Profile Valeri Bojinov

Personal information :

Full name : Valeri Emilov Bozhinov
Date of birth : 15 February 1986
Place of birth : Gorna Oryahovitsa, PR Bulgaria
Height : 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position : Striker
Current club : Parma
Number : 86
Youth career :
1999–2001 Pietà Hotspurs
1999–2001 Lecce
Senior career :
2002–2005 Lecce
2005–2007 Fiorentina
2006–2007 → Juventus (loan)
2007–2010 Manchester City
2009–2010 → Parma (loan)
2010– Parma
National team :
2004– Bulgaria

Club career

Lecce

A assuring youngster, Bozhinov definite within Lecce and persisted his learns there whilst performing for U.S. Lecce youth teams. He debuted within Italian Serie A onto January 22, 2002, at the age of 15 years and 11 months for U.S. Lecce, becoming the youngest foreign musician towards earn an impression within the top grade of Italian football. He scored his former goal within the top separation onto January six, 2004 within a house 1–2 defeat against Bologna, becoming the youngest non-national towards score within Serie A. Bozhinov persisted towards appear below the guidance of instructor Zdeněk Zeman, tallying 11 goals within twenty fits within the former portion of the 2004–05 season, and 16 overall for Lecce.

Fiorentina

Bozhinov was soon chosen up via Fiorentina within January 2005, within a shift quality approximately €13 million (£9 million), he was just 18 years old at the time. During January 2006, Bozhinov was rumoured towards be attending Italian giants Inter Milan onto a six month credit import, with Internazionale goalkeeper Francesco Toldo rumoured towards be going within the opposite direction. However, he remained within Florence and was re-introduced into Fiorentina's squad as soon as a period of exclusion. He constructed up a partnership with Luca Toni during the 2005–06 season, with Toni scoring the most Serie A goals within one season, since.

Juventus

For the 2006-07 season, Fiorentina loaned Bojinov towards Juventus, whom has just been relegated towards Serie B. Even although he made a number of successful fits and scored eight goals The Old Lady did not bid Fiorentina a import for the player.

Manchester City

On three August 2007, it was reported that Bozhinov finalised his move towards Manchester City, signing a four-year contract within an undisclosed fee import, idea towards be £5.75m . Bozhinov was ruled out for five months as soon as distress a knee ligament sting against Manchester United within August 2007. He replaced towards full coaching onto 22 January 2008, scoring five goals within a bounce game. On the 11 February 2008, Bozhinov performed within a Manchester City reserve toy, whereas he arrived onto as a subtitute and scored a header from a cross via Emile Mpenza. Manchester City executive Sven-Göran Eriksson told Bozhinov that he would not be ready towards play within the toy against Everton onto the 25 February 2008. He did not manage towards earn a come-back towards the former team squad within the 2007/08 season, but he did earn a number of impressions for the Reserve squad and was covered within City's travel of Asia. He scored his former goal for the club again a year as soon as attending within a pre-season friendly against Stockport County. He also scored the successful goal within a friendly against AC Milan onto 9 August 2008. On the 17 August 2008, Bozhinov was ruled out for six months as soon as distress an Achilles sting as he was operating onto towards the pitch towards warm up against Aston Villa. He has been named 'unlucky' as this is his second long term sting . By mid-January 2009 the club informed that Bozhinov was nearing full training . In mid-February 2009, Manchester City executive Mark Hughes declared that Bozhinov was going towards play a tradition match "Behind finished doors" as he was nearing his replace towards former team football. Bozhinov performed 65 minutes for the reserves onto 17 February 2009. He even scored a disadvantage against rivals Manchester United within a reserve toy whilst regaining match fitness.

Bozhinov made his long-awaited replace towards Premier League football via arriving onto as an 89th minute spare against West Ham onto 1 March 2009. Bozhinov otherwise appeared again as a late spare for Manchester City via arriving onto as an 83rd minute spare within site of Elano against Aston Villa. Valeri made his former activate since 2007 within the 1–0 house victory again Sunderland FC onto March 22, 2009, but was substituted within the 65th minute which observed the replace of stung Craig Bellamy. He finally scored his former league goal within the 2–1 loss against Tottenham onto 16 May 2009, four minutes as soon as arriving onto as a spare for compatriot Martin Petrov within the 61st minute.

Parma

It was informed onto July 29, 2009 that Bozhinov would be attending Italian side Parma, onto a season long loan. This was within portion due towards the allowance of competition for a dramatic role at Eastlands this season. He decided towards wear number 86. On September 23, 2009 he scored his former official goal for Parma against Lazio. He also won a disadvantage for his team. The match ended within a 1–2 away victory for Parma. On July 4, 2010 it was proved that Parma possess finalised the permanent signing of Bozhinov, whom is suspected towards possess signed a 5 year import, hammering off late competition from Sevilla, Valencia, Genoa and Zenit.

International career

Bozhinov made his debut for the national side during Euro 2004 – onto 22 June 2004, he arrived onto as a spare within the 1:2 loss against Italy. He incurred his second hat onto 19 August 2004 within the 1:1 away draw against Ireland within a friendly match, during which he also scored his former international goal.