Ilia Gruev

Leeds United

Born on : May 06, 2000 (24 years) at Sofia

Nationality : Bulgaria Germany

Height : 1m85

Best foot : Right foot

Number of international caps : 18

First cap : vs Gibraltar 23/09/2022

2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020

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Main position
Defensive Midfielder	91%

Gruev's career statisticsLast updated on 22/03/2025 at 13:53

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

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Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

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Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

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goals

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goals

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2024/2025

Leeds United

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Leeds United	Sky Bet Championship	8	4	5	624	44	100%		50%	2	50%	38%	13%
Leeds United	Carabao Cup	1	1		27	44	0%	1	100%		0%	0%	100%
Bulgaria	Nations League C	2		2	180	4	100%		33%		50%	50%	0%

2023/2024

Leeds United

562

3003

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Bulgaria	Friendlies	2				3		175	4	100%		100%	1	0%	0%	100%
Bulgaria	Euro Qualifying	4				8		360	4	100%		100%	1	0%	50%	50%
Bulgaria	FIFA Series	2					1	135	4	100%		100%		50%	50%	0%
Leeds United	Sky Bet Championship	29		1		17	15	1771	44	69%	19	69%	7	69%	7%	24%
Leeds United	Emirates FA Cup	3				2	1	300	44	100%		75%		67%	33%	0%
Leeds United	Championship Play-Off	3	1		262	1	2	262	44	100%		100%	1	33%	33%	33%

2023/2024

Werder Bremen

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Werder	Bundesliga	1					1		4	28	0%	2	50%			0%	0%	100%

2022/2023

Werder Bremen

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Werder	Bundesliga	31	37	4	1585	28	58%	15	91%	3	32%	16%	52%
Werder	DFB-Pokal	1	2		120	28	100%		50%		0%	100%	0%
Bulgaria	Nations League C	2	1	1	160	4	100%		100%	1	100%	0%	0%
Bulgaria	Friendlies	2		2	135	4	100%		100%		50%	50%	0%
Bulgaria	Euro Qualifying	4	6		354	4	100%		100%		0%	50%	50%

2021/2022

Werder Bremen

1195

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Werder	2. Bundesliga	26	1	1195	19	8	1195	28	42%	23	76%	4	54%	27%	19%
Werder	DFB-Pokal							28		1	0%
Bulgaria U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	8			9	4	676	8	100%			3	25%	38%	38%

2020/2021

Werder Bremen

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Werder	Bundesliga	1						1	0	28	0%	10	3%			100%	0%	0%
Werder	DFB-Pokal	2						2	4	28	0%	2	40%			100%	0%	0%

2019/2020

Werder B

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Werder	Bundesliga									28		5

2018/2019

Werder B

2017/2018

Werder B

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Bulgaria U-19	Eliminatoires Euro U-19	2						1	66	6	0%	3				50%	0%	50%

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Runner-ups

2. Bundesliga

2022

Transfers

31/08/23 >	Leeds United	4.7 M€
01/07/21 > 31/08/23	Werder Bremen
01/07/17 > 01/07/21	Werder Bremen B

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 22/03/2025 at 13:53

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Bulgaria	19				1589	3	100%19	26%5	37%7
Bulgaria U-19	2				66		0%0	50%1	50%1
Bulgaria U-21	8				676	3	100%8	25%2	38%3
Leeds United	54	1	1	3521	3521	10	74%40	65%35	20%11
Werder	62	1		2908	2908	7	48%30	44%27	35%22

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Norwich City	5	3	4	1
S Wednesday	3	3	3	0
Millwall	3	3	3	0
Coventry	3	2	2	2
Moldova U-21	2	1	2	0
Cardiff City	2	2	2	0
Watford	2	2	2	0
Bochum	2	2	2	0
Aue	2	2	2	0
Plymouth	4	3	1	3
Augsburg	3	1	1	3
Netherlands U-21	2	0	1	3
WBA	2	0	1	1
Burnley	2	0	1	1
Sunderland	2	1	1	1
Blackburn	2	1	1	1
Leicester	2	2	1	1
Stoke City	2	1	1	1
Bristol City	2	2	1	1
Stuttgart	2	1	1	2

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Freiburg	3	3	5
Montenegro	2	2	3
Southampton	2	2	3
Bayern	2	2	8
E.Francfort	2	2	6
Augsburg	3	2	3
Union Berlin	2	2	3
Holstein Kiel	2	2	5
Switzerland U-21	1	1	1
Wales U-21	2	1	5
England U-19	1	1	1
Lithuania	2	1	3
Netherlands U-21	2	1	3
Hungary	2	1	5
Iran	1	1	1
Albania	1	1	2
Blackburn	2	1	1
Middlesbrough	3	1	8
Coventry	3	1	2
Portsmouth	2	1	4

