15242194
Erzgebirge Aue (loan) 2006–07 [18] 2. Bundesliga 16500165
Energie Cottbus (loan) 2007–08 [18] Bundesliga 22611237
Energie Cottbus II (loan) 2007–08 [18] Regionalliga Nord 100010
Energie Cottbus 2008–09 [18] Bundesliga279333012
Borussia Dortmund 2009–10 [18] Bundesliga1012000121
2010–11 [18] 10001020
Total1112010141
Borussia Dortmund II 2009–10 [18] 3. Liga 200020
Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) 2010–11 Israeli Premier League 2226200284
Energie Cottbus (loan) 2011–12 [18] 2. Bundesliga3012103112
FC Luzern 2012–13 Swiss Super League 2811021312
2013–14 2611563117
Total541266216219
Konyaspor 2014–15 Süper Lig 23630266
2015–16 29481375
2016–17 2634211316
Total7813153119417
Ümraniyespor 2017–18 TFF First League 27900279
Energie Cottbus 2018–19 [18] 3. Liga 24700247
2019–20 [18] Regionalliga Nordost 2211102311
Total461810004718
Slavia Sofia 2020–21 Bulgarian First League 2334010313
VfB Krieschow 2021–22 NOFV-Oberliga Süd 2212002212
Career total524136441752575155

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bulgaria 200420
200500
200600
200700
200830
200981
201081
201120
201231
201330
201410
201541
201662
Total406
Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rangelov goal.
List of international goals scored by Dimitar Rangelov
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
112 August 2009 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, BulgariaFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1–01–0 Friendly
212 October 2010 Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, TurkeyFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1–02–0Friendly
312 October 2012Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, BulgariaFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1–01–1 2014 World Cup qualifier
413 October 2015Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, BulgariaFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2–02–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier
529 March 2016 Philip II Arena, Skopje, MacedoniaFlag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 1–02–0Friendly
66 September 2016Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, BulgariaFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1–04–3 2018 World Cup qualifier

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