Dimitar Berbatov

Dimitar Berbatov (2011)

Dimitar Berbatov ( Bulgarian Димитър Бербатов, English transcription / FIFA spelling Dimitar Berbatov, . Born January 30, 1981 in Blagoevgrad ) is a Bulgarian football player ( striker ), who is currently under contract at FC Fulham, but playing on loan at AS Monaco. He is top scorer of the Bulgarian national football team.

Career

In the club

CSKA Sofia

Berbatov was discovered by the former Bulgarian international Dimitar Penev, when he was still playing in the youth team of Pirin Blagoevgrad. At the age of 17 he joined the CSKA Sofia, in which also played his father before him, to. In the season 1998/99 he made his professional debut in A Grupa, the top division of Bulgaria. In his first year as a pro, he scored 14 goals in 27 games in the season 2000 /01 in eleven games nine goals.

Bayer Leverkusen

In January 2001 he finally moved to Germany to Bayer Leverkusen. In Leverkusen, he was given the shirt number 12 following the resignation of Ulf Kirsten in 2003 he took his shirt number 9

In the season 2004/ 05 with Berbatov scored 20 goals to the best goalscorers in the Bundesliga. Together with his team-mate Andriy Voronin, he made the best strike duo of the season; together they scored 35 goals. In the 2005/06 season with 21 goals and Berbatov was nine Assists second best scorer of the league behind Miroslav Klose ( 25 goals, 14 assists ) and qualified with Leverkusen in the UEFA Cup.

Tottenham Hotspur

Berbatov, whose contract contained an out clause for a committed fee of around 16 million euros, had expressed interest in a change in the English Premier League for a long time interest. In the summer 2006 he joined for 16.5 million euros for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. This transfer fee was until then the highest that has been paid for a Bulgarian footballer. In the first home game of the 2006/07 season Berbatov scored his first goal for Tottenham. He became a regular player and was awarded in April 2007 together with his team-mate Robbie Keane as a player of the month.

Manchester United

In September 2008, Manchester United Berbatov pledged for a transfer fee of 30.7 million pounds (about 38 million euros ), at that time the most expensive transfer of the club's history. He received a four-year deal and will wear the number 9, which had worn last Frenchman Louis Saha. His first game for Manchester United played the Bulgarian 13 September 2008 in league play against Liverpool in which he Argentina's Carlos Tévez prepared a goal. He scored his first two goals in the Champions League against Danish club Aalborg BK.

At the beginning of the season 2010/11, Berbatov was in excellent shape. In the game against Liverpool ( 3-2 ) on 19 September, he scored his first hat-trick in Manchester United shirt. Five goals in one game get him on 27 November 2010 ( 15 Matchday) in a 7-1 win over Blackburn Rovers.

Fulham

On August 31, 2012 Berbatov joined shortly before the end of the transfer period within the League for Fulham FC. At the London club, he signed a two-year contract until 30 June 2014. Already the next day he made his debut for his new club. It was used before the home crowd in the second half against West Ham United ( 0:3).

AS Monaco

On January 31, 2014 Berbatov joined on loan until the end of the 2013/14 season in the French Ligue 1 at AS Monaco. He is the long -term injury Radamel Falcao replaced with the Monegasque.

In the National Team

Berbatov was an active national player and also team captain his country. He participated in the 2004 European Football Championship in Portugal with Bulgaria's national team. Since 18 November 2009 he has been with 48 goals scored record scorer in the Bulgarian national team.

13 May 2010 Berbatov retired from international football.