Iliyan Mitsanski
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography
Iliyan Mitsanski (Template:Langx; born 20 December 1985) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played 17 times for the Bulgaria national team.
Club career
In Bulgaria
Mitsanski started his professional football career at Pirin Blagoevgrad. In the 2004–05 season, he earned 29 appearances playing in the B PFG and scored 21 goals.
In June 2005, he moved to Polish club Amica Wronki.
In the first round of 2006–07 season he was loaned out to Korona Kielce, but was not able to reach the first squad there.
Zagłębie Lubin
In June 2008, Mitsanski transferred to Zagłębie Lubin. In the 2008–09 season, he became the top goalscorer for the team in the Polish First League with 26 goals,[1] helping his team win promotion. During the next season he finished second goalscorer in the Polish league with 15 goals, just 2 goals behind the Polish rising star Robert Lewandowski.[2]
1. FC Kaiserslautern
On 18 June 2010, Mitsanski signed a four-year contract with 1. FC Kaiserslautern. On 24 July, he netted the only goal in the prestigious 1–0 win against Liverpool in a friendly match. On 22 September 2010, he made his official debut for his new team in the 0–5 away loss against Borussia Dortmund after coming on as a substitute for Erwin Hoffer. On 13 November 2010, he scored his first goal in the Bundesliga in the 3–3 home draw with VfB Stuttgart. He was unable to establish himself as a regular for the team and was loaned out to FSV Frankfurt during the winter break.
FSV Frankfurt
On 3 February 2012, Mitsanski made his debut for FSV Frankfurt and netted two goals in the 2–1 away win over MSV Duisburg in a 2. Bundesliga match.[3]
Karlsruher SC
In June 2013, Mitsanski signed a contract with Karlsruher SC.[4]
Levski Sofia
On 6 September 2016, Mitsanski made his return to Bulgarian football after 11 years abroad as he signed with PFC Levski Sofia until the end of the season.[5] He was released in January 2017.[6]
Korona Kielce
On 1 February 2017, Mitsanski signed with Korona Kielce.[7] In the following three months he scored three goals in eight league games. Mitsanski was not offered a contract extension and left the club in June 2017.[8]
Slavia Sofia
After a year without a club, Mitsanski signed with Slavia Sofia on 28 September 2018.[9] He left the club my mutual consent in December 2019.[10]
International career
On 11 August 2010, Mitsanski made his debut for the Bulgarian national team in the 0–1 away loss against Russia in a friendly match.[11] On 26 May 2012, he scored his first goal for the team against the Netherlands, which was a dramatic last-minute win. He scored his second international goal against Cyprus after coming off the substitutes bench in a friendly played on 15 August 2012.
On 9 September 2014, Mitsanski scored a goal for the 2–1 away win over Azerbaijan.[12]
On 28 March 2015, he scored the second goal for Bulgaria during the 2–2 draw with Italy.[13] He was sent off on 6 September 2015, in a 1–0 away loss against Italy after a tussle with Daniele De Rossi.[14]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 20 December 2019Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
| Club | Season | League | CupTemplate:Efn | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 2003–04 | A PFG | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2004–05 | B PFG | 29 | 21 | — | 29 | 21 | ||||
| cols | Total | 37 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 21 | |||
| Amica Wronki | 2005–06 | Ekstraklasa | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | 20 | 8 | |
| Lech Poznań | 2006–07 | Ekstraklasa | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2Template:Efn | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| 2007–08 | Ekstraklasa | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| Korona Kielce (loan) | 2006–07 | Ekstraklasa | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 8 | 2 | |
| Odra Wodzisław (loan) | 2007–08 | Ekstraklasa | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | 15 | 7 | |
| Zagłębie Lubin | 2008–09 | I liga | 31 | 26 | 3 | 4 | — | 34 | 30 | |
| 2009–10 | Ekstraklasa | 28 | 14 | 1 | 1 | — | 29 | 15 | ||
| Total | 59 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 45 | ||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |
| 2012–13 | 2. Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| FSV Frankfurt (loan) | 2011–12 | 2. Bundesliga | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 9 | |
| Ingolstadt 04 (loan) | 2012–13 | 2. Bundesliga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | |
| Karlsruher SC | 2013–14 | 2. Bundesliga | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 4 | |
| 2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 32 | 6 | ||
| Total | 49 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 10 | ||
| Suwon Bluewings | 2015 | K League 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Levski Sofia | 2016–17 | First League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | |
| Korona Kielce | 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 3 | |
