Kiril Kotev (born 18 April 1982) is a Bulgaria

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 football

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...

 player who currently plays for Dalian Aerbin

Dalian Aerbin F.C.

Dalian Aerbin is a Chinese football club based in Dalian Development Area and owned by Dalian Aerbin Group Co. Ltd. The club plays in the China League One.-Results:*As of the end of 2011 seasonAll-time League Rankings...

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Career

In his youth years, Kotev started to play football at FC Vihar Gorublyane. At the age of 16 he moved to Velbazhd Kyustendil

PFC Velbazhd Kyustendil

F.C. Velbazhd is a Bulgarian association football club based in Kyustendil. The club currently competes in the South-West V AFG, the third tier of the Bulgarian league....

. In 2002 Kotev signed with Lokomotiv Plovdiv

PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv

PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv, which competes in Bulgaria's top football league, the A PFG. The club was founded on July 25, 1926 when two of the oldest Plovdiv clubs - Atletic and Karadzha united into a new club named Sports Club Plovdiv...

, with whom became a Champion of Bulgaria and holder of Bulgarian Supercup

Bulgarian Supercup

The Bulgarian Supercup is an annually held football match between the football club that has won the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group and the club that has won the Bulgarian Cup...

 in 2004. In same year he made his debut for Bulgaria national football team

Bulgaria national football team

The FIFA Bulgaria national football team is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Luboslav Penev is in charge manager after replacement of Lothar Matthäus...

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In January 2005, CSKA Sofia

PFC CSKA Sofia

PFC CSKA Sofia , commonly known as CSKA or CSKA Sofia is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948. CSKA's abbreviation stands for Central Sports Club of the Army...

 signed Kotev to a four-year deal for €100,000. After the departure of Aleksandar Tunchev

Aleksandar Tunchev

Aleksandar Blagov Tunchev is a Bulgarian footballer who plays for Leicester City as a defender.-Bulgaria:Tunchev started his career in his hometown of Pazardzhik with local team Hebar. After that he played for Belasitsa Petrich, later joining Lokomotiv Plovdiv in June, 2002...

 and Valentin Iliev

Valentin Iliev

Valentin Iliev is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing for the Romanian team Steaua Bucureşti in Liga I.-Background:Iliev's father, Iliya Valov, was goalkeeper for CSKA and Bulgaria's national team...

 in the summer of 2008, he started to play a lot more regularly showing his great abilities, great sense for marking and also scoring some important goals for the club. He was reported as a transfer target for a couple of German sides.

International career

He was part of the Bulgarian 2004 European Football Championship team, who exited in the first round, finishing bottom of Group C, having finished top of Qualifying Group 8 in the pre-tournament phase.

Awards

• Champion of Bulgaria – 2 times

– 2004 (with Lokomotiv Plovdiv)
- 2008 (with CSKA Sofia)

• Bulgarian Supercup
  Bulgarian Supercup
  The Bulgarian Supercup is an annually held football match between the football club that has won the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group and the club that has won the Bulgarian Cup...
  
   – 2 times

– 2004

2004 Bulgarian Supercup

The 2004 Bulgarian Supercup was the 2nd Bulgarian Supercup match, a football match which was contested between the 2003-04 A PFG champion, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, and the winner of the 2004 Bulgarian Cup Final, Litex Lovech. The match was held on 31 July 2004 at the Lazur Stadium in Burgas, Bulgaria...

  (with Lokomotiv Plovdiv)
- 2008

2008 Bulgarian Supercup

The 2008 Bulgarian Supercup was the 6th Bulgarian Supercup match, a football match which was contested between the "A" professional football group champion, CSKA Sofia, and the winner of Bulgarian Cup, Litex Lovech. The match was held on 3 August 2008 at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia,...

 (with CSKA Sofia)