Georgi Iliev (footballer, born 1981)

Georgi Iliev
Iliev in 2022
Personal information
Full name Georgi Iliev Rusev
Date of birth (1981-09-05) 5 September 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Varna, Bulgaria
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Qingdao Hainiu (assistant)
Youth career
1990–1999 Cherno More
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Cherno More 72 (13)
2000Svetkavitsa (loan) 5 (0)
2003–2005 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 67 (8)
2006–2008 CSKA Sofia 57 (3)
2008–2013 Cherno More 135 (35)
2014–2015 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 37 (13)
2016–2019 Cherno More 111 (23)
2019 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 19 (4)
Total 503 (99)
International career
2004–2019 Bulgaria 24 (2)
Managerial career
2020–2022 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (assistant)
2024– Qingdao Hainiu (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georgi Iliev (Bulgarian: Георги Илиев; 5 September 1981) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 2000 to 2019, notably for Cherno More Varna, where he made over 350 appearances for the club in all competitions.[2] Iliev is the second highest scorer for Cherno More in the Bulgarian top league with 71 goals.

His playing career included also spells at Lokomotiv Plovdiv and CSKA Sofia. Iliev holds the record for the highest number of appearances in the Bulgarian top league, with 461 – 318 for Cherno More, 86 for Lokomotiv and 57 for CSKA.[3] He also gained 24 Bulgaria caps between 2004 and 2019.

  1. ^ "Състав на "Черно море" за сезон 2016/2017" (in Bulgarian). Cherno More official website. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Georgi Iliev Facts". Footballdatabase.eu.
  3. ^ "Георги Илиев стана №1 в историята по изиграни мачове" (in Bulgarian). 24chasa.bg. 29 October 2019.

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