| Slavia Sofia | 2018–19 | First League | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 4 | |
| 2019–20 | First League | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 274 | 101 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 303 | 115 | ||
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 17 | 4 | |
- Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mitsanski goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 May 2012 | Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Netherlands | flag alias = Flag of the Netherlands.svg | flag alias-prinsengeus = Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg | flag alias-army =Flag of the Royal Netherlands Army.svg | flag alias-air force=Flag of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.svg | link alias-air force= Royal Netherlands Air Force | link alias-army= Royal Netherlands Army | flag alias-naval = Flag of the Netherlands.svg | link alias-naval = Royal Netherlands Navy | flag alias-navy = Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg | link alias-navy=Royal Netherlands Navy | flag alias-marines = Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg | link alias-marines = Netherlands Marine Corps | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} ||align=center | 2–1 ||align=center |2–1 || Friendly | ||
| 2 | 15 August 2012 | Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Cyprus | flag alias = Flag of Cyprus.svg | flag alias-1878 = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | flag alias-1881 = Flag of Cyprus (1881–1922).svg | flag alias-colonial = Blue Ensign of Cyprus (1922).svg | flag alias-April 1960 = Flag of Cyprus (1960).svg | flag alias-1960 = Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg | link alias-army = Cypriot Ground Forces | size = | name = | variant = | altlink = national football team
}} ||align=center | 1–0 ||align=center |1–0 || Friendly | |||||||
| 3 | 9 September 2014 | Bakcell Arena, Baku | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Azerbaijan | flag alias = Flag of Azerbaijan.svg | flag alias-1918 = Flag of Azerbaijan 1918.svg | flag alias-1991 = Flag of Azerbaijan (1991–2013).svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Flag of Azerbaijan.svg | link alias-naval = Azerbaijani Navy | flag alias-army = Flag of Azerbaijani Land Forces.svg | link alias-army = Azerbaijani Land Forces | flag alias-air force = AzAF Flag of Azerbaijan.png | link alias-air force = Azerbaijani Air Force | flag alias-navy = Naval Flag of Azerbaijan.svg | link alias-navy = Azerbaijani Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} ||align=center | 1–0 ||align=center | 2–1 || UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying | |||
| 4 | 28 March 2015 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Italy | flag alias = Flag of Italy.svg | flag alias-1861 = Flag of Italy (1861–1946).svg | flag alias-1943 = War flag of the Italian Social Republic.svg | flag alias-2003 = Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Italy.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Italy.svg | flag alias-navy-1947 = Naval Ensign of Italy (1947-2013).svg | link alias-naval = Italian Navy | link alias-air force = Italian Air Force | link alias-army = Italian Army | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Italy.svg | link alias-navy = Italian Navy | link alias-roller hockey = Italy {{{mw}}} national roller hockey team | size = | name = | variant = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football
}} ||align=center | 2–1 ||align=center | 2–2 || UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
Honours
Individual
- Bulgarian B Professional Football Group top scorer: 2004–05 (21 goals)
- I liga top scorer: 2008–09 (26 goals)
- Polish Cup top scorer: 2008–09 (4 goals)[15]
- Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: March 2010[16]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Top Polish League Goalscorers 2009/2010
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ European Qualifiers 2016 - Azerbaijan-Bulgaria
- ↑ Italy debutant Éder thwarts Bulgaria
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Pages with script errors
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Sandanski
- Men's association football forwards
- Bulgarian men's footballers
- Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
- PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players
- Amica Wronki players
- Korona Kielce players
- Lech Poznań players
- Lech Poznań II players
- Odra Wodzisław Śląski players
- Zagłębie Lubin players
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern players
- FSV Frankfurt players
- FC Ingolstadt 04 players
- Karlsruher SC players
- Suwon Samsung Bluewings players
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- PFC Slavia Sofia players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Ekstraklasa players
- I liga players
- II liga players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- K League 1 players
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
- Bulgaria men's international footballers
- 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen