Daniel Bozhkov (; born 27 April 1983) is a Bulgarian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
defender.
Career
Club
Bozhkov has been raised in
Botev Plovdiv
Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professiona ...
's youth teams and was the team's captain. He made his official debut in
top division of Bulgarian football in a match against
Slavia Sofia
PFC Slavia Sofia 1913 () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground is the Stadion Aleksandar Sh ...
on 30 August 2002; Bozhkov played 90 minutes in a 1–4 loss.
On 22 July 2009, Bozhkov signed a three-year contract with
Widzew Łódź
RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-wh ...
. In July 2011, he was loaned to
Górnik Łęczna
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...
on a one-year deal. He returned to Widzew one year later.
Statistics
International career
In 2005 and 2006, while
Hristo Stoichkov
Hristo Stoichkov Stoichkov (; born 8 February 1966) is a Bulgarian former professional Association football, footballer and current football commentator for TUDN. A prolific Forward (association football), forward, he is widely regarded as the g ...
was manager of the
Bulgarian national team, Bozhkov appeared in three matches. Daniel made his official debut for Bulgaria playing 90 minutes in a 6–2 win over
Georgia
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on 12 November 2005.
Honours
Widzew Łódź
*
I liga
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:
2009–10
References
External links
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Bulgarian men's footballers
1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Plovdiv
Men's association football defenders
Botev Plovdiv players
Widzew Łódź players
GKS Górnik Łęczna players
POFC Botev Vratsa players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
I liga players
Bulgaria men's international footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen
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