Valentin Galev

Valentin Galev
Personal information
Full name Valentin Plamenov Galev
Date of birth (1984-01-01) 1 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Rilski Sportist
Number 1
Youth career
Lokomotiv Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2015 Lokomotiv Sofia 111 (0)
2015–2016 Botev Plovdiv 1 (0)
2016–2020 Septemvri Sofia 64 (0)
2020–2022 Vitosha Bistritsa 38 (0)
2022–2024 Kostinbrod 64 (0)
2022– Rilski Sportist 15 (0)
Managerial career
2021–2022 Vitosha Bistritsa (goalkeepers coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:17, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Valentin Plamenov Galev (Bulgarian: Валентин Пламенов Галев; born 1 January 1984) is a Bulgarian professional footballer currently playing for Rilski Sportist as a goalkeeper. He also served as a goalkeepers coach for Vitosha Bistritsa.

Career

Valentin Galev earned his first professional contract with Lokomotiv Sofia, signing from their academy in 2002. On 17 May 2003, Galev made his debut in Bulgarian A PFG when he replaced Daniel Peev in the 8th minute of the match against Litex Lovech following the sending-off of Vladimir Manolkov.

On 29 June 2015 Galev joined Botev Plovdiv.[1] On 18 April 2016 his contract was terminated by mutual agreement. During his short spell at Botev Plovdiv Galev was injured most of the time and played in just a single game, the 1-1 draw with Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[2]

On 25 May 2021 he was announced as the goalkeeper coach of Vitosha Bistritsa, who will also play for the team in Third League.[3]

Career statistics

As of 13 December 2017 [4]
Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Club League Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bulgaria League Bulgarian Cup Europe Other[a] Total
Lokomotiv Sofia A Group 2002–03 2 0 0 0 2 0
2003–04 3 0 1 0 4 0
2004–05 4 0 1 0 5 0
2005–06 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006–07 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2007–08 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008–09 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2009–10 15 0 2 0 17 0
2010–11 7 0 0 0 7 0
2011–12 27 0 0 0 4 0 31 0
2012–13 14 0 2 0 16 0
2013–14 19 0 1 0 20 0
2014–15 0 0 4 0 4 0
Total 111 0 11 0 4 0 0 0 126 0
Botev Plovdiv A Group 2015–16 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Septemvri Sofia Second League 2016–17 28 0 1 0 1 0 30 0
First League 2017–18 4 0 0 0 4 0
Total 32 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 34 0
Career totals 144 0 12 0 4 0 1 0 161 0
  1. ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.

References