Milko Georgiev (; born 3 August 1998) is a

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who currently plays as a

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for

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Career

Botev Plovdiv

Born in

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, Georgiev joined

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professiona ...

at academy level in 2013. On 24 April 2016, he made his

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debut in the local

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against

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 ...

. On 16 June 2017, Georgiev signed his first professional contract with the club. In July 2017, he was loaned to Second League club Oborishte Panagyurishte but couldn't agree personal terms and in August moved to Chernomorets Balchik on loan. On 21 April 2018 Milko Georgiev scored his first goal for

during the 2-4 defeat from

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. After that he participated in the home wins over

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and Beroe Stara Zagora.Класен Ботев секна евро амбициите на Берое с обрат
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Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Botev Plovdiv *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

: 2016–17

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* Living people 1998 births Sportspeople from Vidin Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Botev Plovdiv players FC Chernomorets Balchik players OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub