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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kristian Traychev Dimitrov | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-02-27)27 February 1997 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Levski Sofia | ||
| Number | 50 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2013 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
| 2013–2016 | Botev Plovdiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | Botev Plovdiv | 64 | (5) |
| 2018 | →Montana (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Hajduk Split | 40 | (3) |
| 2022 | →CFR Cluj (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| 2023– | Levski Sofia | 73 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Bulgaria U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019– | Bulgaria | 23 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:48, 23 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 | |||
Kristian Traychev Dimitrov (Bulgarian:Кристиан Трайчев Димитров; born 27 February 1997) is aBulgarian professionalfootballer who plays as adefender forLevski Sofia and theBulgarian national team.[2]
In the summer of 2013, Dimitrov joinedBotev Plovdiv at under-17 level fromLokomotiv Plovdiv and progressed through the club's academy system.[3]
Dimitrov made his first-team debut on 13 March 2016, when he came off the bench to replaceSerkan Yusein in the 81st minute of a 3–1 league win overCherno More Varna.[4] His first senior goal came in the last round of the2015–16 season; he scored the second goal in a 2–1 win overLudogorets Razgrad on 27 May.[5]
Dimitrov began to establish himself in the Botev first team from the2016–17 season, making eight league starts. On 8 June 2017, he signed a new two-year contract with the club.[6]
On 5 February 2018, Dimitrov joinedSecond League clubMontana on loan for the remainder of the 2017–18 season.[7] He made 13 appearances in total. His only goal came on 5 May 2018 when he opened the scoring in a 2–0 away win overBotev Galabovo.[8]
In June 2018, Dimitrov returned to Botev and continued his progress during 2018–19, becoming a regular in the defence. On 24 April 2019, he scored alast-minute goal againstCSKA Sofia, bringing the score to 3:3 and enabling his team (which had been reduced to nine men) to progress to thefinal of the Bulgarian Cup 6:5 on aggregate.[9]
On 11 February 2020, it was announced that Dimitrov had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract withHajduk Split.[10][11]
Not finding much playing time in the 2021/22 season, he was loaned out toCFR Cluj in February 2022.[12] He became aLiga I champion with theRomanian club, featuring in a single game, 3-1 loss againstFCSB, scoring in the 45th minute.[13]
Returning to Hajduk, he spent the first part of the 2022/23 season largely on the bench, starting a single cup match, a 5-1 away win againstTehničar Cvetkovec, where he received a red card for a counter-attack stopping foul in the 33rd minute,[14] and his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 17 December 2022.[15] Dimitrov had scored 3 goals in 40 league matches at theCroatian club.
On 30 December 2022, Dimitrov returned to Bulgaria, signing a one-and-a-half-year deal withLevski Sofia.[16]
In May 2019, following his good performances for Botev, Dimitrov was called up to thenational team by new managerKrasimir Balakov. On 7 June 2019, he made his debut, playing the full 90 minutes in the 1–2 away loss against theCzech Republic in aEuro 2020 qualifier.[17]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Botev Plovdiv | First League | 2015–16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 5 | |||||
| 2019–20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 64 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 6 | |||
| Montana (loan) | Second League | 2017–18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 1 | |||
| Hajduk Split | 1. HNL | 2019–20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 2 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3 | |||
| CFR Cluj (loan) | Liga I | 2021–22 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Levski Sofia | First League | 2022–23 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 30 | 2 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 60 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 7 | |||
| Career statistics | 178 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 18 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 2019 | 6 | 1 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 1 | |
| No | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 June 2019 | Vasil Levski National Stadium,Sofia, Bulgaria | 6 |  Kosovo | 2–1 | 2–3 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
Krasimir Balakov compared Dimitrov with the legendary Bulgarian defenderTrifon Ivanov, while being manager ofBulgaria.[18]
Botev Plovdiv
CFR Cluj
Hajduk Split