Iliya Ventsislavov Milanov ( bg, Илия Венциславов Миланов; born 19 February 1992) is a

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who plays as a defender for

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. His twin brother Georgi Milanov is also a footballer.

Career

Litex Lovech

Born in

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, Milanov began playing football at the local club, before joined the

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

Academy, together with his twin brother

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, in 2005. He was part of a group of young players at the club who guided the club to win the Bulgarian U-17 Championship in June 2009. On 3 December 2009, Milanov made his Litex first-team debut in a 4–0 away win over Pirin Gotse Delchev in the

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, coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute. He made his league debut in a 4–2 away win against Sportist Svoge at Chavdar Tsvetkov Stadium on 16 May 2010, in the final game of the 2009–10 A PFG season, playing the full 90 minutes. During the 2011–12 season, Milanov formed a partnership with

Nikolay Bodurov Nikolay Georgiev Bodurov ( bg, Николай Георгиев Бодуров; born 30 May 1986) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Pirin Blagoevgrad and the Bulgarian national team. Bodurov plays mainly as a centre back but ...

in the centre of defence and has become an established first team player. On 20 April 2013, he hit his first goal, scoring header in the 2–1 home loss against

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) 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 ...

. On 5 January 2016 it was announced that left the club by terminating his contract with paying 3 paychecks, but later the same day Litex said that this is not possible and he can't cancel his contract and can't leave the club as free agent until 31 July 2017 when his contract ends and if he wants to move in other club they have to pay transfer fee. Still, the player left the club even after Litex announced they will sue him.

Beroe Stara Zagora

On 1 March 2016 Milanov signed with

Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...

Neftochimic Burgas

On 12 February 2017 Milanov signed with

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. He made his debut for the team on 1 March 2017 after coming on as a substitute and scoring the equalizer for the 1:1 draw against Ludogorets Razgrad.

Cherno More

On 12 September 2017, Milanov signed with Cherno More. He made his debut on 20 September in a 1–2 away defeat by

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in the Bulgarian Cup's first round.

Botev Vratsa

On 27 September 2018, Milanov signed with

Botev Vratsa Botev ( bg, Ботев) is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Vratsa, that competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 1921. Since 1948, Botev have played their home games at St ...

, after having been released from Cherno More at the end of the previous season.

Septemvri Sofia

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International career

In 2010, Milanov was called up to the Bulgaria under-21 team for the first time, making his competitive debut on 3 March, in a 0–2 loss against Montenegro U21. He made his debut for the senior team on 12 October 2012 in a 1–1 draw against

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, substituting Georgi Iliev.

Career statistics

Club

National team

Honours

Litex Lovech

Bulgarian A PFG The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

(2): 2009–10,

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Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) 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 ...

(1):

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Milanov, Iliya 1992 births Living people Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria youth international footballers Bulgaria under-21 international footballers Bulgaria international footballers PFC Litex Lovech players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Neftochimic Burgas players PFC Cherno More Varna players FC Septemvri Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Association football defenders Bulgarian twins Twin sportspeople People from Levski, Pleven Province