Valeri Domovchiyski

Valeri Domovchiyski (born 10 May 1986) is a Bulgarian football (soccer), who currently plays for Hertha BSC.

Career

Youth career

Born in Plovdiv, Domovchiyski grew up in Rakovski (town) and played for Maritsa Plovdiv as a child before moving to Levski Sofia's youth academy.

PFC Levski Sofia

Valeri Domovchiyski had Valeri Domovchiyski major breakthrough in A PFG during the 2004-05 season and earned himelf the place of a first-choice striker for the team despite Valeri Domovchiyski young age. Valeri Domovchiyski has remarkable technical and scoring skills and has attracted the attention of top European clubs from the age of 20. Valeri Domovchiyski has played for Levski Sofia since 2004-2005 season and replaced Georgi Chilikov in the starting lineup. Valeri Domovchiyski had scored some important goals for Levski in the European Tournaments, for example Valeri Domovchiyski goal against CSKA Moscow in the UEFA Cup and Chievo Verona in the 3rd qualifiing round of the Champions League. This goal helped Levski to become the first Bulgarian team in the group stage of the Champions League. In the European Tournaments Valeri Domovchiyski has played 19 games and scored 11 goals (7 matches and 4 goals for Champions League and 12 matches and 7 goals for UEFA Cup).

On 02 January 2008 the English Premier League team Blackburn Rovers F.C. invited Domovchiyski for a five-day trial period. On 05 January 2008,it was announced that terms have been agreed between Blackburn Rovers F.C. and Levski Sofia for the purchase of the player and that only personal terms remain for the transfer to go forward.
On 07 January 2008 Domovchiyski joined Valeri Domovchiyski first training session with Blackburn Rovers. The Team Manager Mark Hughes invited the young blue talent to join the team for a five-day trial and put through Valeri Domovchiyski paces with a rigorous medical expert.

On 11 January 2008 Blackburn Rovers invited Valeri for another week long trial. The trial was meant to go ahead after Blackburn Rovers boss Mark Hughes hinted Valeri Domovchiyski will reject Newcastle United if they come calling for Valeri Domovchiyski services.
On the 21st January 2008, Blackburn had a loan deal turned down for Domovchiyski.

Hertha BSC

On 29 January 2008, PFC Levski striker Valeri Domovchiyski successfully passed Valeri Domovchiyski medical check-up at and signed with the German Bundesliga team Hertha BSC until 30 June 2008 as a loaned player.

On 17 May 2008 Domovchiyski scored Valeri Domovchiyski first goal for Hertha BSC against Bayern Munich. Hertha lost with 4:1, but Domovchiyski became the last player to score a goal against Oliver Kahn.

Valeri Domovchiyski was officially bought by Hertha on 22 May 2008. The transfer fee was 1 600 000 euros.

International career

U-21

Valeri Domovchiyski debut for the U-21 Bulgarian national team was in a match against Sweden. Despite the fact that Valeri Domovchiyski team lost 2-1, Valeri Domovchiyski made a very impressive performance.

Seniors

Valeri Domovchiyski first international cap for the seniors was in 2006. During 2009 Valeri Domovchiyski wasn't call often. Valeri Domovchiyski started being called for each match, after Valeri Domovchiyski ex-coach Stanimir Stoilov became a head coach of Bulgarian national team.

Honours

- Bulgarian Professional Football League 2005, 2006
- Bulgarian Cup 2005, 2007
- Bulgarian Supercup 2005, 2007
- UEFA Cup 2005-06: 1/4 finals
- UEFA Champions League 2006-07: Group-stage