| Mihail Aleksandrov | |
| Fullname: | Mihail Ivanov Aleksandrov |
| Birth Date: | 11 June 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Height: | [1] |
| Currentclub: | CSKA Sofia (technical director) |
| Position: | Winger |
| Youthyears1: | 1996–2007 |
| Youthclubs1: | CSKA Sofia |
| Youthyears2: | 2007–2009 |
| Youthclubs2: | Borussia Dortmund |
| Years1: | 2006–2007 |
| Clubs1: | CSKA Sofia |
| Caps1: | 3 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2010 |
| Clubs3: | Akademik Sofia |
| Caps3: | 11 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2010–2016 |
| Caps4: | 106 |
| Goals4: | 17 |
| Years5: | 2015–2016 |
| Caps5: | 6 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Years6: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs6: | Legia Warsaw |
| Caps6: | 18 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2016 |
| Clubs7: | Legia Warsaw II |
| Caps7: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs8: | Arsenal Tula |
| Caps8: | 32 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Years9: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs9: | Arda Kardzhali |
| Caps9: | 10 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2021 |
| Clubs10: | Slavia Sofia |
| Caps10: | 14 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 201 |
| Totalgoals: | 23 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2006 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2008 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2014–2017 |
| Nationalteam3: | Bulgaria |
| Nationalcaps3: | 21 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 3 |
Mihail Ivanov Aleksandrov (Bulgarian: Михаил Иванов Александров; born 11 June 1989) is a Bulgarian former footballer who played as a midfielder.[2] He primarily played as a right winger or a right-sided midfielder.
Aleksandrov began his career at CSKA Sofia. He made his debut for the first team in a 2–1 home win over Belasitsa Petrich on 26 November 2006 at the age of 17.
In August 2007, Aleksandrov was signed by Borussia Dortmund on a three-year contract.[3] After joining Borussia, he played exclusively for the club's reserve team.[4] [5] He made his debut on 7 November 2008 in a 3–1 home victory over Köln II. On 20 March 2010, in a 2–0 away win over Wuppertaler SV Borussia Aleksandrov assisted Marcel Großkreutz for the second goal. He spent most of his time with Borussia II on the bench, making only five appearances.
After his contract expired in late July 2010, Aleksandrov agreed to join Akademik Sofia.[6] He made his debut for Akademik in their match against Sliven 2000 on 21 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for Asparuh Vasilev. He made his first start a week later against Litex Lovech.
On 22 December 2010, Aleksandrov joined Ludogorets Razgrad.[7] On 19 March 2011, he scored a goal in his competitive debut for Ludogorets against Dobrudzha Dobrich.
Aleksandrov began the following 2011–12 season in fine form for Ludogorets. On 20 August he assisted Marcelinho for Ludogorets's third goal in a 4–0 home win over Vidima-Rakovski. Aleksandrov scored his first league goal of the season by netting Ludogorets's third goal in a 6–0 victory over Slavia Sofia on 11 September. On 18 September he scored his second goal of the season, netting the solitary strike in a 1–0 away victory over Cherno More. On 13 October, Aleksandrov signed a new two-year contract with Ludogorets.[8]
On 31 July 2013, Aleksandrov netted the winning goal for Ludogorets in the 2–1 victory over FK Partizan in the first leg of a UEFA Champions League match.[9]
In 2015–16 season Aleksandrov was dropped to the bench, making only four league appearances as a substitute during the first half of the campaign. He scored four goals in six matches for the club's reserve team in the B Group. He scored 4 goals in 6 matches for the team, playing only 3 for the first team.
On 29 February 2016, Aleksandrov signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw.[10] He made his debut for the team on 5 March 2016 in a match against Górnik Zabrze won by Legia.[11]
On 10 February 2017, Legia announced the transfer of Aleksandrov to Russian Premier League club FC Arsenal Tula.[12] On 8 July 2018, he extended his contract for another year with an additional 1-year extension option.[13] In the opening game of the 2018–19 season against FC Dynamo Moscow he suffered an ACL tear, even though he didn't even remember the moment of the injury.[14] He recovered from injury in January 2019 and was cleared for training,[15] however, he re-aggravated the injury and the season opening game remained his only appearance of the 2018–19 season for Arsenal. On 9 August 2019, he left Arsenal as his contract expired.[16]
On 2 September 2019, he signed a one-year contract with Bulgarian club Arda Kardzhali.[17]
In October 2011, Aleksandrov earned his first call-up to the Bulgaria national side for a friendly match against Ukraine and a Euro 2012 qualifier against Wales. He was also selected for a friendly match against Hungary in February 2012, but did not take part in it.[18] Aleksandrov earned his first cap on 5 March 2014, in the 2–1 home win over Belarus in a friendly match.[19]
| Club | Season | League | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| CSKA Sofia | 2006–07 | A Group | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2007–08 | Regionalliga Nordost | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2008–09 | Regionalliga Nordost | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2009–10 | 3. Liga | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Akademik Sofia | 2010–11 | A Group | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 2010–11 | B Group | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 2 | |||
| 2011–12 | A Group | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 31 | 7 | ||||
| 2012–13 | A Group | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | ||
| 2013–14 | A Group | 28 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 7 | ||
| 2014–15 | A Group | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16 | A Group | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 106 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 150 | 22 | |||
| 2015–16 | B Group | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | |||||
| Legia Warsaw | 2015–16 | Ekstraklasa | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Total | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |||
| Legia Warsaw | 2016–17 | III liga, gr. I | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Arsenal Tula | 2016–17 | Russian Premier League | 12 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |||
| Arda Kardzhali | 2019–20 | First League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | First League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Slavia Sofia | 2020–21 | First League | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 206 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 269 | 28 | |||
| Bulgaria national team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 7 | 2 | |
| Total | 18 | 3 | |
As of match played 7 October 2016. Bulgaria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Aleksandrov goal.
| scope=col | No. | scope=col data-sort-type=date | Date | scope=col | Venue | scope=col | Cap | scope=col | Opponent | scope=col | Score | scope=col | Result | scope=col | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 1 | 13 October 2015 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | 12 | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying | ||||||||
| scope=row | 2 | 3 June 2016 | Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan | 15 | 1–6 | 2–7 | 2016 Kirin Cup | ||||||||
| scope=row | 3 | 7 October 2016 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 17 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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