Vladimir Gadzhev
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Vladimir Gadzhev is a Bulgaria
Bulgaria
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n footballer
Football (soccer)
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 who is playing for Levski Sofia
PFC Levski Sofia
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. Gadzhev plays as a central midfielder.

Youth career

He had trained at Levski Sofia
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's Youth Academy before he moved to Panathinaikos in 2004.

Levski Sofia

On 4 July 2008 Gadzhev signed again with Levski
PFC Levski Sofia
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. He is a loaned player until the end of 2008/2009 season. On 31 May 2009 in a match against Minyor Pernik
PFC Minyor Pernik
PFC Minyor Pernik is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Pernik, which currently competes in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the top division of Bulgarian football. Their fans are known as the craziest and most loyal in Bulgaria because they always support the club...

, Gadzhev made Levski a champion, scoring the second goal in the match, making the result 1:1 - the draw that made Levski a champion. On 7 July 2009 Levski
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 and Panathinaikos came to an agreement on Vladimir Gadzhev's transfer and the midfielder signed a three year contract with Levski
PFC Levski Sofia
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.

On 15 July 2009 he opened his goal account with a goal in the first official match for Levski during 2009/2010 season. The event took place in the 2nd Qualifying round of UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
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, where Levski
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 beaten the team of UE Sant Julià
UE Sant Julià
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. The result of the match was 4:0 with a home win for Levski
PFC Levski Sofia
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. On 1 August 2009 he came on as a substitute in the Bulgarian Supercup final
2009 Bulgarian Supercup
The 2009 Bulgarian Supercup was the 7th Bulgarian Supercup match, a football match which was contested between the 2008-09 A Professional Football Group champion, Levski Sofia, and the 2008-09 Bulgarian Cup holder, Litex Lovech. The match was held on 1 August 2009 at the Vasil Levski National...

. Unfortunately at the end of the game Vladimir Gadzhev received a very heavy injury. The diagnose was damaged torn knee ligaments. Cause of that Vladimir missed the first part of the season and left a big hole in the midfield of Levski
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. However in January 2010 it was announced that Gadzhev recovered from his injury. On 16 March 2010 he played 60 minutes for the double of Levski
PFC Levski Sofia
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 against Litex
PFC Litex Lovech
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. The match ended 2-2 and Gadzhev was the captain of the team making an assist for one of the goals.

Gadzhev made his official return on 20 March 2010 against Slavia Sofia
PFC Slavia Sofia
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. Gadzhev entered the match as a substitute in 67th minute. The result was 3-0 and Levski won the match. In 2009/2010 season, Levski however achieved qualifying for UEFA Europa League becoming 3rd in the final ranking.

On 28 July 2011, he scored the equalizing goal against Spartak Trnava in UEFA Europa League
2011–12 UEFA Europa League
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 and afterwards Levski won the game with a 2:1 final score.

National team

Gadzhev made his international debut on the 17th November 2010 in a friendly match against Serbia
Serbia national football team
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. Vladimir came in as a substitution in the 65th minute. However, Bulgaria lost the match with a score of 0-1.

Career Stats

As of 23 September 2011.

Club Season League Cups Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Levski Sofia 2008–09 23 1 4 0 3 1 30 2
2009–10
2009–10 A PFG
The 2009-10 season of the Bulgarian A PFG was the 86th season of top-tier football in Bulgaria. It began on 7 August 2009 with the game between Beroe and Lokomotiv Sofia. The last round took place on 30 May 2010...

10 1 1 0 3 1 14 2
2010–11
2010–11 A PFG
The 2010–11 A PFG is the 87th season of the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, Bulgaria's premier football league. The season commenced on 31 July 2010 and will end with the last games on 28 May 2011. The winter break will be in effect between weekends around 29 November 2010 and 26 February...

23 2 3 1 10 1 36 4
2011–12
2011–12 A PFG
The 2011/2012 A PFG is the 88th season of the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group - the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The season began on 6 August 2011 and will end with the last games in May 2012 and the promotion/relegation play-offs in June 2012...

6 3 0 0 2 1 8 4
Career totals 62 7 8 1 18 4 88 12

Honours

  • A PFG: 2008–09
  • 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...

    : 2009
    2009 Bulgarian Supercup
    The 2009 Bulgarian Supercup was the 7th Bulgarian Supercup match, a football match which was contested between the 2008-09 A Professional Football Group champion, Levski Sofia, and the 2008-09 Bulgarian Cup holder, Litex Lovech. The match was held on 1 August 2009 at the Vasil Levski National...


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