Tihomir Nikolaev Trifonov (; born 25 November 1986) is a Bulgarian former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender. He had spells in Bulgaria, Moldova and Wales.

Personal life

Trifonov has two children. He currently resides in

Aberystwyth Aberystwyth (; ) is a University town, university and seaside town and a community (Wales), community in Ceredigion, Wales. It is the largest town in Ceredigion and from Aberaeron, the county's other administrative centre. In 2021, the popula ...

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

Career

His teammates call him "Hero" because of its similarity with Dimitar Dimitrov – Hero.

Litex Lovech FC Lovech (; formerly Litex Lovech) is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Lovech, that competes in the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Spor ...

signed his first professional contract, but never recorded an official match for the first team. In 2006, along with youth adolescents he is disposed of Litex River (Montana) where the head coach at the time is

Ferario Spasov Ferario Spasov ( Bulgarian: Ферарио Спасов; 20 February 1962 – 11 November 2023) was a Bulgarian football coach and player. Managerial career Spasov was manager of Litex Lovech and CSKA Sofia. From 1 April 2016 he became the ma ...

. Trifonov played 23 games, the team from the relegation zone ends at the fifth place. Before the start of the 2006–07 season was then sold to the elite Lokomotiv (Mezdra) which is liked by the then sports director George Bachev. In 2009, Montana passed which played 80 matches in group A for three seasons. In the summer of 2012 with an option to continue his career in Poland, but after she failed to sign two years with the elite rookie

Etar Veliko Tarnovo Etar () is a Bulgarian sports football club based in Veliko Tarnovo, that plays in the Bulgarian Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football. Etar was established in 2013, shortly after the folding of Etar 1924, which was dissolved ...

Tsanko Tsvetanov coach a vote of confidence and even makes the team captain. Trifonov started to play football by

, where

scouted him, and signed him for the youth-team. He made his debut in professional football, being part of the

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squad in the 2005–06 season in

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. In June 2007 joined to

Lokomotiv Mezdra FC Lokomotiv Mezdra (ФК Локомотив Мездра) was a Bulgarian football club from the town of Mezdra, which last played in the A RFG Vratsa, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground was the Lokomotiv Stadium i ...

and was promoted to the top division with the team. In season 2008–09, Trifonov earned 12 appearances playing in the

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. On 24 July 2009

Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...

signed Trifonov to a three-year deal. He made his competitive debut for Montana on 8 August 2009 against Sliven 2000 in the first round of the

. On 4 July 2012 Trifonov signed a two-year deal with

, which was his youth team. His first official match for

was on 12 August 2012 against

where

won by a score of 3:2. On 29 November 2012 Trifonov signed a two-year and a half deal with

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 ...

. His contract was terminated mutually by his request on 30 June 2013 due to heavy injures. On 22 January 2017, Trifonov joined

Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

n club

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. In June 2018, Trifonov joined

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Gorna Oryahovitsa, which currently competes in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football. Established in 1932 as a sports association of the railway workers in the t ...

. In June 2021, Trifonov moved to Wales and joined

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side

Penrhyncoch Penrhyn-coch is a small village in the community of Trefeurig, Ceredigion, Wales, located between Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo rivers, close to where they merge into Afon Clarach. The village is approximately north-east of Aberystwyth. The vil ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trifonov, Tihomir 1986 births Living people Footballers from Veliko Tarnovo Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Moldovan Super Liga players FC Dunav Ruse players FC Lokomotiv Mezdra players FC Montana players FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo players PSFC Chernomorets Burgas players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players FC Haskovo players PFC Neftochimic Burgas players FC Bălți players FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa players Men's association football central defenders Penrhyncoch F.C. players Cymru North players 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen