# Dimitar Rangelov

Dimitar Rangelov (Bulgarian: Димитър Рангелов; born 9 February 1983) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a second striker.
He made his debut for Bulgaria in 2004.

## Career
### Slavia Sofia

Born in Sofia, Rangelov started playing football in local team Slavia. On 3 June 2000, then 17 years old, he made his official debut in professional football in a match against Beroe Stara Zagora as a 65th-minute substitute. Rangelov played for Slavia Sofia between 2000 and 2006.

### Strasbourg

Rangelov was sold to RC Strasbourg for €1 million. In January 2007, he was loaned for six months to German side Erzgebirge Aue. After that, he moved to Energie Cottbus on a season-long loan and quickly developed into an important first team player at his new team.

### Energie Cottbus

After the 2007–08 season, Rangelov signed permanently for Energie Cottbus. He made 49 appearances playing in the Bundesliga, scoring 15 goals.

### Borussia Dortmund

On 16 June 2009, Rangelov officially signed his contract with Borussia Dortmund. The transfer fee was €1 million. His contract is for four years. On 20 March 2010, he scored his first goal in the Bundesliga for the Dortmund side in the 3–0 home win against Bayer Leverkusen.

#### Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan)

On 4 September 2010, Borussia Dortmund loaned him to Maccabi Tel Aviv until the end of the season with purchase option in the end. On 6 November 2010, Rangelov scored his first goal for Maccabi in the match against Hapoel Ashkelon. In April 2011 with the end of regular season (before the playoffs). Rangelov reached a mutual agreement on his release from Maccabi and his return to his original club Dortmund.

#### Return to Energie Cottbus (loan)

On 28 June 2011, Rangelov re-joined Energie Cottbus where he played between 2007 and 2009, signing a one-year loan deal. Rangelov ended the season in 2. Bundesliga with 12 goals to his name making him Energie's top scorer.

### Luzern

On 11 July 2012, Rangelov joined Swiss Super League side FC Luzern on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee, though media reports estimated it to be between €300,000 and £350,000. Four days later, he made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against FC Zürich, playing the full 90 minutes. On 11 August Rangelov netted his first goal, scoring a penalty against St. Gallen. He scored his first-ever European goal on 23 August, opening the scoring in a 2–1 home win over Genk in their Europa League play-offs first leg tie. A week later, in the second leg tie against Genk, Rangelov was sent off in the 37th minute.

### Third Energie Cottbus stint

In October 2018, Rangelov joined Energie Cottbus for the third time in his career having signed a contract until the end of the season. As of 2019, he is the only Bulgarian to have scored at four different levels of the German league system.

### Return to Slavia Sofia

After nearly 15 years playing abroad Rangelov returned to his childhood club Slavia Sofia by signing a contract with the club in July 2020.

### VfB Krieschow

Rangelov moved to German club VfB Krieschow, playing in the fifth-tier NOFV-Oberliga Süd, in 2021. He left the club after the 2021–22 season.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Slavia Sofia | 2000–01 | A Group | 5 | 0 | | | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2001–02 | A Group | 24 | 3 | | | – | – | 24 | 3 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2002–03 | A Group | 24 | 4 | | | – | – | 24 | 4 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2003–04 | A Group | 21 | 10 | | | – | – | 21 | 10 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2004–05 | A Group | 27 | 8 | | | – | – | 27 | 8 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2005–06 | A Group | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 7 |
| Slavia Sofia | Total | Total | 127 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 32 |
| Strasbourg | 2006–07 | Ligue 2 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 19 | 4 |
| Erzgebirge Aue (loan) | 2006–07 | 2. Bundesliga | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 5 |
| Energie Cottbus (loan) | 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 23 | 7 |
| Energie Cottbus II (loan) | 2007–08 | Regionalliga Nord | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Energie Cottbus | 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 30 | 12 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Total | Total | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2009–10 | 3. Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) | 2010–11 | Israeli Premier League | 22 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| Energie Cottbus (loan) | 2011–12 | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 12 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 12 |
| FC Luzern | 2012–13 | Swiss Super League | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 2 |
| FC Luzern | 2013–14 | Swiss Super League | 26 | 11 | 5 | 6 | – | – | 31 | 17 |
| FC Luzern | Total | Total | 54 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 62 | 19 |
| Konyaspor | 2014–15 | Süper Lig | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 6 |
| Konyaspor | 2015–16 | Süper Lig | 29 | 4 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 37 | 5 |
| Konyaspor | 2016–17 | Süper Lig | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 |
| Konyaspor | Total | Total | 78 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 17 |
| Ümraniyespor | 2017–18 | TFF First League | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 9 |
| Energie Cottbus | 2018–19 | 3. Liga | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 7 |
| Energie Cottbus | 2019–20 | Regionalliga Nordost | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 11 |
| Energie Cottbus | Total | Total | 46 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 18 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2020–21 | Bulgarian First League | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| VfB Krieschow | 2021–22 | NOFV-Oberliga Süd | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 12 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 524 | 136 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 575 | 155 |

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Bulgaria | 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 2009 | 8 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 2010 | 8 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 2012 | 3 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 2015 | 4 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 2016 | 6 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 40 | 6 |
    Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rangelov goal.
List of international goals scored by Dimitar Rangelov :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 12 August 2009 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | Latvia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 12 October 2010 | Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 12 October 2012 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | Denmark | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2014 World Cup qualifier |
| 4 | 13 October 2015 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | Azerbaijan | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier |
| 5 | 29 March 2016 | Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia | Macedonia | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 6 | 6 September 2016 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | Luxembourg | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2018 World Cup qualifier |