Ilker Budinov
Bulgarian footballer
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Ilker Budinov (Bulgarian: Илкер Будинов; born 11 August 2000) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a left back or left midfielder for Spartak Varna.[2]
Full name
Ilker Ilkov Budinov
Date of birth
11 August 2000
Place of birth
Targovishte, Bulgaria
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ilker Ilkov Budinov | ||
| Date of birth | 11 August 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Targovishte, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Spartak Varna | ||
| Number | 50 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ludogorets Razgrad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Ludogorets Razgrad II | 100 | (14) |
| 2019–2024 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Spartak Varna (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Pirin Blagoevgrad (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Etar Veliko Tarnovo (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Botev Vratsa (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Arda Kardzhali (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2025 | Hebar Pazardzhik | 6 | (0) |
| 2025– | Spartak Varna | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 July 2025 | |||
Career
Budinov made his professional debut for the first team on 25 September 2019 in a cup match against Neftochimic Burgas.[3] He completed his league debut for the club on 12 July in a match against Slavia Sofia.[4]
On 6 June 2022 Budinov was sent on loan to the newly promoted First League team Spartak Varna until the end of the season.[5] In June 2023, he joined Etar Veliko Tarnovo, once again on loan from Ludogorets.[6] In January 2024, he was loaned out to Botev Vratsa, from Ludogorets.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 6 May 2022[2]
| 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 | ||||||||
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | Second League | 2018–19 | 20 | 1 | – | – | – | 20 | 1 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 21 | 3 | – | – | – | 21 | 3 | ||||||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 4 | – | – | – | 26 | 4 | ||||||
| 2021–22 | 34 | 6 | – | – | – | 34 | 6 | ||||||
| Total | 100 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 14 | |||
| Ludogorets Razgrad | First League | 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 102 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 14 | |||
- Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
