Dimitar Berbatov is a striker who plays for English side Manchester United. He has been capped 77 times for Bulgaria and is their all-time top scorer with 48 goals. Berbatov signed for CSKA Sofia at the age of 17 and they won the Bulgarian Cup in his first season there. That season he was also kidnapped by Bulgarian gangsters who wanted to make him play for a different team. It was solved after an intervention by Berbatov’s father, Ivan, a former professional footballer. Two years later, in 2001, Berbatov left for Germany. He played five seasons for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen where he experienced to be runners-up in the Bundesliga, the German Cup and in the UEFA Champions League. Berbatov got plenty of international exposure at Leverkusen and as a constant top scorer for the Bulgarian national team.
In May 2006 Berbatov was signed by English club Tottenham for a fee of €16 million. He became an instant hit with Spurs and was voted their player of the season. In his second season with Spurs they won the League Cup after beating Chelsea in the final. Berbatov scored the equalising goal in a 2-1 win.
At the beginning of the 2008-09 season Berbatov was signed by Manchester United for a fee of £30.75 million, which made him the most expensive player Tottenham have sold. He has been under some criticisim for not performing to his price tag for Manchester United. However he finishned the 2009-10 in convincing manners and had a good start to the 2010-11 season. He was September’s Player of the Month in the Premier League.