Aleksandar Lyubenov (Bulgarian: Александър Любенов; born 11 February 1995) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Lokomotiv Sofia.

Aleksandar Lyubenov
Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Kirilov Lyubenov
Date of birth (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Bankya, Bulgaria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Lokomotiv Sofia
Number 24
Youth career
Levski Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Levski Sofia 2 (0)
2015Septemvri Simitli (loan) 10 (0)
2016–2017 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 (0)
2016–2017Lokomotiv Sofia (loan) 26 (0)
2017–2019 Levski Sofia 2 (0)
2018Botev Vratsa (loan) 5 (0)
2018–2019Lokomotiv Sofia (loan) 29 (0)
2019–2021 Hebar 39 (0)
2021– Lokomotiv Sofia 84 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Bulgaria U19 9 (0)
2015–2016 Bulgaria U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:02, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

At international level, Lyubenov captained the U-19 Bulgarian national team at the Euro 2014 in Hungary.

Career

edit

Born in Bankya, part of Greater Sofia, Lyubenov began playing football for local side Levski Sofia. He grew through all youth garnitures in the club.

Lyubenov made his first team debut in a 2–1 league home win against Botev Plovdiv on 17 August 2014.[2]

After short spells with Septemvri Simitli, Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Lokomotiv Sofia, on 12 June 2017, Lyubenov signed a 3-year contract with his hometown club Levski Sofia.[3]

Career statistics

edit

Club

edit
As of 10 June 2017
Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Club League Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bulgaria League CCB Cup Europe Other[a] Total
Levski Sofia A Group 2014–15 2 0 0 0 2 0
Septemvri Simitli (loan) B Group 2014–15 10 0 0 0 10 0
Levski Sofia A Group 2015–16 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv First League 2016–17 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lokomotiv Sofia (loan) Second League 2016–17 26 0 2 0 28 0
Career statistics 38 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
  1. ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.

References

edit
  1. ^ "Профил на Александър Любенов" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Levski 2–1 Botev Pd". soccerway.com. 17 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Александър Любенов подписа с Левски за три години" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 12 June 2017. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
edit