Dimitar Evtimov

Dimitar Evtimov
Evtimov pictured in August 2016.
Personal information
Full name Dimitar Ivanov Evtimov[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-07) 7 September 1993
Place of birth Shumen, Bulgaria
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Burton Albion
Number 26
Youth career
2000–2009 Volov Shumen
2009–2010 Chavdar Etropole
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Chavdar Etropole 5 (0)
2011–2018 Nottingham Forest 2 (0)
2011 → Ilkeston (loan)
2011 → Gainsborough Trinity (loan) 3 (0)
2013 → Nuneaton Town (loan) 4 (0)
2014–2015 → Mansfield Town (loan) 10 (0)
2016–2017 → Olhanense (loan) 10 (0)
2017 → Port Vale (loan) 1 (0)
2018– Burton Albion 1 (0)
National team
2010–2011 Bulgaria U19 5 (0)
2013 Bulgaria U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 September 2018

Dimitar Ivanov Evtimov (Bulgarian: Димитър Евтимов; born 7 September 1993) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League One club Burton Albion.

A former Bulgaria under-21 international, he was signed to Chavdar Etropole from Volov Shumen in 2009. He made his first-team debut during the 2010–11 season, before he joined English club Nottingham Forest in April 2011. From Forest he has spent time on loan at Ilkeston, Gainsborough Trinity, Nuneaton Town, Mansfield Town, Olhanense (Portugal), and Port Vale. He was named as the Championship Apprentice of the Year for the 2012–13 season, however he left the club in August 2018 after making a total of just three first-team appearances.

Club career

Chavdar Etropole

Evtimov signed to Chavdar Etropole from Volov Shumen in 2009. He made his first-team debut in a 5–1 victory over Kom on 18 September 2010.[3] He made a total of five appearances in the B Group in the 2010–11 season.[4]

Nottingham Forest

Evtimov signed for English club Nottingham Forest in April 2011.[5] He spent a brief time on loan at Ilkeston, before he joined Gainsborough Trinity in the Conference North on a one-month loan on 10 November 2011.[6] He played three matches in the space of a week for Steve Housham's "Holy Blues", before losing his first-team place at The Northolme. He was named as the Championship Apprentice of the Year for the 2012–13 season.[7] On 16 July 2013, he joined Conference Premier club Nuneaton Town on a three-month loan deal.[8] He made four appearances during his stay at Liberty Way.[9] He made his first-team debut for Forest on 21 April 2014, coming on as a late substitute for the injured Dorus de Vries in a 2–0 win at Leeds United.[10] He signed a new two-year contract with the club three months later after new manager Stuart Pearce was told by caretaker-manager Gary Brazil that he was a good prospect.[11]

A loan to Wrexham fell through in July 2014 after manager Kevin Wilkin was unable to accept an instant recall option demanded by Forest due to regulations by the FAW.[12] Evtimov instead joined Nottinghamshire League Two club Mansfield Town on 19 August, on loan until 3 January, after impressing manager Paul Cox during pre-season.[13][14] He played 11 games for the "Stags", and new manager Adam Murray stated that "we attempted to extend his loan but unfortunately for us, Forest see him as part of their long-term plans".[15] Evtimov extended his contract with Forest by a further four years in July 2015, tying him to the club until 2019.[16] Following an injury to Dorus de Vries, he made his second appearance for Forest at Sheffield Wednesday on 31 October 2015, and manager Dougie Freedman said that he "cost us the game" after he allowed a strike from Fernando Forestieri to creep underneath him for the only goal of the game.[17]

On 31 August 2016, he signed on loan with Portuguese club Olhanense for the 2016–17 season, who were bottom of the LigaPro.[18] His loan spell at the Estádio José Arcanjo proved a difficult one as he conceded within three minutes of his debut, in a 3–2 defeat at União da Madeira on 10 September.[19] Manager Cristiano Bacci lost his job the following month, and though Evtimov established himself in the first team under new boss Bruno Baltazar, he was recalled from his loan spell earlier than planned on 13 January, having made ten appearances for the "Lions".[20][21][22] Evtimov started the 2017–18 season as Mark Warburton's third-choice goalkeeper behind Jordan Smith and Stephen Henderson, and was advised by former "Reds" goalkeeper Barry Roche to go out on loan to find first-team football.[23] On 8 August 2017, Evtimov started Forest's first round EFL Cup tie against Shrewsbury Town, conceding a penalty in a 2–1 win. This was Evtimov's first game for Forest since October 2015, and his home debut at the City Ground six years after first joining the club.[24]

On 28 October 2017, Evtimov joined League Two club Port Vale on an emergency loan following an injury to loanee goalkeeper Kelle Roos, and made his "Valiants" debut later that day against Swindon Town at Vale Park.[25][26] At fault for at least one of the goals in a 3–0 defeat, The Sentinel's Michael Baggaley wrote that "Evtimov looked as though he had only just been introduced to his defence, but that’s not a criticism because actually he had".[27] Manager Neil Aspin reserved his criticism for the club's medical staff as they only ruled Roos as unfit to play the previous day.[28] On 31 August 2018, Evtimov's contract with Nottingham Forest was terminated by mutual consent after he found himself behind Costel Pantilimon, Luke Steele and Jordan Smith in the first-team pecking order.[29]

