Ilko Pirgov


Ilko Emilov Pirgov is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He is the older brother of CSKA 1948's defender Dimitar Pirgov.

Career

Pirgov is an ex-Pirin Blagoevgrad player, where he played from 2002. He moved to CSKA Sofia in 2005.
As a player of PFC CSKA Sofia he is a Bulgarian Cup winner in 2006. In 2008, he played for six months for Romanian club CS Otopeni. On 10 January 2009 signed for Cherno More Varna.
In 2011–12 season, Pirgov became the first player in Bulgaria, who earned 31 league appearances in 30 rounds. In the first half of the campaign he played in all 15 matches for Cherno More. In December 2011, Pirgov joined Litex Lovech. During a second half of the season he played in all 15 matches of his new club and in the Litex's delayed game of the autumn against Kaliakra Kavarna.
He has developed a reputation as a goalkeeper who is adept in saving penalty kicks, managing the feat on 11 occasions in the A PFG in the period from 2006 to 2020. On 1 July 2020, during the Bulgarian Cup final he came on as a substitute for Martin Lukov just prior to the commencement of the penalty shootout and was able to save Ali Sowe's kick from the spot, making a decisive contribution towards Lokomotiv Plovdiv's victory.

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Club

;CSKA Sofia
;Lokomotiv Plovdiv