# Dimitar Iliev (footballer, born 1999)

Dimitar Iliev (Bulgarian: Димитър Илиев; born 22 July 1999) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender for Etar.

## Youth career

Dimitar Iliev began playing football in the local team of Lokomotiv (GO). Later Iliev joined the youth academy of Litex (Lovech). He won the BFU cup two times. In 2016 Iliev joined the youth team of Ludogorets (Razgrad). He won the Bulgarian championship twice and he has got one BFU cup. Iliev has made many appearances for Ludogorets in the UEFA Youth League’s group stage.

## Career
### Ludogorets Razgrad

Iliev made his professional debut for the first team on 20 May 2018 in a league match against Botev Plovdiv, coming as a substitute of Lachezar Kovachev after he got injured in the 64th minute. Iliev played mainly for the second team of Ludogorets and he made 6 assistances before he left the club.

### CSKA 1948

In 2021 Iliev joined CSKA 1948. He made his debut for the team against CSKA Sofia. Iliev played also for the second team and scored a goal against Neftochimic.

### Botev Vratsa

At the end of 2021 Iliev signed with Botev Vratsa. After finding it difficult to establish himself as part of the first team, on 1 May 2022, it was confirmed that he had left by mutual consent.

### Return to Ludogorets

In 2022 Iliev returned to Ludogorets. He is mainly playing for the second team. In the second round of the Bulgarian Cup, Iliev scored his debut goal for the first team on 18 November 2022 against Rozova Dolina Kazanlak.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 26 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | 2016–17 | Second League | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | 2017–18 | Second League | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | 2018–19 | Second League | 23 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | 2019–20 | Second League | 21 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | 2020–21 | Second League | 26 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | Total | Total | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 2017–18 | First League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CSKA 1948 II | 2021–22 | Second League | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 1 |
| CSKA 1948 | 2021–22 | First League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 |
| Botev Vratsa | 2021–22 | First League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | 2022–23 | Second League | 33 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33 | 0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | 2023–24 | Second League | 30 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | Total | Total | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 2022–23 | First League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 2023–24 | First League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | Total | Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 153 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 2 |