Birsent Karagaren

Birsent Hamdi Karagaren (Bulgarian: Бирсент Хамди Карагарен; born 6 December 1992) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Lokomotiv Plovdiv and the Bulgarian national team. He made his debut for his country in October 2019.

Birsent Karagaren
Personal information
Full name Birsent Hamdi Karagaren
Date of birth (1992-12-06) 6 December 1992
Place of birth Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Number 9
Youth career
Asenovets
0000–2011 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Asenovets 26 (5)
2012 Shumen 12 (0)
2013 Etar 1924 2 (0)
2013–2014 Vereya 28 (23)
2014–2016 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 62 (9)
2017–2018 Dunav Ruse 48 (11)
2018– Lokomotiv Plovdiv 76 (14)
National team
2019– Bulgaria 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 05:47, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Born in Asenovgrad, Karagaren played as a youth for local club Asenovets and Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He also spent time at Shumen, Etar 1924 and Vereya, before joined Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2014.

Dunav Ruse

On 19 January 2017 Karagaren signed for Dunav Ruse from Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[2] He made his debut for the team on 17 February 2017 in a 0:4 loss to Beroe.[3] In the next match for the league on 24 February, he scored both goals for the 2:0 win against Botev Plovdiv, becoming a man of the match.[4] He scored again in the match against Levski Sofia on 28 February 2017.[5]

International career

Karagaren received his first call-up for senior Bulgarian squad in October 2019 for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Montenegro and England on 11 and 14 October.[6] He made his debut on 11 October 2019 in a game against Montenegro. He substituted Wanderson in the 77th minute.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 December 2020[8]
Club Season Division League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Asenovets 2011–12 Third League 26500265
Shumen 2010 2012–13 Second League 12000120
Etar 1924 2012–13 First League 200020
Vereya 2013–14 Third League 2823002823
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2014–15 First League 30551356
2015–16 26320283
2016–17 611172
Dunav Ruse 17510185
2017–18 3160020336
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2018–19 32331354
2019–20 2876240389
2020–21 1642020204
Career total 256622058028467
  1. Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.

Honours

Club

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

References


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