Georgi Petkov

Football player infobox
playername = Georgi Petkov
nickname = Zhoro the goalkeeper (Жоро Вратаря)


dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1976|4|14|df=y
cityofbirth = Pazardzhik
countryofbirth = Bulgaria
height = 1.86m
currentclub = Levski Sofia
clubnumber = 1
position = goalkeeper
youthyears = 1988-1994
youthclubs = PFC Hebar
years = 1994-1996 1996-2001 2001-
clubs = PFC Hebar PFC Slavia Sofia PFC Levski Sofia
caps(goals) = 53 (0) 212 (0)
nationalyears = 2005-
nationalteam = Bulgaria
nationalcaps(goals) = 11 (0)
pcupdate =
ntupdate = 28 August 2008

Georgi Petkov ( _bg. Георги Петков) (born April 14, 1976 in Pazardzhik) is a Bulgarian football player.

He currently plays for PFC Levski Sofia as a goalkeeper. He started playing with PFC Hebar Pazardzhik (Хебър Пазарджик). He came to Levski from PFC Slavia Sofia in 2002. He was a substitute of Dimitar Ivankov until this season. He played on the Bulgarian national team in 2005 as a back up to Ivankov.

After Ivankov left Levski Petkov showed his real potential and became an important part of the team. With Georgi as a key player, his team was the first Bulgarian team to join the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. He was one of the few players that had their positions secure during the 07-08 transfer season, when a big part of the Levski players were sold.

On 25 April 2008 a media information showed that Petkov is wanted by Besiktas J.K. during the summer transfer season.

Awards

*Champion of Bulgaria 2002, 2006, 2007
*Holder of Bulgarian Cup 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
*Bulgarian Supercup 2005, 2007
*Bulgarian Goalkeeper of the year 2002, 2007

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/levski2000/petkovgeorgi.html Official player website from LEVSKI2000]
* [http://levski.bg/Levski/info/statistic/showPlayer.do?playerId=559 Official Levski Sofia website Profile]