Valeri Bojinov
Bojinov with Bulgaria in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Valeri Emilov Bojinov | ||
| Date of birth | 15 February 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Second Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Meizhou Hakka | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Pietà Hotspurs | ||
| 2000–2002 | Lecce | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Lecce | 65 | (16) |
| 2005–2007 | Fiorentina | 36 | (8) |
| 2006–2007 | → Juventus (loan) | 18 | (5) |
| 2007–2010 | Manchester City | 11 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | → Parma (loan) | 30 | (8) |
| 2010–2011 | Parma | 31 | (3) |
| 2011–2013 | Sporting CP | 8 | (2) |
| 2012 | → Lecce (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2012 | → Verona (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2013 | → Vicenza (loan) | 18 | (4) |
| 2014 | Levski Sofia | 19 | (7) |
| 2014–2015 | Ternana | 27 | (6) |
| 2015–2017 | Partizan | 51 | (23) |
| 2017– | Meizhou Hakka | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2015 | Bulgaria | 43 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:22, 22 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 August 2016 |
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Valeri Emilov Bojinov (Bulgarian: Валери Емилов Божинов, pronounced [vɐˈlɛri ɛˈmilof boˈʒinof]; born 15 February 1986) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays for China League One club Meizhou Hakka as a forward. He played for the Bulgarian national team.
Born in Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria, Bojinov moved to Malta at the age of 12 with his mother Pepa, a former Bulgaria women's national football team player, and stepfather Sasho Angelov, who had played for the Bulgarian national football team during the 1990s.
Bojinov was discovered at the age of 14 by Lecce sports director Pantaleo Corvino while playing for Pietà Hotspurs, and signed for just 30,000,000 ITL (around €15,000).
Bojinov settled in the city of Lecce and continued his studies there while playing for Lecce's youth teams. He debuted in the Italian Serie A on 22 January 2002 at the age of 15 years and 11 months, becoming the youngest foreign player to make an appearance at the top level of Italian football. He scored his first goal in the top division on 6 January 2004 in a 1–2 home defeat against Bologna, becoming the youngest non-national to score in Serie A.
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