Official Website - www.berbatov.bg
Official Fan Page on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dimitar-Berbatov/7232253525
Dimitar Berbatov, a Bulgarian footballer, was born on January 30, 1981 in Blagoevgrad. Born into a family of sports, Ivan, his father, is a former professional footballer with the Pirin Blagoevgrad, and his mother, Margarita, is a former professional handball player. He supported A.C Milan as a youngster and has been greatly inspired by Marco van Basten, a former Milan footballer, and Alan Shearer, a former Newcastle player.
Dimitar Berbatov started his international football career in 1999 with the Bulgarian national team. He has earned 63 caps for the team with 41 goals and as of 2008 is the captain of the national team. Starting his football career by joining the youth club of Pirin Blagoevgrad, Dimitar Berbatov was only 18 years, when he moved to the senior side of the Central Sport Club of the Army (CSKA) Sofia and made his debut in the 1998-99 season. In the consecutive year, Dimitar Berbatov scored 14 goals in 27 league games, helping the club to win the 1999 Bulgarian Cup.
Owing to his impressive 9 goals in 11 games for the CSKA Sofia in the 2000-01 season, Bayer Leverkusen signed Dimitar Berbatov in January 2001. He was a part of the team that finished as runners-up in the Bundesliga, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League and the DFB-Pokal during the 2001-02 season. During 2002-03, he established himself as the first-choice forward, and in the 2003-04 season, he performed remarkably by scoring 16 goals in 24 starts. In the following two seasons, Dimitar Berbatov netted 46 goals including 5 in the 2004-05 UEFA Champions League.
In May 2006, Dimitar Berbatov signed with Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of €16 million, making him the most expensive Bulgarian player in history. He scored a brace in 2 minutes in his debut match for Tottenham, which was a pre-season friendly against Birmingham City. After his first competitive goal for Tottenham in the Premiership match against Sheffield United F.C., he established himself as the first-choice forward at the club. In the group stage of the UEFA Cup, Dimitar Berbatov scored five goals in four matches and went on to bag the Man of the Match award twice, once against Besiktas and the other against Club Brugge.
Dimitar Berbatov came up with another remarkable performance against Wigan Athletic by scoring a goal and setting up the other two in a 3-1 win. His first Premiership brace for the Spurs came on December 9, 2006 in a 5-1 victory against Charlton Athletic, following which he came on as a substitute in the second half of the match against Fulham at the Football Association (FA) Cup and netted his first two goals at the competition. Dimitar Berbatov was also named the Man of the Match in a 4-1 win against the Bolton Wanderers and became joint winner of the FA Premier League Player of the Month award for April along with Robbie Keane, a Spurs team-mate.
Dimitar Berbatov scored his first away goal at the Premier League in a 2-1 win against Everton, and on May 7, 2007 he scored Tottenham’s 100th goal of the 2006-07 season, which was the first goal of the match, a 2-0 win over Charlton Athletic. He finished that season with 12 Premiership goals and became one of the players to have two goals included in the BBC's goal of the month competition shortlist. For his impressive performances, Dimitar Berbatov won the Tottenham Hotspur Fans' Player of the Year (2006-07) and the Bulgarian footballer of the Year in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2007.
On April 21, 2007, Dimitar Berbatov was named in the FA Premier League's PFA Team of the Season, becoming the only player of the three players in the list to have not played for Manchester United. He was also instrumental in helping the Spurs lift the Football League Cup during 2007-08. On September1, 2008, Dimitar Berbatov moved to Manchester United for a fee of around £30.75 million, and made his debut against Liverpool.
(скрий)Official Website - www.berbatov.bg
Official Fan Page on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dimitar-Berbatov/7232253525
Dimitar Berbatov, a Bulgarian footballer, was born on January 30, 1981 in Blagoevgrad. Born into a family of sports, Ivan, his father, is a former professional footballer with the Pirin Blagoevgrad, and his mother, Margarita, is a former professional handball player. He supported A.C Milan as a youngster and has been greatly inspired by Marco van Basten, a former Milan...
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