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Daniel Svetoslavov Dimov (Bulgarian: Даниел Димов; born 21 January 1989 in Dobrich) is a Bulgarian footballer, who currently plays for Manisaspor.
Club career
Cherno More
Dimov made his debut during the 2006–07 season on 15 September 2006, in the 6–0 away win against Chernomorets Burgas Sofia, coming on as a substitute for Slavi Zhekov. On 14 July 2007, Dimov scored his first goal for a 3-0 home win against Makedonija Gjorče Petrov in the second round of the Intertoto Cup.
In the 2009–10 A PFG season he earned 17 appearances in the A PFG. On 1 March 2010 Dimov scored his first A PFG goal for the Sailors in the 2–0 home win against Chernomorets Burgas. On 4 April, Dimov hit his second goal of the season against Sportist Svoge in a 3–0 win.
On 2 October 2010, Dimov scored his third goal for Cherno More, netting in the 40th minute of their 1–3 away loss against Litex Lovech. On 23 October, he made his 50th appearance for the team in A PFG in a 0–4 loss against Montana.
Levski Sofia
After weeks of speculation, the transfer saga of Dimov finally ended on 26 December 2010 when Levski Sofia announced on the official website that Cherno More and Levski had reached an agreement for the transfer of Dimov. In Sofia, Daniel signed a three-a-half-year contract with Levski, keeping him there until 30 June 2014.
In June 2014 Dimov refused to renew his contract with Levski and decided to leave after 3 years of playing in which he played in 73 appearances and scored 8 goals in total.
Career statistics
- As of 27 December 2016
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cherno More | 2006–07 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2008–09 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| 2010–11 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| Levski Sofia | 2010–11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| 2012–13 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| 2013–14 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 5 | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2014–15 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| Denizlispor | 2015–16 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Manisaspor | 2016–17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| Career totals | 187 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 222 | 18 | |
International career
On 1 October 2010, Dimov received his first call-up to the Bulgaria national team for the Euro 2012 qualifying match against Wales and the friendly match against Saudi Arabia from Lothar Matthäus. However, he did not feature in any of these games.