Samet Ashimov

Samet Ashimov
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-05-16) 16 May 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Sevlievo, Bulgaria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Vidima-Rakovski
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Vidima-Rakovski ? (?)
2001 CSKA Sofia 4 (1)
2002–2003 Lokomotiv Sofia 33 (0)
2003–2007 Vidima-Rakovski 73 (1)
2007–2010 Minyor Pernik 49 (2)
2010–2012 Vidima-Rakovski 39 (1)
2012–2013 Strumska Slava ? (?)
2014 Vitosha Bistritsa 5 (0)
2014–2015 Strumska Slava ? (?)
2017 Strumska Slava 1 (0)
International career
Bulgaria U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2017

Samet Ashimov (Bulgarian: Самет Ашимов; born 16 May 1979) is a Bulgarian former footballer.[1]

He was raised in Vidima-Rakovski's youth academy. Ashimov is a former member of the Bulgaria U21 national side.[2] He has two children - a daughter and a son.[3]

Ashimov retired from football in 2015 but made a surprising return, joining his last club Strumska Slava Radomir in September 2017.[4] He made a single appearance for the club in the Second League and was released in December.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Stats Centre: Samet Ashimov Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Българските младежи загубиха с 2:3 от Исландия". dnevnik.bg. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Самет Ашимов стана баща за втори път". sporta.bg. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Треньорска рокада в Струмска слава след гръмка победа, Киро Змейо доведе Трактора, идва и 38-годишен защитник, пернишки зет" (in Bulgarian). struma.bg. 6 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Любо Танев от Беласица ще играе в Струмска слава, в отбора привличат и халфът на Пирин (Разлог) Гери Бертоломеу" (in Bulgarian). viaranews.com. 29 December 2017.