Emil Nikolaev Gargorov (; born 15 February 1981) is a retired

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Career

Born in

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, Gargorov came through the youth system at

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 ...

. He made his first-team debut in a 2–0 away loss against

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on 10 April 1999. In 2002, he signed with

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sports Club of the Army'' ...

, for which he played 121 games and scored 57 goals. On 26 July 2006, he signed for

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. For the first half of 2008, from January to June, he was sent on loan back to

. On 17 June 2010, Gargorov signed the

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n team

FC Universitatea Craiova FCU 1948 Craiova Fotbal Club, commonly known as FC U Craiova 1948 or simply FC U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County, that competes in the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian league system. FC U ...

. In the winter transfer window of 2011, he was released from the Romanian side and was signed by his former club

. However, on 1 June 2011, Gargorov relocated to

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, to sign with newly promoted

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for two years. On 11 September 2011, Gargorov netted a

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in the 6–0 home win against

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in an

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match. He parted ways with the team from

in the summer of 2013. On 13 July 2014, Gargorov transferred to

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side Shijiazhuang Yongchang. On 15 September 2017, Gargorov signed with Third League club CSKA 1948. In February 2019, he joined Vitosha Bistritsa. Gargorov received his first red card on 23 September 2019, in the 0:1 away loss against Etar Veliko Tarnovo.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

Honours

Club

;CSKA Sofia *

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(3): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08 *

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(2): 2005–06,

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;Ludogorets Razgrad *

(2): 2011–12,

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: 2011–12 *

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup () is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and the holder of the Bulgarian Cup at that time. ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Individual

sportsman of the year (2): 2011, 2012

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gargorov, Emil Living people 1981 births Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players PFC CSKA Sofia players RC Strasbourg Alsace players FC U Craiova 1948 players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players FC Vitosha Bistritsa players FC Rilski Sportist Samokov players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Liga I players China League One players Expatriate men's footballers in France Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in China Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Sofia 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen