Valentin Dartilov (; born 14 August 1967) is a former
Bulgaria
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n
footballer
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who was deployed as a
defender.
Career
Dartilov played 148
A PFG
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matches and scored 1 goal for
Levski Sofia
PFC Levski Sofia () 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 by a group of high sc ...
between 1990 and 1997, winning three consecutive league titles (1993–1995) and three
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 ...
s with the team. In European club tournaments, he has 10 matches and 1 goal under his belt.
Considered one of the top defenders in the Balkans at the time, in 1992 he went close to being transferred to
Fenerbahçe in neighbouring
Turkey
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.
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1967 births
Living people
Bulgarian men's footballers
Bulgaria men's youth international footballers
Bulgaria men's international footballers
Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players
FC Hebar Pazardzhik players
PFC Levski Sofia players
Kayserispor footballers
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Süper Lig players
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen