Boyan Tabakov
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Boyan Tabakov is a Bulgaria
n footballer
currently playing for Lyubimetz 2007
, on loan from Levski Sofia
.
's Youth Academy and plays mainly for the reserve teams. Tabakov has scored more than 200 goals throughout his career.
In the summer of 2007, Tabakov was invited by Fenerbahçe S.K. for a trial-period in Istanbul
, which was monitored by Zico
. Tabakov played with the youth team and scored during the trial, however he was not picked up by the team.
On 11 October 2007, FC Schalke 04
officially invited Tabakov to join the training sessions of their U-19 team for one week.
On 25 January 2008 Tabakov signed a three year professional contract with Levski Sofia.
His first senior goal was on 27 February 2008, against Akademik Sofia
, which was scored it at 64th minute. The match ended with a 3:0 result for Levski. His first official match was on 9 April 2008 against Marek Dupnitsa. Tabakov entered the match in the 54th minute, with a resulting 0:4 guest win for Levski.
He returned to Levski on 9 June 2010 after a short period on loan.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
currently playing for Lyubimetz 2007
Lyubimetz 2007
FC Lyubimetz 2007 is a Bulgarian association football club based in the town of Lyubimets, Bulgaria, which currently competes in the East B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football....
, on loan from Levski Sofia
PFC Levski Sofia
"Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...
.
Youth career
Tabakov came directly from Levski SofiaPFC Levski Sofia
"Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...
's Youth Academy and plays mainly for the reserve teams. Tabakov has scored more than 200 goals throughout his career.
In the summer of 2007, Tabakov was invited by Fenerbahçe S.K. for a trial-period in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, which was monitored by Zico
Zico
Arthur Antunes Coimbra , better known as Zico , is a Brazilian coach and former footballer. He is the current head coach of the Iraq national football team. Often called the "White Pelé", he is commonly considered one of the most skilled finishers and one of the best passers ever and possibly the...
. Tabakov played with the youth team and scored during the trial, however he was not picked up by the team.
On 11 October 2007, FC Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
officially invited Tabakov to join the training sessions of their U-19 team for one week.
On 25 January 2008 Tabakov signed a three year professional contract with Levski Sofia.
His first senior goal was on 27 February 2008, against Akademik Sofia
Akademik Sofia
Akademik is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Sofia, currently playing in the West B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football. The team's stadium is located in the Slatina municipality of Sofia and its capacity is 10,000....
, which was scored it at 64th minute. The match ended with a 3:0 result for Levski. His first official match was on 9 April 2008 against Marek Dupnitsa. Tabakov entered the match in the 54th minute, with a resulting 0:4 guest win for Levski.
Growing to the first team
On 10 September 2009 Tabakov started training with the first team. On the next day, he signed his new contract with Levski, with a better salary, connected him with the team until 2013.He returned to Levski on 9 June 2010 after a short period on loan.