| Daniel Genov | |
| Fullname: | Daniel Nedyalkov Genov |
| Birth Date: | 19 May 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Currentclub: | Botev Vratsa |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Position: | Winger |
| Youthclubs3: | Slavia Sofia |
| Years1: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs1: | Kom-Minyor |
| Caps1: | 35 |
| Goals1: | 14 |
| Years2: | 2010–2013 |
| Clubs2: | Inter Baku |
| Caps2: | 28 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs3: | → Simurq (loan) |
| Caps3: | 25 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2014–2015 |
| Caps4: | 40 |
| Goals4: | 8 |
| Years5: | 2015 |
| Clubs5: | Botev Plovdiv |
| Caps5: | 19 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2016 |
| Caps6: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 2 |
| Years7: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs7: | Montana |
| Caps7: | 26 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2017–2018 |
| Caps8: | 20 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Years9: | 2018–2021 |
| Clubs9: | Botev Vratsa |
| Caps9: | 79 |
| Goals9: | 15 |
| Years10: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs10: | Beroe |
| Caps10: | 26 |
| Goals10: | 1 |
| Years11: | 2022– |
| Clubs11: | Botev Vratsa |
| Caps11: | 67 |
| Goals11: | 7 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2009–2010 |
| Nationalteam1: | Bulgaria U21 |
| Pcupdate: | 20 June 2024 |
Daniel Nedyalkov Genov (Bulgarian: Даниел Недялков Генов; born 12 May 1989) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who currently plays as a winger for Botev Vratsa.
Genov played youth football with CSKA Sofia, Septemvri Sofia and Slavia Sofia.
In January 2009, Genov joined Kom-Minyor. He made his debut on 14 March in a match against Rilski Sportist as a 48th-minute substitute.
In July 2010, Genov signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Azerbaijani side Inter Baku.[1] He made his debut in a 2–0 home loss against Neftchi on 28 August. In his first season, Genov earned only 7 appearances in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
In June 2011, Simurq signed Genov on a season-long loan deal. On 25 March 2012, he opened the scoring in a 2–1 away win over Sumgayit.
Genov was released by Inter in December 2013.
On 31 January 2014, Genov signed one-and-a-half-year contract with Lokomotiv Sofia.[2] On 22 February, he made his debut, replacing Petar Dimitrov for the last 35 minutes of a 5–0 home win over Neftochimic Burgas. Genov scored his first Lokomotiv goal on 13 April in a 2–0 away win to Lyubimets 2007.
On 7 January 2015, Genov signed a one-year contract extension, keeping him at Lokomotiv until 30 June 2016.[3]
Lokomotiv Sofia finished season 2014–15 on 3rd place but was related to amateur football league due to financial difficulties.[4] The contract of Daniel Genov, who scored 8 goals in 31 games in A Grupa that season, as well as the contracts of all other players were terminated.[5]
On 29 June Daniel Genov and Valentin Galev, his ex-teammate from Lokomotiv Sofia, joined Botev Plovdiv on free transfer.[6]
On 18 July Genov made an exciting official debut for Botev Plovdiv in the match against Levski Sofia when he came on as a substitute and scored the equalizer in a 1–1 draw.[7]
On 23 September Daniel Genov scored during the 0–4 away win over FC Septemvri Simitli in a game for the Bulgarian Cup.[8]
At the end of 2015 Nikolay Kostov, the new manager of Botev Plovdiv, decided to release Daniel Genov on a free transfer. On 14 January 2016 the contract of Genov was terminated on a mutual agreement. Genov played in 22 games for Botev Plovdiv and scored 2 goals.[9]
On 14 January 2016 Daniel terminated his contract with Botev Plovdiv by mutual agreement and signed with Pirin Blagoevgrad.[10]
In June 2022 Genov joined Botev Vratsa for a second spell with the club.[11]
| Season | ! rowspan=2 | Club | ! rowspan=2 | League | ! colspan=2 | League | ! colspan=2 | Cup | ! colspan=2 | Continental | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||||||
| 2008–09 | Kom-Minyor | B Group | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 3 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 11 | ||||||
| 2010–11 | Inter Baku | Premier League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12 | Simurq (loan) | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 26 | 1 | |||||
| 2012–13 | Inter Baku | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 2013–14 | Lokomotiv Sofia | A Group | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | 18 | 4 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 3 | – | 31 | 8 | ||||||
| 2015–16 | Botev Plovdiv | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 21 | 2 | |||||
| 2015–16 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 2 | |||||
| Career Total | 160 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 182 | 33 | |||||