{{short description|Bulgarian footballer}} {{family name hatnote|Emilov|Pirgov|lang=Bulgarian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dimitar Pirgov | image = Dimitar Pirgov in 2020.jpg | caption = Pirgov in 2020 | full_name = Dimitar Emilov Pirgov | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|10|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria | height = 1.81 m<ref name="7dnifutbol15618r459789094rtt667664r.bg">{{cite news|url=http://7dnifutbol.bg/archives/46534|title=Какъв Мъри, какви 5 лева?! Ето затова Люпко е Майсторът – вижте го как нареди пъзелът "Левски"|publisher=7dnifutbol.bg|author=Petrov, Stefan|date=8 October 2016 |language=bg|accessdate=22 October 2016}}</ref> | position = Defender | currentclub = Dobrudzha | clubnumber = 3 | years1 = 2009–2011 |clubs1 = Chavdar Etropole |caps1 = 52 |goals1 = 5 | years2 = 2012–2013 |clubs2 = Pirin Gotse Delchev |caps2 = 62 |goals2 = 4 | years3 = 2014–2016 |clubs3 = Slavia Sofia |caps3 = 54 |goals3 = 4 | years4 = 2016–2018 |clubs4 = Levski Sofia |caps4 = 37 |goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2018–2020 |clubs5 = Botev Plovdiv |caps5 = 56 |goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2020–2022 |clubs6 = CSKA 1948 |caps6 = 43 |goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2020–2022 |clubs7 = CSKA 1948 II |caps7 = 5 |goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2022–2023 |clubs8 = Beroe |caps8 = 16 |goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2023 |clubs9 = Krumovgrad |caps9 = 15 |goals9 = 1 | years10 = 2023– |clubs10 = Dobrudzha |caps10 = 93 |goals10 = 10 | nationalyears1 = 2016 |nationalteam1 = Bulgaria |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 1 June 2026 }} '''Dimitar Emilov Pirgov''' ({{langx|bg|Димитър Емилов Пиргов}}; born 26 October 1989) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Dobrudzha Dobrich. He is the younger brother of Ilko Pirgov.
==Club career== Pirgov began his football career with Chavdar Etropole. On 12 February 2012, he signed for Pirin Gotse Delchev.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.e-79.com/news-49628.html|publisher=E-79.com|title=Пирин (ГД) взима Димитър Пиргов|accessdate=12 February 2012|language=bg}}</ref> He made his league debut against Slivnishki geroi on 14 March, playing the full 90 minutes. Pirgov finished the season with 10 appearances, as Pirin clinched promotion to the A PFG. He was acquired by Slavia Sofia in late January 2014.<ref name="7sport.9912367">{{cite news|url=http://www.7sport.net/archive7ds/2014/01/27/fb_1footbg/d7052_21.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123908/http://www.7sport.net/archive7ds/2014/01/27/fb_1footbg/d7052_21.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=Славия" прибра защитник от Гоце Делчев|publisher=7sport.net|date=27 January 2014 |language=bg|accessdate=22 September 2015}}</ref> After playing for Levski Sofia for two years, Pirgov signed a contract with Botev Plovdiv on 23 January 2018.<ref name=DimitarPirgov>{{cite web |url=https://botevplovdiv.bg/Botev-privleche-Dimitur-Pirgov-4166.html |title=Ботев привлече Димитър Пиргов|publisher=botevplovdiv.bg|date=23 January 2018 |language=bg}}</ref> Pirgov joined CSKA 1948 in May 2020.<ref name="dimitarpirgov2020">{{cite news|url=https://gong.bg/bg-football/efbet-liga/multimedia/video/cska-1948-izbuhna-s-nov-transfer-vze-bivsh-branitel-na-levski-590494|title=ЦСКА 1948 избухна с нов трансфер - взе бивш бранител на "Левски|publisher=gong.bg|date=25 May 2020 |language=bg|accessdate=9 June 2020}}</ref>
==International career== Pirgov was called up to the senior Bulgaria squad by Ivaylo Petev for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg in September 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bulgaria - Luxembourg|url=http://bfunion.bg/uploads/Blanka_za_internet_EN.compressed.pdf|accessdate=1 September 2016|publisher=bfunion.bg|date=1 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115194156/http://bfunion.bg/uploads/Blanka_za_internet_EN.compressed.pdf|archive-date=15 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Pirgov earned his first cap on 7 October under Petev's successor Petar Houbchev, playing the full 90 minutes in the 1:4 away loss against France in another qualification match for the 2018 World Cup.<ref>{{cite news|title=France vs. Bulgaria 4:1|url=http://www.flashscore.com/match/pMD6Pusd/#lineups;1|accessdate=8 October 2016|publisher=flashscore.com|date=7 October 2016}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club=== {{updated|16 February 2019}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Bulgarian cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total |- !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Chavdar Etropole |2009–10 |11||2||3||0||colspan="2"|–||14||2 |- |2010–11 |28||3||2||1||colspan="2"|–||30||4 |- |2011–12 |13||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||15||0 |- !colspan="1"|Total !52!!5!!7!!1!!0!!0!!59!!6 |- |rowspan="4"|Pirin Gotse Delchev |2011–12 |10||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||10||0 |- |2012–13 |30||2||4||0||colspan="2"|–||34||2 |- |2013–14 |22||2||2||0||colspan="2"|–||24||2 |- !colspan="1"|Total !62!!4!!6!!0!!0!!0!!68!!4 |- |rowspan="4"|Slavia Sofia |2013–14 |4||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||4||1 |- |2014–15 |20||2||1||0||colspan="2"|–||21||2 |- |2015–16 |30||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||30||1 |- !colspan="1"|Total !54!!4!!1!!0!!0!!0!!55!!4 |- |rowspan="3"|Levski Sofia |2016–17 |28||2||1||2||2||0||31||4 |- |2017–18 |9||0||2||0||4||0||15||0 |- !colspan="1"|Total !37!!2!!3!!2!!6!!0!!46!!4 |- |rowspan="3"|Botev Plovdiv |2018–19 |11||0||0||0||0||0||11||0 |- |2018–19 |10||0||2||0||0||0||12||0 |- !colspan="1"|Total !21!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!23!!0 |- !colspan="2"|Career total !226!!15!!19!!3!!6!!0!!251!!18 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|dimitar-pirgov/142271}} * [http://en.levskisofia.info/player/dimitar-pirgov/ Profile at LevskiSofia.info]
{{PFC Dobrudzha Dobrich squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pirgov, Dimitar}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Bulgarian men's footballers Category:Bulgaria men's international footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:FC Chavdar Etropole players Category:FC Pirin Gotse Delchev players Category:PFC Slavia Sofia players Category:PFC Levski Sofia players Category:Botev Plovdiv players Category:FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players Category:PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Category:FC Dobrudzha Dobrich players Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Category:21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen