Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dimitar Dimitrov Rangelov | ||
Date of birth | 9 February 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward / Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Konyaspor | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2006 | Slavia Sofia | 126 | (32) |
2006–2008 | Strasbourg | 15 | (2) |
2007 | → Erzgebirge Aue (loan) | 15 | (5) |
2007–2008 | → Energie Cottbus (loan) | 24 | (6) |
2008–2009 | Energie Cottbus | 27 | (9) |
2009–2012 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | (1) |
2010–2011 | → Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) | 22 | (2) |
2011–2012 | → Energie Cottbus (loan) | 30 | (12) |
2012–2014 | FC Luzern | 54 | (12) |
2014– | Konyaspor | 54 | (10) |
National team‡ | |||
2004– | Bulgaria | 39 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2016 |
Dimitar Rangelov (Bulgarian: Димитър Рангелов, born 9 February 1983) is a Bulgarian football forward who plays for Turkish side Konyaspor and the Bulgarian national team.
He made his debut for Bulgaria in 2004.
Born in Sofia, Rangelov started playing football in local team Slavia. On 3 June 2000, then 17 years old, he made his official debut in professional football in a match against Beroe Stara Zagora as a 65th-minute substitute. Rangelov played for PFC Slavia Sofia between 2000 and 2006.
Rangelov was sold to RC Strasbourg for €1,000,000. In 2007, he was loaned for six months to German side FC Erzgebirge Aue. After that, he was loaned again to Energie Cottbus and quickly developed into an important first team player at his new team.
After a half season on loan, Rangelov was bought by the team of Cottbus. For Energie, he earned 49 appearances playing in the Bundesliga, scoring 15 goals.
On 16 June 2009, Rangelov officially signed his contract with Borussia Dortmund. The transfer fee was 1 million €. His contract is for four years. On 20 March 2010, he scored his first goal in the Bundesliga for the Dortmund side in the 3–0 home win against Bayer Leverkusen.
On 4 September 2010 Borussia Dortmund loaned him to Maccabi Tel Aviv until the end of the season with purchase option in the end. On 6 November 2010, Rangelov scored his first goal for Maccabi in the match against Hapoel Ashkelon. In April 2011 with the end of regular season (before the playoffs). Rangelov reached a mutual agreement on his release from Maccabi and his return to his original club Dortmund.