| Birsent Karagaren | |
| Fullname: | Birsent Hamdi Karagaren |
| Birth Date: | 6 December 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Asenovgrad, Bulgaria |
| Height: | 1.79 m[1] |
| Currentclub: | CSKA 1948 |
| Clubnumber: | 11 |
| Youthclubs1: | Asenovets |
| Youthclubs2: | Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
| Youthyears2: | –2011 |
| Years1: | 2011–2012 |
| Caps1: | 26 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Years2: | 2012 |
| Clubs2: | Shumen |
| Caps2: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2013 |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2013–2014 |
| Clubs4: | Vereya |
| Caps4: | 28 |
| Goals4: | 23 |
| Years5: | 2014–2016 |
| Caps5: | 62 |
| Goals5: | 9 |
| Years6: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs6: | Dunav Ruse |
| Caps6: | 48 |
| Goals6: | 11 |
| Years7: | 2018–2023 |
| Caps7: | 139 |
| Goals7: | 23 |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Clubs8: | CSKA 1948 |
| Caps8: | 45 |
| Goals8: | 6 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam1: | Bulgaria |
| Nationalcaps1: | 13 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 20 June 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 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.
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.
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]
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]
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]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup[9] | 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 | ||||
| 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 18 | 5 | |||||
| 2017–18 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 6 | |||
| 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 | |||