Dimitar Berbatov Football player

Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov (Bulgarian: Димитър Иванов Бербатов, [diˈmitər bɛrˈbatɔf]); born 30 January 1981) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a striker for AS Monaco. He captained the Bulgarian national team from 2006 to 2010, and is its all-time leading goalscorer. He has also won the Bulgarian Footballer of the Year a record seven times, surpassing the number of wins by Hristo Stoichkov.Born in Blagoevgrad, Berbatov started out with home-town club Pirin before joining CSKA Sofia as a 17-year-old in 1998. He was signed by Bayer Leverkusen of Germany in January 2001 and played in his first Champions League final 18 months later, coming on as a substitute in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final, which Leverkusen lost 2–1 to Real Madrid.After five-and-a-half years with Leverkusen, he joined English club Tottenham Hotspur in July 2006, where he spent two years before moving to Manchester United. He played in his second Champions League final in 2009, during his side's 2–0 defeat against Barcelona. After four seasons with United he joined Fulham in August 2012, before leaving England for France in January 2014, when he joined Monaco.

Personal facts

Dimitar Berbatov
Alias (AKA)Berbatov Dimitar Ivanov
Birth dateJanuary 30, 1981
Birth place
Blagoevgrad , Bulgaria national football team
Height (meters)1.89

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Football player

position
Forward (association football)
teams
Fulham F.C.
Manchester United F.C.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bulgaria national football team
Bulgaria national under-21 football team
PFC CSKA Sofia
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
AS Monaco FC
FC Pirin Blagoevgrad

Dimitar Berbatov on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://berbatov.sportal.bg/index.php?lang=2
  2. http://www.fulhamfc.com/the-teams/first-team/dimitar-berbatov