Personal information | |||
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Full name | Todor Lyubchev Nedelev | ||
Date of birth | 7 February 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger / Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Botev Plovdiv (on loan from Mainz 05) | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2011 | Botev 2002 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Botev Plovdiv | 63 | (16) |
2014–2015 | Mainz 05 II | 18 | (2) |
2014– | Mainz 05 | 2 | (0) |
2016– | → Botev Plovdiv (loan) | 30 | (11) |
National team‡ | |||
2009–2010 | Bulgaria U17 | 3 | (1) |
2011 | Bulgaria U19 | 5 | (3) |
2012–2014 | Bulgaria U21 | 2 | (3) |
2013– | Bulgaria | 11 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:37, 15 December 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 October 2016 |
Todor Nedelev (Bulgarian: Тодор Неделев; born 7 February 1993) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Botev Plovdiv on loan Mainz 05.
Raised in village Belozem, Plovdiv Province, Nedelev start to play football in the local club, before joining the Botev 2002 Academy in 2004.
On 27 June 2011, Nedelev signed a professional contract with Botev Plovdiv. He made his first league appearance in Botev's 1–0 away win over Dobrudzha Dobrich on 13 August, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute. A week later he made his first start in a game versus Spartak Varna. On 3 September, Nedelev scored his first goal to secure a 1–1 draw against Chernomorets Pomorie. He finished his first season with 2 goals in 23 matches, as Botev clinched promotion to the A PFG.
On 11 August 2012, Nedelev marked his A PFG debut with a three assists for an Ivan Tsvetkov hattrick in a 3–0 home win over Slavia Sofia. On 19 December, it was announced that Botev had renewed the contract of Nedelev, extending it until 31 December 2015. He ended his first season in A PFG with 9 goals and 12 assists.
Nedelev scored his first-ever European goals on 11 July 2013, scoring twice in a 5–0 home win over Astana in their first qualifying round-match of Europa League. He then scored two goals in Botev's 2–1 win over Levski Sofia on 21 July, in their opening game of the 2013–14 season in the domestic league.