{{short description|Bulgarian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Tsvetanov|Getov|lang=Bulgarian}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Plamen Getov | image = Plamen Getov in 2023.jpg | image_size = 180 | caption = Getov in 2011 | fullname = Plamen Tsvetanov Getov | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|3|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Sungurlare, Bulgaria | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.76|precision=0}} | position = Attacking midfielder / Striker | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1977–1980 | clubs1 = Spartak Varna | caps1 = 37 | goals1 = 7 | years2 = 1978–1979 | clubs2 = → Vatev Beloslav (loan) | caps2 = 28 | goals2 = 7 | years3 = 1980–1988 | clubs3 = Spartak Pleven | caps3 = 207 | goals3 = 123 | years4 = 1988 | clubs4 = CSKA Sofia | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 8 | years5 = 1989–1991 | clubs5 = Portimonense | caps5 = 71 | goals5 = 34 | years6 = 1991–1992 | clubs6 = Etar Veliko Tarnovo | caps6 = 10 | goals6 = 2 | years7 = 1992–1993 | clubs7 = Levski Sofia | caps7 = 30 | goals7 = 26 | years8 = 1993–1994 | clubs8 = Shumen | caps8 = 27 | goals8 = 18 | years9 = 1994 | clubs9 = Cherno More | caps9 = 3 | goals9 = 3 | years10 = 1994–1995 | clubs10 = Shumen | caps10 = 10 | goals10 = 2 | years11 = 1995–1998 | clubs11 = Spartak Pleven | caps11 = 41 | goals11 = 18 | totalcaps = 475 | totalgoals = 249 | nationalyears1 = 1983–1989 | nationalteam1 = Bulgaria | nationalcaps1 = 25 | nationalgoals1 = 4 }} '''Plamen Tsvetanov Getov''' ({{langx|bg|Пламен Гетов}}; born 4 March 1959) is a Bulgarian retired footballer who played as either an attacking midfielder or a striker.
A skillful free-kick taker, he scored numerous goals from different positions, in a career which spanned almost 20 years. Getov represented Bulgaria at the 1986 World Cup.
==Career== Born in Sungurlare, Getov grew up in Varna.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportal.bg/news.php?news=421868|publisher=sportal.bg|title=Пламен Гетов - българинът, когото сравняваха с Пеле|date=14 April 2013|language=Bulgarian}}</ref> A product of Spartak Varna's youth academy, he progressed to their first-team in the 1977–78 season. He made 37 league appearances with 7 goals in his tenure at the club and had a loan spell at Vatev Beloslav.
In June 1980, Getov joined Spartak Pleven, where he scored 123 goals in 207 matches for eight seasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://topsport.ibox.bg/news/id_996542076|publisher=topsport.bg|title=Пламен Гетов пред Topsport.bg: Петър Жеков е моят учител|date=30 January 2016|language=Bulgarian}}</ref> In 1984–85 season Getov became A Group top scorer with 26 goals.
He was in the team that won the Bulgarian league twice: with CSKA Sofia in 1989 and with Levski Sofia in 1993. Proclaimed the best player of the 1992–93 season, he added the league to the top scorer's crown, scoring 26 goals at 34 years of age – he had already won that award in 1985, with 26 for Pleven.
Getov retired with his first club at 39, amassing totals of 286 games and 165 goals in the country's top division, of which 108 were for Spartak Pleven.
==International career== For the Bulgaria national team Getov gained 25 caps and netted four times, playing all four matches at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico and scoring against South Korea in a 1–1 group stage draw.<ref>{{FIFA player|49898}}</ref>
===International goals=== {|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:95%" |- !#!!Date!!Venue!!Opponent!!Score!!Result!!Competition |- |align=center|1|| 7 March 1983 || Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Varna, Bulgaria || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Switzerland || '''1'''–1 || 1–1 || Friendly |- |align=center|2|| 1 June 1985 || Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria || {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia || '''1'''–0 || 2–1 || 1986 World Cup qualifying |- |align=center|3|| 1 June 1985 || Vasil Levski, Sofia, Bulgaria|| {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia || '''2'''–1 || 2–1 || 1986 World Cup qualifying |- |align=center|4|| 5 June 1986 || Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City, Mexico || {{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea || '''1'''–0 || 1–1 || 1986 World Cup |}
==Honours== ===Club=== ;CSKA Sofia * A Group: 1988–89 * Bulgarian Cup: 1988-89 ;Levski Sofia * A Group: 1992–93
===Individual=== * A Group Top Scorer (2): 1984–85 (26 goals); 1992–93 (26 goals)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{ForaDeJogo}} *{{NFT player|26973}} *[http://en.levskisofia.info/player/plamen-getov/ Levski official profile]
{{Bulgaria Squad 1986 World Cup}} {{Bulgarian A Professional Football Group top scorers}}
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