player · data as of 2026-08-24 15:11 UTC
Ilia Gruev
Be the first in the standsMidfielderage 266' 1"
Bulgariacurrently Leeds United
Bulgariacurrently Leeds UnitedCareer goals
2
all competitions, from the season archive · club 2 · country 0 — season by season in The Record below
Career appearances
167
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
no goals yet
goals and assists land here the moment they happen
Team trophies
1
team silverware — the cabinet below
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
Ilia Iliev Gruev is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Leeds United and the Bulgaria national team. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
Honours
1 team trophy · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours1 | ||||
| EFL Championship | ×1 | 2024–25 | Leeds United | |
| Individual honours1 | ||||
| Player of the year · 1 | ||||
| Bulgarian Footballer of the Year | 2025 | |||
The Record
season by season · 21 competition-seasons · ESPN archive| Season | Competition | Team | Apps | Goals | Assists | Shots | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | all competitions | all teams | 167 | 2 | 7 | 60 | 24 |
| 2025 | FA Cup | Leeds United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | Friendlies | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | League Cup | Leeds United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | Premier League | Leeds United | 23 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | World Cup qualifiers | Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Championship | Leeds United | 23 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 3 |
| 2024 | FA Cup | Leeds United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Friendlies | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | League Cup | Leeds United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | Nations League | Bulgaria | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)| Years | Team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–2020 | SV Werder Bremen II | 19 | 2 |
| 2019–now | SV Werder Bremen | 13 | — |
The Stands
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