Bircent Karagaren
Bircent Hamdi Karagaren (Bulgarian: Бирсент Хамди Карагарен; born 6 December 1992) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a winger for Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bircent Hamdi Karagaren | ||
| Date of birth | 6 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Asenovgrad, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position(s) | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Asenovets | |||
| –2011 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Asenovets | 26 | (5) |
| 2012 | Shumen | 12 | (0) |
| 2013 | Etar 1924 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Vereya | 28 | (23) |
| 2014–2016 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 62 | (9) |
| 2017–2018 | Dunav Ruse | 48 | (11) |
| 2018– | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 52 | (10) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019– | Bulgaria | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2019 | |||
Career
Dunav Ruse
On 19 January 2017 Karagaren signed for Dunav Ruse from Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[2] He made his debut for the team on 17 February 2017 in a 0:4 loss to Beroe.[3] In the next match for the league on 24 February, he scored both goals for the 2:0 win against Botev Plovdiv, becoming a man of the match.[4] He scored again in the match against Levski Sofia on 28 February 2017.[5]
International career
Karagaren received his first call-up for senior Bulgarian squad in October 2019 for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Montenegro and England on 11 and 14 October.[6] He made his debut on 11 October 2019 in a game against Montenegro. He substituted Wanderson in the 77th minute.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 9 June 2020[8]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Asenovets | 2011–12 | Third League | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 5 | |
| Shumen 2010 | 2012–13 | Second League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |
| Etar 1924 | 2012–13 | First League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| Vereya | 2013–14 | Third League | 28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 23 | |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2014–15 | First League | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | 35 | 6 | |
| 2015–16 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2016–17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | |||
| Dunav Ruse | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 18 | 5 | |||
| 2017–18 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 6 | ||
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2018–19 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 35 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 235 | 58 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 257 | 63 | ||
- Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
Honours
References
- "Профил на Бирсент Хамди Карагерен" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "Дунав привлече Карагарен, сделката за Огнянов също пред финализиране" (in Bulgarian). fcdunav.eu. 19 January 2017.
- Летящ старт за Берое, заралии с тежък погром над Дунав
- Дунав нанесе звучен шамар по амбициите на Ботев (Пд) за място в Топ 6, Карагерен над всички
- Трагичното представяне на Левски продължава
- Карагарен: Ще дам всичко от себе си за България
- "Montenegro v Bulgaria game report". ESPN. 11 October 2019.
- Bircent Karagaren at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
External links
- Bircent Karagaren at Soccerway
- Profile at LPortala at the Wayback Machine (archived December 13, 2014)