Simeon Raykov

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
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)
2019–2020	Gigant Saedinenie	0	(0)
Total		205	(46)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Simeon Raykov (Bulgarian : Симеон Райков; born 11 November 1989) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a winger.

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 the 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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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
Total		29	7	2	0	4	1	35	8
Cherno More	2012–13	14	2	0	0	–		14	2
	2013–14	21	6	3	0	–		24	6
Total		35	8	3	0	–		38	8
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 total		175	42	17	7	6	1	198	50

Honours

Club

Cherno More

• Bulgarian Cup: 2014–15
• Bulgarian Supercup: 2015

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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. 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.

External links

• Profile at ThePlayersAgent
• Simeon Raykov at Soccerway