Efe Ali ( Bulgarian: Ефе Али; born 3 January 2003) is a Bulgarian professional

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 ...

who plays as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

for

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv), Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and ha ...

Career

Born in

Haskovo Haskovo ( ) is a city in the region of Northern Thrace in southern Bulgaria and the administrative centre of the Haskovo Province, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey. According to Operative Program Regional Development of Bulgaria ...

, he started his career in the local

, before moving to

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 ...

academy. Ali joined Lokomotiv II in January 2023 coming from Sayana Haskovo. After his good plays for the team in Third League, in June 2023 he signed a professional contract with

International career

In September 2023 Ali was called up for Bulgaria U21 for the

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification The 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification was a men's under-21 national football team competition that determined the 15 teams that joined the automatically qualified hosts Slovakia in the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship ...

matches against Germany U21 and Kosovo U21.Ефе Али с повиквателна за България U21
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* 2003 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen Footballers from Plovdiv Men's association football midfielders Bulgaria men's youth international footballers PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub