Anton Evtimov (born 27 June 1973) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

n former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. He is considered to be one of the greatest footballers in

Minyor Pernik FC Minyor () is a football club in Pernik, Bulgaria, currently competing in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1919 as SC Krakra, the club's home ground since 1954 has been Stadion Minyor. The club's name comes ...

's history.

Career

Born in

Pernik Pernik ( ) is List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, a town in western Bulgaria (about south-west of Sofia) with a population of 70,285 . Pernik is the most populated town in western Bulgaria after Sofia. It is the main town of Pernik Province an ...

, Evtimov started to play football in Minyor. Until the 2009-10 season, he played 191 matches for the club, scoring 62 goals. On 6 May 2000, Anton Evtimov scored a hat-trick against Minyor's biggest rivals

Levski Sofia PFC Levski Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 by a group of high sc ...

bringing the victory 3:2 for his team. Evtimov has also played for

Lokomotiv Sofia FC Lokomotiv Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refounded in 2015, following ...

Marek Dupnitsa FC Marek () is a Bulgarian football club based in Dupnitsa, currently playing in the Second League, the second level of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded in 1947 following the unification of four local clubs. Home matches take ...

, Makedonska Slava and

FC Strumska slava Strumska Slava () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Radomir, Pernik Province. The club currently plays in the Second Professional League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. It was founded in 1927. The club colors are red an ...

. In June 2009, Minyor signed the 36-year-old footballer for the fourth time in his career. He also became a playing assistant-manager.

References

Bulgarian men's footballers 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen 1973 births Living people First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Minyor Pernik players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players FC Marek Dupnitsa players PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Pernik {{Bulgaria-footy-forward-stub