Burton Albion

On 14 September 2018, Evtimov signed a one-month contract with EFL League One club Burton Albion after manager Nigel Clough looked for a goalkeeper with experience in the English Football League to stand in for the injured Stephen Bywater and Bradley Collins.[30] He made his debut the following day in a 2–1 win over Sunderland at the Pirelli Stadium.[31] After the game he said that he was happy with the win and passed on his best wishes to opposition striker Charlie Wyke, who he injured during an accidental collision.[32]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 September 2018.
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chavdar Etropole 2010–11[4] B Group 5000—0050
Total 500000—50
Nottingham Forest 2011–12[33] Championship 000000—00
2012–13[34] Championship 000000—00
2013–14[35] Championship 100000—10
2014–15[36] Championship 000000—00
2015–16[37] Championship 100000—10
2016–17[38] Championship 000000—00
2017–18[39] Championship 000010—10
2018–19[40] Championship 000000—00
Total 200010—30
Gainsborough Trinity (loan) 2011–12[4] Conference North 3000—0030
Nuneaton Town (loan) 2013–14[4] Conference Premier 4000—0040
Mansfield Town (loan) 2014–15[4] League Two 10000001[lower-alpha 1]0110
Olhanense (loan) 2016–17[4] LigaPro 10000—00100
Port Vale (loan) 2017–18[4] League Two 1000000010
Burton Albion 2018–19[40] EFL League One 1000100020
Career total[lower-alpha 2] 360002010390
  1. ↑ Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.
  2. ↑ Statistics for Ilkeston not known.

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 10 July 2014. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Dimitar Evtimov at Soccerbase
  3. ↑ "Chavdar Etropole vs. Kom-Minyor - 18 September 2010 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dimitar Evtimov at Soccerway
  5. ↑ Varney, Alex (19 April 2011) Nottingham Forest agree deal to sign highly rated Bulgarian keeper. talkSPORT. Retrieved on 21 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Gainsborough Trinity sign Nottingham Forest keeper Evtimov". BBC Sport. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Football League Awards: LFE Apprentice of the Year prizes to honour young players". The Football League. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Nottingham Forest: Dimitar Evtimov loaned to Nuneaton". BBC Sport. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "1 - Dimitar Evtimov - Nuneaton Town First Team - Nuneaton Town FC". www.nuneatontownfc.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  10. ↑ BBC Sport – Leeds United 0–2 Nottingham Forest. Bbc.co.uk (2 August 2013). Retrieved on 21 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "Dimitar Evtimov signs new Forest deal". Nottingham Forest. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  12. ↑ Currie, Mark (31 July 2014). "Wrexham FC: Dimitar Evtimov move off due to Welsh FA red tape over details of loan". Daily Post. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "Wrexham loan deal for goalkeeper Dimitar Evtimov collapses". BBC Sport. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "Evtimov joins on loan". Mansfield Town F.C. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "Goalkeeper Evtimov returns to Forest - News - Mansfield Town". mansfieldtown.net. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "Evtimov extends contract". Nottingham Forest. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  17. ↑ Nash, Mathew. "Nottingham Forest boss Dougie Freedman blames Dimitar Evtimov for Sheffield Wednesday defeat". Here Is The City. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  18. ↑ "Evtimov heads for Portugal". Nottingham Forest F.C. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  19. ↑ "Olhanense sunk in Madeira". Portugal Resident. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  20. ↑ "Liga Portugal". www.ligaportugal.pt. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  21. ↑ "Oficial: Olhanense anuncia saída do treinador" [Official: Olhanense announces coach's exit] (in Portuguese). MaisFutebol. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  22. ↑ "Loan Players Return". Nottingham Forest F.C. 13 January 2017.
  23. ↑ Cooper, Barry (11 September 2017). "Dimitar Evtimov should seek a loan move to 'kick-start' his career". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  24. ↑ Barry Cooper (9 August 2017). "'A fit Mustapha Carayol can be real threat for Nottingham Forest this season'". Nottingham Post.
  25. ↑ "Port Vale: Nottingham Forest loan goalkeeper Dimi Evtimov to League Two side". BBC Sport. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  26. ↑ Pallatt, James (28 October 2017). "Dimitar Evtimov leaves Nottingham Forest in emergency loan move". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  27. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (29 October 2017). "Sunday review as Port Vale's woeful defeat shows size of Neil Aspin's task". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  28. ↑ Baggaley, Michael (28 October 2017). "Port Vale boss Neil Aspin reveals annoyance at goalkeeper situation". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  29. ↑ Taylor, Paul (3 September 2018). "Dimi Evtimov departs Nottingham Forest as his contract is terminated by mutual consent". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  30. ↑ Taylor, Paul (14 September 2018). "Brewers sign Evtimov on short-term deal". Burton Albion. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  31. ↑ "Burton Albion 2-1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  32. ↑ Mondal, Subhankar. "Burton Albion's Dimitar Evtimov has message for Sunderland's Charlie Wyke". Here Is The City. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Dimitar Evtimov in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  34. ↑ "Games played by Dimitar Evtimov in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Dimitar Evtimov in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  36. ↑ "Games played by Dimitar Evtimov in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  37. ↑ "Games played by Dimitar Evtimov in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  38. ↑ "Games played by Dimitar Evtimov in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  39. ↑ "Games played by Dimitar Evtimov in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  40. 1 2 "Games played by Dimitar Evtimov in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
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