Dragi Kotsev
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Dragi Kotsev (born 25 February 1987 in Radoviš
Radoviš
Radoviš is a city positioned in the southeastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. It is the second largest city in the southeastern region. The city is the seat of Radoviš Municipality, which is spread on the bottom of Plačkovica Mountain and the northern part of the Radoviš-Strumica valley. The...

, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

 footballer who plays for Bulgarian 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...

 as an attacking midfielder.

In June 2005, he received a Bulgarian passport. In 2005 and 2006 Kotsev was a member of the Macedonian national under-19 football team.

Career

Born in Radoviš
Radoviš
Radoviš is a city positioned in the southeastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. It is the second largest city in the southeastern region. The city is the seat of Radoviš Municipality, which is spread on the bottom of Plačkovica Mountain and the northern part of the Radoviš-Strumica valley. The...

, Kotsev start to play football in local FK Jaka. When he was only 14-years old he went to Blagoevgrad
Blagoevgrad
Blagoevgrad is а city in southwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Blagoevgrad Province, with a population of about 74,302 . It lies on the banks of the Blagoevgradska Bistritsa River....

, together with his compatriot Zoran Zlatkovski
Zoran Zlatkovski
Zoran Zlatkovski is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a striker for Malavan.-Career:Zlatkovski first club was Bulgarian side Pirin. Between 2005 and 2007 he played in Lokomotiv Plovdiv. In January 2008 Zlatkovski signed with Slavia Sofia.-References:...

, which then his first club was Bulgarian side Pirin Blagoevgrad
PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad
PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad was a Bulgarian professional football club based in Blagoevgrad.Club was founded in 1931 as Makedonska Slava . In 1948 the club joined the newly established FD Julius Dermendzhiev and cease its independent existence...

.

In the season 2007/08 Kotsev was loaned to Pirin Gotse Delchev
PFC Pirin Gotse Delchev
PFC Pirin Gotse Delchev is a Bulgarian football club.The club, hailing from the town of Gotse Delchev, were founded in 1925 as Pirin Nevrokop and currently playing in the West B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football...

 and played one year in Bulgarian second division.

Kocev joined 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...

 in the summer of 2010.

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