page_title: Nikolay Bodurov
section_title: Litex Lovech
hierarchical_section_title: Nikolay Bodurov / Career / Litex Lovech
caption_attribution_description: English: Nikolay Bodurov Български: Николай Бодуров
context_page_description: Nikolay Georgiev Bodurov is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Pirin Blagoevgrad and the Bulgarian national team. Bodurov plays mainly as a centre back but has also played as a right back on some occasions.
  He started his professional career at his hometown club Pirin Blagoevgrad, playing five seasons before moving to Litex Lovech in 2009, with whom he won two league titles. In 2014, he signed with Fulham for a fee in the region of €1 million and then spent time on loan at Midtjylland during the 2015–16 season. In August 2016, his contract with Fulham was cancelled by mutual consent.
  Internationally, Bodurov made his debut for Bulgaria in 2010.
context_section_description: In July 2009, Litex Lovech signed Bodurov on a four-year deal. He was given the number 33 shirt. He made his competitive debut for Litex on 1 August 2009, against Levski Sofia for the Bulgarian Supercup. Bodurov made his league debut against Montana on 30 August, playing the full 90 minutes. The game ended with a 3–0 victory to Litex. On 25 March 2010, he netted his first goal for the club, scoring header in the 1–0 home win against Sliven 2000. In his first season playing for Litex, he made 18 appearances in the A PFG and ended the season winning his first league golden medal. During a campaign, he was mainly used as a right-back.
  On 20 December 2010, Bodurov was named 2010 A PFG Defender of the Year. He collected his second A PFG title winner's medal at the end of the 2010–11 season.
  On 3 August 2011, he scored the only goal for Litex in a 1–3 away loss against Wisła Kraków in the Champions League qualifying match. On 21 August 2011, as a result of injury to regular captain Nebojša Jelenković, Bodurov captained Litex for the first time in the last 22 minutes against Svetkavitsa at the Lovech Stadium in a 6–0 Litex victory. A week later, he scored his first league goal of the 2011–12 season in a 2–0 win at Slavia Sofia.
caption: Bodurov with Litex in 2009
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