Aleksandar Aleksandrov (footballer, born July 1986)

Sasho Aleksandrov
Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Emilov Aleksandrov
Date of birth (1986-07-30) 30 July 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Septemvri Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Conegliano German 19 (0)
2006–2007 Minyor Pernik 19 (3)
2007–2008 Lokomotiv Stara Zagora ? (?)
2008–2009 Beroe Stara Zagora 38 (0)
2010–2014 Cherno More 135 (2)
2015–2017 Levski Sofia 57 (0)
2017 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 19 (1)
2018 Slavia Sofia 19 (0)
2019–2021 CSKA 1948 57 (0)
2021 Tsarsko Selo 13 (0)
2022–2023 CSKA 1948 18 (0)
2022–2023 CSKA 1948 II 25 (1)
Total 419+ (7+)
Managerial career
2023 CSKA 1948 U17
2023–2024 CSKA 1948 III
2024 CSKA 1948 II
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:36, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Aleksandar Aleksandrov (Bulgarian: Александър Александров; born 30 July 1986), better known as Sasho Aleksandrov, is a Bulgarian retired professional footballer and now manager of CSKA 1948 II.[2] Mainly a right back, he also played as a wingback.

Career

Early career

Sasho Aleksandrov began his career for Conegliano German, after initially playing for Septemvri Sofia as a youngster. He played 19 times for Conegliano before moving to Minyor Pernik in 2006.

Cherno More

Aleksandrov playing for Cherno More in 2012

On 8 January 2010, Aleksandrov signed for Cherno More Varna.[3] He made his league debut in a 2–0 home win against Chernomorets Burgas on 1 March, playing the full 90 minutes.

On 17 October 2010, Sasho scored his first competitive goal for Cherno More against Slavia Sofia on his 20th league appearance for the club. He scored an 88th minute winning header in his side's 3–2 victory.

Aleksandrov started the 2012–13 season as a makeshift wide midfielder.

In December 2014, Aleksandrov left Cherno More after his contract expired in order to sign for Levski Sofia.

Levski Sofia

Aleksandrov signed with Levski Sofia on 8 January 2015 on a two-year deal.[4] He made his A PFG debut for the "bluemen" on 27 February 2015, after coming on as a second-half substitute for Bozhidar Kraev in the 8:0 home rout against Haskovo.[5] During his time with Levski he was nicknamed Sasho Alves by the fans because of the visual similarity with Dani Alves. He was released by the club in June 2017.[6]

Etar

On 21 June 2017, Aleksandrov signed a 1-year contract with Etar.[7]

Career stats

Season Club Level Apps Goals
2014–15 Levski Sofia I 0 0
2014–15 Cherno More I 17 0
2013–14 Cherno More I 30 0
2012–13 Cherno More I 26 0
2011–12 Cherno More I 25 1
2010–11 Cherno More I 27 1
2009–10 Cherno More I 10 0
2009–10 Beroe Stara Zagora I 15 0
2008–09 Beroe Stara Zagora II 23 0
2007–08 Lokomotiv Stara Zagora III ? ?
2006–07 Minyor Pernik II 19 3
2005–06 Conegliano II 9 0
2004–05 Conegliano II 10 0

Honours

Slavia Sofia

References

  1. ^ "Профил на Александър Емилов Александров" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Profile at CSKA1948.bg". cska1948.bg. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Черно море взе нов Александър Александров" (in Bulgarian). Blitz.bg. 8 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Aleksandar Aleksandrov: We can win trophy even this year". levski.bg. 8 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Levski Sofia vs. PFC Haskovo 8-0". flashscore.com. flashscore editors. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Левски обяви раздяла с още трима футболисти, Боян Йоргачевич остава... засега!". 13 June 2017.
  7. ^ ""Етър" подписа с Александър Александров" (in Bulgarian). etarvt.bg. 21 June 2017.


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