Lachezar Baltanov dominated the 2023/24 First League campaign with a defensive output well above the midfield baseline, recording three tackles and four interceptions in just five appearances that totaled 255 minutes. His work off the ball was evident as he averaged 1.06 tackles per 90 minutes, more than triple the league average of 0.29 for midfielders. While his offensive numbers - two shots, one on target, and a single key pass - fell below the positional norms, Baltanov’s contribution to the team's defensive solidity was clear. He maintained an average match rating of 6.6, reflecting consistent performance across the short season. In the 2023/24 season, Baltanov’s defensive volume and effort off the ball set him apart from his peers.
Lachezar Baltanov has played 255 minutes across 5 appearances in First League, at 0.00 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.19, converting 0% of 2 shots and averaging 6.60 a match.
| Player | Pos | Apps | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Goals /shot | Key passes | Pass acc | Dribbles | Drib % | Tackles | Interc. | Blocks | Duels won % | Fouls | Fouled | Yel | Red | Saves | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umeh Emmanuel | M | 12 | 780 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 24% | 7 | 75% | 29 | 62% | 0 | 7 | 1 | 33% | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.02 | 4.3 |
| Georgi Nikolov | F | 5 | 302 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 67% | 0 | 82% | 4 | 80% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26% | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.16 | – |
| Yanis Karabelyov | M | 13 | 1027 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 75% | 9 | 84% | 8 | 62% | 1 | 14 | 1 | 35% | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.76 | 3.7 |
| Konstantinos Balogiannis | D | 13 | 1108 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 25% | 26 | 80% | 22 | 67% | 8 | 11 | 3 | 35% | 21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 | 8.4 |
| Antoine Baroan | F | 5 | 435 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 14% | 3 | 73% | 6 | 67% | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25% | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.24 | – |
| Antonio Perera Calderón | M | 12 | 1058 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 33% | 5 | 89% | 5 | 62% | 3 | 16 | 2 | 41% | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.81 | 6.4 |
| Martin Sekulić | F | 12 | 480 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 6% | 1 | 82% | 6 | 43% | 1 | 7 | 1 | 31% | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.73 | 6.7 |
| Faustas Steponavičius | M | 9 | 269 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20% | 0 | 70% | 6 | 67% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34% | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.71 | 3.4 |
| Dylan Mertens | M | 6 | 255 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8% | 2 | 79% | 8 | 67% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44% | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.70 | 5.8 |
| James Eto'o | D | 12 | 1013 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0% | 8 | 80% | 17 | 55% | 0 | 27 | 1 | 33% | 21 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.82 | 2.2 |
| Atanas Chernev | D | 11 | 850 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 88% | 1 | 33% | 4 | 20 | 3 | 44% | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.80 | 2.6 |
| Samuel Akere | M | 12 | 828 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0% | 6 | 77% | 24 | 57% | 0 | 7 | 1 | 37% | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.73 | 3.4 |
| Ivelin Popov | M | 10 | 815 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0% | 14 | 83% | 31 | 76% | 2 | 3 | 1 | 52% | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.46 | 3.0 |
| Joonas Tamm | D | 10 | 731 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 90% | 3 | 100% | 5 | 10 | 1 | 48% | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.82 | 6.6 |
| Hidajet Hankić | G | 7 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 87% | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | 0 | 50% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.40 | 7.1 |
| Antoine Conte | D | 7 | 608 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 92% | 0 | – | 1 | 18 | 5 | 40% | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.99 | 3.7 |
| Nikolay Minkov | D | 9 | 583 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0% | 4 | 83% | 12 | 86% | 9 | 16 | 2 | 32% | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.86 | 9.0 |
| Ehije Ukaki | D | 9 | 470 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0% | 3 | 77% | 11 | 73% | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33% | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 1.8 |
| Ivaylo Videv | D | 6 | 464 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 89% | 0 | – | 3 | 14 | 6 | 24% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 5.8 |
| Matvei Igonen | G | 5 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 91% | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.60 | – |
| Dimitar Papazov | D | 7 | 398 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 72% | 8 | 73% | 1 | 14 | 1 | 28% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.46 | 4.8 |
| Lachezar Baltanov | M | 5 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 91% | 0 | – | 3 | 4 | 0 | 27% | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | – |
| Mohamed Amin Brahimi | F | 6 | 245 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0% | 3 | 63% | 16 | 70% | 4 | 1 | 0 | 53% | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.95 | 4.4 |
| Christian Nwachukwu | M | 3 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0% | 4 | 73% | 14 | 78% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48% | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.27 | – |
| Daniel Kajzer | G | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 80% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.30 | – |
| Tochukwu Nadi | M | 4 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 84% | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | – |
| Reda Rabeï | M | 2 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 78% | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.95 | – |
| Emmanuel John | D | 2 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 93% | 1 | 100% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 57% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | – |
| Miroslav Petkov Georgiev | D | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 76% | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | – |
| Stefan Smarkalev | G | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 88% | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.60 | – |
| Biser Bonev | M | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 80% | 2 | 100% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | – |
| Kostadin Tatarov | D | 1 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 83% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 5 | 0 | 20% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | – |
| Krasian Kolev | M | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 89% | 3 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | – |
| Nehemie Kintuntu | F | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 43% | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | – |
| Emil Stoykov Naydenov | F | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 100% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | – |
| Veliyan Vidolov | M | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 100% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 | – |
| Peter Ivanov | D | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 50% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 | – |
| Gabriel Zlatanov | D | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 100% | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | – |
| Yordan Aivazov | M | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 83% | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | – |
| Roy Herman | D | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 50% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Season | Club | Comp | Apps | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Goals /shot | Key passes | Pass acc | Dribbles | Tackles | Interc. | Duels won % | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | Botev Plovdiv | First League | 5 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 91% | 0 | 3 | 4 | 27% | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6.60 |
| Date | Opponent | Res | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Key passes | Tackles | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May | v Arda Kardzhali | L | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.20 | – |
| 20 May | a Slavia Sofia | L | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.50 | – |
| 04 Apr | a Beroe | W | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.90 | – |
| 17 Mar | a CSKA Sofia | L | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | – |
| 08 Oct | a CSKA 1948 | L | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 | – |