Svetoslav Dikov

Svetoslav Dikov (Bulgarian: Светослав Диков; born 18 April 1992) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Lokomotiv Sofia.[1]

Svetoslav Dikov
Dikov with Slivnishki Geroy in 2012
Personal information
Full name Svetoslav Dimitrov Dikov
Date of birth (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current team
Lokomotiv Sofia
Number 18
Youth career
1999–2008 CSKA Sofia
2008–2011 Lokomotiv Sofia
2011 Sliven 2000
2012 Akademik Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Slivnishki Geroy 27 (1)
2013–2015 Marek Dupnitsa 27 (4)
2015–2016 Slivnishki Geroy 26 (12)
2016 Vereya 5 (0)
2017–2018 Tsarsko Selo 39 (33)
2018 CSKA 1948 13 (3)
2019 Tabor Sežana 6 (1)
2019 Tsarsko Selo 4 (0)
2019– Lokomotiv Sofia 12 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2020

Career

Early career

Dikov started his career from Slivnishki Geroy, before moving to Marek Dupnitsa and making his professional debut in A Group in 2014. In summer of 2015 he returned to Slivnishki Geroy.

Vereya

On 17 June 2016 Dikov signed with the newly promoted team to Bulgarian First League - Vereya.[2] He made his debut for the team on 13 August 2016 in the local derby match against Beroe Stara Zagora, lost by 1:0.[3]

On 27 October 2016 he scored the winning goal against Pomorie in match for the Bulgarian Cup, advancing his team to the quarterfinal.[4]

Tsarsko Selo

In the beginning of 2017 Dikov left Vereya and started training with Botev Vratsa, but on 18 January 2017 he signed with another Bulgarian Second League team - Tsarsko Selo.[5] He made his debut for the team on 25 February 2017 in a match against Vitosha Bistritsa and scored a goal for the 2:1 loss.[6] On 14 April 2017 he scored two goals for the 3:0 win against Oborishte.[7]

Dikov started the new 2017-18 season by scoring a hattrick in the first match against Nesebar.[8] Later one of the goals was judged to have been an own goal. Dikov received a yellow card in the cup match against Botev Plovdiv from the bench as he entered the field to celebrate one of the goals. Later he scored a goal, but couldn't help his team to qualify for the next round. He also missed the next league match, the derby against Lokomotiv Sofia due to card accumulation.[9] On 4 November he scored 2 goals against Neftochimic Burgas making him with 12 goals out of 12 played matches.[10] Dikov become the top goalscorer in the 2017–18 season, scoring 25 goals in 27 matches.[11]

CSKA 1948

On 17 June 2018, Dikov signed with CSKA 1948.[12] He made his debut for the team in the first league match against Botev Galabovo.[13] On 4 August Dikov entered as a substitute in the match against Chernomomrets Balchik and scored the winning goal in the extra time of the match.[14]

Tabor Sežana

On 12 February 2019, NK Tabor Sežana announced the signing of Dikov from CSKA 1948.[15]

Style of play

Dikov played mostly as a box-to-box midfielder, but in January 2017, after the injury of Simeon Ganchev, at the winter camp in Macedonia, Dikov was played as a forward in a friendly match where he scored a goal.[16] Since then, Dikov was given the striker position at Tsarsko Selo.

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 February 2019[1]
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubLeagueSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
BulgariaLeagueBulgarian CupEuropeOther[lower-alpha 1]Total
Slivnishki Geroy V Group 2012–13 27100271
Marek Dupnitsa B Group 2013–14 22420244
A Group 2014–15 500050
Total 274200000294
Slivnishki Geroy V Group 2015–16 2612002612
Vereya First League 2016–17 502171
Tsarsko Selo Second League 2016–17 12800128
2017–18 272521103026
Total 39332100104234
CSKA 1948 Second League 2018–19 13310143
Tabor Sežana 2. SNL 2018–19 000000
Career statistics1375372001014555
  1. Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.

Honours

Club

Marek Dupnitsa

Individual

References

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