Birsent Karagaren
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Birsent Hamdi Karagaren | ||
| Date of birth | 6 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Asenovgrad, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CSKA 1948 | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Asenovets | |||
| –2011 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Asenovets | 26 | (5) |
| 2012 | Shumen | 12 | (0) |
| 2013 | Etar 1924 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Vereya | 28 | (23) |
| 2014–2016 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 62 | (9) |
| 2017–2018 | Dunav Ruse | 48 | (11) |
| 2018–2023 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 139 | (23) |
| 2023– | CSKA 1948 | 45 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Bulgaria | 13 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:15, 15 November 2021 (UTC) | |||
Birsent Hamdi Karagaren (Bulgarian: Бирсент Хамди Карагарен; born 6 December 1992) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a winger for CSKA 1948 and the Bulgaria national team. He made his debut for his country in October 2019.
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Born in Asenovgrad, Karagaren played as a youth for local club Asenovets and Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He also spent time in Shumen, Etar 1924 and Vereya, before joined Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2014.
Dunav Ruse
[edit]On 19 January 2017 Karagaren signed for Dunav Ruse from Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[2] He made his debut for the team on 17 February 2017 in a 0:4 loss to Beroe.[3] In the next match for the league on 24 February, he scored both goals for the 2:0 win against Botev Plovdiv, becoming a man of the match.[4] He scored again in the match against Levski Sofia on 28 February 2017.[5]
CSKA 1948
[edit]On 25 July 2024, he scored the only goal in the 1:0 victory at home against Montenegrin team Budućnost Podgorica in a UEFA Conference League qualifying match, securing CSKA 1948's first ever win in a European club tournament.[6]
International career
[edit]Karagaren received his first call-up for senior Bulgarian squad in October 2019 for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Montenegro and England on 11 and 14 October.[7] He made his debut on 11 October 2019 in a game against Montenegro. He substituted Wanderson in the 77th minute.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 23 October 2021[9]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Asenovets | 2011–12 | Third League | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 5 | |
| Shumen 2010 | 2012–13 | Second League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |
| Etar 1924 | 2012–13 | First League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| Vereya | 2013–14 | Third League | 28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 23 | |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2014–15 | First League | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | 35 | 6 | |
| 2015–16 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2016–17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | |||
| Dunav Ruse | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 18 | 5 | |||
| 2017–18 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 6 | ||
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2018–19 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 35 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 9 | ||
| 2020–21 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 5 | ||
| 2021–22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 283 | 62 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 317 | 68 | ||
- ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Lokomotiv Plovdiv
References
[edit]- ^ "Профил на Бирсент Хамди Карагерен" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Дунав привлече Карагарен, сделката за Огнянов също пред финализиране" (in Bulgarian). fcdunav.eu. 19 January 2017.
- ^ Летящ старт за Берое, заралии с тежък погром над Дунав
- ^ Дунав нанесе звучен шамар по амбициите на Ботев (Пд) за място в Топ 6, Карагерен над всички
- ^ Трагичното представяне на Левски продължава
- ^ Belovski, Dimitar (25 July 2024). "ФК ЦСКА 1948 - Будучност 1:0 в квалификационен мач от Лигата на конференциите" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ Карагарен: Ще дам всичко от себе си за България
- ^ "Montenegro v Bulgaria game report". ESPN. 11 October 2019.
- ^ Birsent Karagaren at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
External links
[edit]- Birsent Karagaren at Soccerway
- Profile at LPortala at the Wayback Machine (archived December 13, 2014)
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Bulgarian men's footballers
- Bulgaria men's international footballers
- FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo players
- FC Vereya players
- PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players
- FC Dunav Ruse players
- FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Bulgarian people of Turkish descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- People from Asenovgrad
- Sportspeople from Plovdiv Province
- 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen
- Bulgarian football midfielder stubs