Mario Kirev

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Mario Kirev
Personal information
Date of birth	15 August 1989 (1989-08-15) (age 19)
Place of birth	Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Grasshopper
Youth career
	FC Germanea Slavia
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007–2009 2009– 2009–	Slavia Juventus → Grasshopper (loan)	10 (0) 00 (0) 00 (0)
National team2
2008-	Bulgaria U21	04 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 30, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of December 30, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Mario Kirev (Bulgarian: Марио Кирев) (born 15 August 1989 in Dupnitsa) is a Bulgarian football goalkeeper who plays for Swiss club Grasshopper-Club Zürich on loan from Juventus. Kirev is a part of Bulgaria national under-21 football team.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Youth career 1.2 Slavia Sofia 1.3 Juventus FC 1.4 International career 2 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Youth career

Kirev started playing football in the little amateur club FC Germanea from Sapareva Banya. His first coach was Georgi Stanchev. At the age of fourteen he started training in the junior team of Slavia Sofia.

[edit] Slavia Sofia

In August 2007 Kirev signed his first professional contract with Slavia. He made his competitive debut for the club on 25 April 2008 against Spartak Varna in the twenty five round of the Bulgarian top division. In next season (2008–09) Kirev was the first choice for goalkeeper of the coach Stevica Kuzmanovski. He earned 7 appearances playing in the A PFG.

[edit] Juventus FC

From August 2008 Mario is a part of Bulgaria national under-21 football team. Because of his good displays in a match against Romania U 21 on 19th November, he caught the eye of Juventus F.C. scouts. In December 2008 he was invited by Juventus F.C. to join trial period, which began on 12 Dec. At 22 January 2009, Mario officially signed with Juventus a four-and-a-half years contract for a € 800,000. In the next days Kirev was loaned for six months in the Swiss team Grasshopper-Club Zürich.

[edit] International career

From August 2008 Mario is a part of Bulgaria national under-21 football team.

[edit] External links

• Profile at BulgarianPlayers.com
• 2007-08 Statistics at PFL.bg
• Transfermarkt profile

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