Aleksandar Georgiev ( bg, Александър Георгиев; born 10 October 1997) is a Bulgarian

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who plays as a winger for

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Career

Early career

Georgiev was a youth player of hometown team Svetkavitsa Targovishte. He spent one year in

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's academy in

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football club. After that he joined

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

's academy.

Litex Lovech

Georgiev made his debut coming on as a substitute in the 42nd minute for Litex in a match against Ludogorets Razgrad won by Litex.

CSKA Sofia

On 10 June he and 15 others Litex players joined the refounded CSKA Sofia club. He began the season in the

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of the club, which plays in the

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. He made his debut for the first team on 18 September 2016 against Cherno More Varna coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute.

Krumovgrad

In June 2023, Georgiev signed a contract with newly promoted

International career

On 13 May 2016 he was included in the Bulgaria U21 team for the

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. He scored his first goal for the U21 side on 11 October 2016 in a match against Romania U21 won by Bulgaria with 2-0.Младежите приключиха с достойнство квалификациите
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Georgiev, Aleksandar 1997 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders PFC Litex Lovech players PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Septemvri Sofia players SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo players FC Arda Kardzhali players FC Krumovgrad players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Bulgaria men's youth international footballers People from Targovishte