Hendon and Brentford Born in
Sofia,
Bulgaria, Dimitrov began his career in
England in the
youth system at
Isthmian League Premier Division club
Hendon. He was named as Hendon's 2001–02 U13 Player Of The Year. Dimitrov joined the
Centre of Excellence at
Football League club
Brentford in 2004 and was part of the Brentford
youth team which beat
Premier League club
Arsenal (containing first team fringe players
Nicklas Bendtner,
Vito Mannone,
Anthony Stokes and
Alexandre Song) on
penalties in the third round of the 2004–05
FA Youth Cup. Dimitrov signed a two-year scholarship deal in May 2005. Dimitrov was included in Brentford's first team squads during the
2006–07 pre-season and scored in a
friendly versus
non-League club
Harrow Borough. Dimitrov was released at the end of the 2006–07 season. He spent a week training with
A Group club
Levski Sofia and featured in a friendly versus
Lokomotiv Plovdiv in October 2007, but was not offered a contract, despite being recommended to the club by
Radostin Kishishev. Dimitrov re-signed for Hendon in October 2007.
Vihren Sandanski Dimitrov returned to Bulgaria and secured a move to A Group club
Vihren Sandanski prior to the beginning of the
2008–09 season. He made 10 league appearances during an unsuccessful 2008–09 season, which saw the club suffer relegation to the
B Group.
Non-League nomad Dimitrov closed out his career in non-League football between 2010 and 2012, making a handful of appearances each for
Conference South,
Southern League and
Spartan South Midlands League clubs
Maidenhead United,
Aylesbury United (two spells),
Kingstonian,
Walton & Hersham,
Broxbourne Borough V & E,
Berkhamsted (two spells) and
Hanwell Town. == International career ==