Valeri Georgiev (; born 28 July 1984) is a Bulgarian

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, who currently plays as a defender for

Vihren Sandanski OFC Vihren () is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sandanski, currently playing in the Second League. Sandanski's home ground is the Sandanski Stadium in Sandanski with a capacity of 6,000. Vihren Sandanski's team colours are green an ...

Career

He started his career in home town

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in local team

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. On 3 March 2005 Valeri made his official debut in the Bulgarian top division in a match against

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. He played for 8 minutes. The result of the match was a 2:0 win for Pirin. Up to the end of season 2004/05 Georgiev played in only 3 matches. In June 2005 he was transferred to

FC Vihren Sandanski OFC Vihren () is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sandanski, currently playing in the Second League. Sandanski's home ground is the Sandanski Stadium in Sandanski with a capacity of 6,000. Vihren Sandanski's team colours are green an ...

for a fee of €20 000 and fast becomes part of the titular team. From 2008 Valeri Georgiev is a captain of Vihren.

References

1984 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players OFC Vihren Sandanski players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players FC Montana players FC Septemvri Simitli players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Blagoevgrad 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-defender-stub