Dimitar Rangelov

Dimitar Rangelov
Personal information
Full name Dimitar Dimitrov Rangelov
Date of birth (1983-02-09) 9 February 1983
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward, Winger
Club information
Current team
Free agent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2006 Slavia Sofia 126 (32)
2006–2008 Strasbourg 15 (2)
2007Erzgebirge Aue (loan) 15 (5)
2007–2008Energie Cottbus (loan) 24 (6)
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)
National team
2004–2016 Bulgaria 40 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2018

Dimitar Rangelov (Bulgarian: Димитър Рангелов, born 9 February 1983) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a forward.

He made his debut for Bulgaria in 2004.[1]

Career

Slavia Sofia

Born in Sofia,[2] 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 PFC Slavia Sofia between 2000 and 2006.

Strasbourg

Rangelov was sold to RC Strasbourg for 1,000,000. In 2007, he was loaned for six months to German side FC Erzgebirge Aue. After that, he was loaned again to Energie Cottbus and quickly developed into an important first team player at his new team.

Energie Cottbus

After a half season on loan, Rangelov was bought by the team of Cottbus. For Energie, he earned 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 .[3][4] 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.[5]

Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan)

On 4 September 2010 Borussia Dortmund loaned him to Maccabi Tel Aviv[6][7] 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 (loan)

On 28 June 2011, Rangelov re-joined Energie Cottbus where he played between 2007 and 2009, signing a one-year loan deal.[8] Rangelov ended the season in 2. Fußball-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.[9][10] 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.[11] A week later, in the second leg tie against Genk, Rangelov was sent off in the 37th minute.[12]

Club career statistics

As of 1 June 2018

Club performance League Cup Europe Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bulgaria
2000–01Slavia SofiaA Group50??50
2001–02243??243
2002–03244??244
2003–042110??2110
2004–05278??278
2005–0626710277
France
2006–07RC StrasbourgLigue 215242194
Germany
2006–07Erzgebirge Aue2. Bundesliga16500165
2007–08Energie CottbusBundesliga22611237
2008–09279333012
2009–10Borussia Dortmund1012000121
2010–1110001020
Israel
2010–11Maccabi Tel AvivIsraeli Premier League2226200284
Germany
2011–12Energie Cottbus2. Bundesliga3012103112
Switzerland
2012–13LuzernSwiss Super League2811021312
2013–142611563117
Turkey
2014–15KonyasporSüper Lig23630266
2015–1629481375
2016–172634211316
2017–18ÜmraniyesporTFF First League27900279
Career total 428103381742470122

International career statistics

As of 6 September 2016

International goals

Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
112 August 2009Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria Latvia1–01–0Friendly
212 October 2010Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey Saudi Arabia1–02–0Friendly
312 October 2012Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria Denmark1–01–12014 World Cup qualifier
413 October 2015Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria Azerbaijan2–02–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier
529 March 2016Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia Macedonia1–02–0Friendly
66 September 2016Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria Luxembourg1–04–32018 World Cup qualifier

References

  1. "Dimitar Rangelov wechselt zum FC Luzern" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  2. "БФС честити рождения ден на Димитър Рангелов". BFS. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  3. "Borussia Dortmund After Cottbus Striker Rangelov". Goal.com. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  4. "Rangelov signs with Borussia Dortmund for three years". Bulgaria Gazette. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  5. "Leverkusen kann Gunst der Stunde nicht nutzen". Welt Online. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  6. מכבי סיכמה על השאלת ראנגלוב (in Hebrew). maccabi-tlv.co.il. 4 September 2010. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  7. דימיטאר רנגלוב: עונה הבאה נוכל להצליחבאלופות (in Hebrew). one.co.il. 4 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  8. "Rangelov zurück nach Cottbus". 2. Bundesliga (in German). Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  9. Gruhn, Andreas (15 August 2012). "Der BVB muss erwachsen werden" (in German). rp-online.de. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  10. Zocher, Thomas (11 July 2012). "Rangelov makes Luzern switch". Skysports.com. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  11. "Luzern 2–1 Genk". UEFA.com. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  12. "Genk 2–0 Luzern". UEFA.com. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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