Lyubomir Vitanov (; born 11 May 1981 in

Gotse Delchev Georgi Nikolov Delchev (; ; 4 February 1872 – 4 May 1903), known as Gotse Delchev or Goce Delčev (''Гоце Делчев''),Originally spelled in older Bulgarian orthography as ''Гоце Дѣлчевъ''. - Гоце Дѣлчевъ. ...

) is a retired

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 ...

n football player, who played as a

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Career

Born in

, Vitanov started to play football in the local team,

Pirin The Pirin Mountains ( ) are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with the highest peak, Vihren, at an altitude of . The range extends about from the north-west to the south-east and is about wide, spanning a territory of . To the north ...

, before moving to Macedonian Tikveš Kavadarci in 2003. Vitanov played for Pirin Blagoevgrad from June 2005 and made his official debut in

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in a match against Naftex Burgas on 10 September 2005. The result of the match was a 2-1 win for Pirin. In January 2017, Vitanov returned to

Bansko Bansko ( ) is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, located in Blagoevgrad Oblast near the city of Razlog. Once mainly a stockbreeding and travelling merchant community, the town is now an international centre for winter and summer tourism. More rec ...

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* Bulgarian men's footballers 1981 births Living people Men's association football midfielders First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Pirin Gotse Delchev players OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players FC Minyor Pernik players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Hamrun Spartans F.C. players PFC Bansko players Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub