Slavi Zhekov (born 21 August 1976) 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 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...

. He currently plays as a midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 for Beroe Stara Zagora. Zhekov is a right midfielder who can play well both as an attacking central midfielder.

Career

"Slavi" as he is known among the supporters in Bulgaria, started his career in his home town Stara Zagora

Stara Zagora

Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...

, playing for one of the oldest teams in Bulgaria Beroe

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora or simply Beroe is a Bulgarian football club from Stara Zagora, that currently plays in the country's top division, the A PFG....

. Between 1996 and 1998 Zhekov played in Bulgarian B PFG with FC Olimpic, team from little city Teteven

Teteven

Teteven is a town on the banks of the Vit river, at the foot of Stara Planina mountain in north central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Teteven Municipality which is a part of Lovech Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 10,613 inhabitants.The town...

. In June 1998 he signed with PFC Chernomorets Burgas

PFC Chernomorets Burgas

PSFC Chernomorets Burgas or simply Chernomorets is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas, which currently competes in Bulgaria's top football league, the A PFG. The club was restored in 2005 by the local municipality and is the official successor of the traditions and successes of the...

. For three years in Burgas

Burgas

-History:During the rule of the Ancient Romans, near Burgas, Debeltum was established as a military colony for veterans by Vespasian. In the Middle Ages, a small fortress called Pyrgos was erected where Burgas is today and was most probably used as a watchtower...

 Zhekov played in 62 caps and scored 8 goals.

In 2001 he returned in Stara Zagora

Stara Zagora

Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...

 and helped on Beroe

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora or simply Beroe is a Bulgarian football club from Stara Zagora, that currently plays in the country's top division, the A PFG....

 to qualified for top division. Because of his good displays he caught eye of Cherno More scouts and signed for Cherno More

PFC Cherno More Varna

PFC Cherno More Varna , or simply Cherno More is a Bulgarian professional football club from the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's top football league, the A PFG....

 in June 2001 for fee of 100 000 €. After two years in Varna

Varna

Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...

, in 2003 Zhekov returned in Beroe, but in 2005 gone again in Cherno More.

In season 2007/2008 played for PFC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora

PFC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora

PFC Lokomotiv Stara Zagora is a Bulgarian football club from Stara Zagora, founded on April 1934 as ZHSK . PFC Lokomotiv is the second celebrity football team from Stara Zagora. Its best achievement was participating in the "B" group of football championship...

 and in June 2008 signed again for four times in your career with Beroe.

Club

Cherno More

PFC Cherno More Varna

PFC Cherno More Varna , or simply Cherno More is a Bulgarian professional football club from the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's top football league, the A PFG....

• • Bulgarian Cup
    Bulgarian Cup
    The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
    
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    • Runner-up: 2005-06

Beroe

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora or simply Beroe is a Bulgarian football club from Stara Zagora, that currently plays in the country's top division, the A PFG....

• • Bulgarian Cup
    Bulgarian Cup
    The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
    
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    • Winner: 2009-10
      2009–10 Bulgarian Cup
      The Bulgarian Cup 2009–10 was the seventieth official season of the Bulgarian annual football knockout tournament. The competition began on September 16, 2009 with the matches of the Preliminary Round and ended with the final on May 5, 2010...
      
      

External links

• Profile at beroe.eu