Georgi Chilikov (; born 23 August 1978) is a Bulgarian

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manager and former player who manages

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. He was part of the Bulgarian

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team, which exited in the first round, finishing bottom of Group C, having finished top of Qualifying Group 8 in the pre-tournament phase. Chilikov scored his only goal for the national side in the 2:1 home win against

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on 16 October 2002 in a Euro 2004 qualifier.

Club career

Born in

Burgas Burgas (, ), sometimes transliterated as Bourgas, is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, fourth-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, an ...

, Chilikov was educated in

Chernomorets Burgas PSFC Chernomorets Burgas () or simply Chernomorets () was a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas. The club never won any major competition, its most notable achievement being a second-place finish in the UEFA Intertoto Cup competitio ...

' youth academy. From 1999 to 2001 he played for the other club from

– Naftex. His move from Naftex 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 ...

made him the record holder of the highest transfer between Bulgarian clubs. In June 2001, Levski Sofia signed Chilikov to a four-year deal for a record €1.25 million. During his time with the "blues", Chilikov established himself as a dependable goal-scorer. On 24 April 2004, he netted a

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against archrivals

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in an

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match to help his team to a 2–1 away win. On 28 August 2002, Chilikov failed to convert a

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in a 1–0 loss against Ukrainian side

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in a third qualifying round Champions League match. In 2005, he moved to Portugal, joining Nacional Madeira. In June 2007, Chilikov was loaned out to CSKA Sofia for one year and 50 000 euros price. Despite some reservations on the part of the CSKA supporters (due to the time he had spent at Levski Sofia), Chilikov quickly managed to win them over. On 11 August 2007, he netted an equalizing goal in an A PFG match against

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. On 30 August 2007, Chilikov scored a

against Cypriot side

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in a

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game and helped his team advance to the next stage. However, despite generally impressing in his substitute appearances, Chilikov failed to establish himself as part of the starting 11. In January 2008, he was transferred to Chinese club

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. After that he had brief stints with

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, Chernomorets Burgas and

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International career

Between 2002 and 2004, Chilikov earned seven caps for Bulgaria, scoring one goal.

Style of play

Chilikov was known for his powerful heading ability.

Coaching career

From July to September 2010 he served as assistant manager in Neftochimic Burgas. Chilikov was assistant manager in

from June 2011 to May 2014. In July 2016, Chilikov was assigned as coach of PFC Levski (Sofia) U17 youth academy team. Between October 2016–June 2017 he was the Head Scout of

and was in charge of the team's selection. On 9 June 2017, Chilikov was appointed as manager of Second League club Oborishte Panagyurishte. In August 2017, only after a month in charge of Oborishte, Chilikov was appointed as an assistant manager of

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. In September 2021, Chilikov became the head coach of Arda Kardzhali. He parted ways with the

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team in November 2021.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.''

Honours

Levski Sofia :* Bulgarian

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: 2002 :*

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: 2002, 2003, 2005 :*

Top goalscorer: 2003 (22 goals)

References

External links

Official player website from LEVSKI2000

Profile at Levskisofia.info
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