Lyubomir Tsekov (; born 17 January 1990, in

Plovdiv Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490,983 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub ...

) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

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who plays as a forward.

Career

Born in

, Tsekov began his football career with

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 ...

. He made his first team debut in a 1–0

A PFG The First Professional Football League (), commonly known as Parva Liga or Bulgarian First League (currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons), is a professional association football league in Bulgaria and the highest level of t ...

win over Belasitsa Petrich on 29 April 2008, coming on as a substitute for Gerasim Zakov. In 2009, newly promoted

B PFG The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League (), also known as Second League () or Vtora liga, is the second level of the Bulgarian football league system, below First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), First League and above the Third ...

side Brestnik 1948 signed Tsekov on loan. He netted Brestnik's only goal on his debut, a 2–1 defeat at Svetkavitsa on 15 August. In June 2010, Tsekov joined Bdin Vidin and helped the team to

promotion, contributing with 6 goals. In 2011 Tsekov joined Svilengrad 1921 and scored 12 goals during the season. After training with

one week, Tsekov re-signed for his native club on a -year contract on 30 January 2012.

References

Living people 1990 births Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football forwards PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players OFC Bdin Vidin players FC Sozopol players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-forward-stub