Lachezar Kotev
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Full name
Lachezar Hristov Kotev
Date of birth
5 January 1998
Place of birth
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lachezar Hristov Kotev | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arda Kardzhali | ||
| Number | 80 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Levski Sofia | |||
| Septemvri Sofia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Septemvri Sofia | 21 | (3) |
| 2016–2020 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 77 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Oborishte (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Arda Kardzhali | 64 | (5) |
| 2023–2024 | Khimki | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Arda Kardzhali (loan) | 36 | (1) |
| 2024– | Arda Kardzhali | 29 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | Bulgaria U21 | 10 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2020 | |||
Lachezar Hristov Kotev (Bulgarian: Лъчезар Христов Котев; born 5 January 1998) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Arda Kardzhali.[2]
On 11 February 2023, Kotev signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Russian Premier League club Khimki.[3]
Khimki were relegated to the Russian First League at the end of the 2022–23 season, and First League has much stricter restrictions than RPL on the number of foreign players allowed on the squad. On 28 June 2023, Kotev returned to Arda Kardzhali on a season-long loan.[4]
On 20 August 2024, Kotev returned to Arda Kardzhali on a permanent basis and signed a three-year contract.[5]