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2024/2025	Leeds United	44%	22%	9	63%	13%	8	Negative
2023/2024	Leeds United	66%	23%	35	43%	21%	14	Positive
2023/2024	Werder	0%	100%	1	0%	100%	2	-
2022/2023	Werder	31%	50%	32	25%	50%	4	-
2021/2022	Werder	54%	19%	26	44%	33%	9	Slightly positive
2020/2021	Werder	100%	0%	3	22%	50%	36	-
2019/2020	Werder B	0%	0%	0	52%	21%	33	-
2018/2019	Werder B	0%	0%	0	53%	26%	34	-
2017/2018	Werder B	0%	0%	0	16%	50%	38	-

Key figures

The player has played in the first 11 for the national team in each of the last 19 matches

He has played in the first 11 for the national team in each of the last 11 away from home matches

Gruev hasn't lost for the national team any of the last 4 away from home matches

Gruev has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 25 away from home matches

He has won in Championship the last 5 at home matches

Gruev hasn't lost in Championship any of the last 5 at home matches

He has played in the first 11 in Championship in each of the last 19 away from home matches

Gruev hasn't lost in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 5 away from home matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Werder Bremen
23/12/2020		Hannover 96 - Werder Bremen	0 - 3	First match with the club, first victory
18/09/2021		Werder Bremen - Hambourg	0 - 2	First loss
26/09/2021		Dynamo Dresden - Werder Bremen	3 - 0	First start
23/04/2022		Schalke 04 - Werder Bremen	1 - 4	First goal
Leeds United
17/09/2023		Millwall - Leeds United	0 - 3	First match with the club, first victory
25/10/2023		Stoke City - Leeds United	1 - 0	First start, first loss
16/05/2024	CPO	Leeds United - Norwich City	4 - 0	First goal

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 22/03/2025 at 13:53

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
FA Cup	FA Cup	4				301	75%3	75%3	25%1
League Cup	League Cup	1				27				100%1
Championship	Championship	46			1	2931	74%34	67%31	13%6	20%9
Championship Play-Off	Championship Play-Off	3	1	262		262	100%3	33%1	33%1	33%1
Bundesliga	Bundesliga	33				1589	55%18	33%11	15%5	52%17
DFB-Pokal	DFB-Pokal	3				124	33%1	67%2	33%1
2. Bundesliga	2. Bundesliga	26	1	1195		1195	42%11	54%14	27%7	19%5
Friendlies	Friendlies	4				310	100%4	25%1	25%1	50%2
UEFAU21CQ	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	8				676	100%8	25%2	38%3	38%3
EEU19	Eliminatoires Euro U-19	2				66		50%1		50%1
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	8				714	100%8		50%4	50%4
FIFA Series	FIFA Series	2				135	100%2	50%1	50%1
UEFANLB/C	UEFA Nations League B/C play-offs	1				90	100%1			100%1
Nations League C	Nations League C	4				340	100%4	75%3	25%1

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2024/2025	Leeds United	2	3	29	15	8	5	2	24	9
2023/2024	Leeds United	2	3	90	46	27	9	10	81	43
2023/2024	Werder	1	18	0	2	0	0	2	0	5
2022/2023	Werder	1	13	36	34	10	6	18	51	64
2021/2022	Werder	2	2	63	34	18	9	7	65	43
2020/2021	Werder	1	17	31	34	7	10	17	36	57
2019/2020	Werder B	4	6	40	25	11	7	7	40	37
2018/2019	Werder B	4	3	61	34	18	7	9	54	38
2017/2018	Werder B	3	18	31	38	6	13	19	39	62

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
November 24, 2024	24/11		Round 16	Swansea	3 - 4	Leeds United	Absent
November 18, 2024	18/11	NLC	Round 6	Bulgaria	1 - 1	Belarus	Absent
November 15, 2024	15/11	NLC	Round 5	Luxembourg	0 - 1	Bulgaria	Absent
November 09, 2024	09/11		Round 15	Leeds United	2 - 0	QPR	Absent
November 06, 2024	06/11		Round 14	Millwall	1 - 0	Leeds United	Absent
November 02, 2024	02/11		Round 13	Leeds United	3 - 0	Plymouth	Absent
October 26, 2024	26/10		Round 12	Bristol City	0 - 0	Leeds United	Absent
October 22, 2024	22/10		Round 11	Leeds United	2 - 1	Watford	Absent
October 18, 2024	18/10		Round 10	Leeds United	2 - 0	Sheffield U	Absent
October 15, 2024	15/10	NLC	Round 4	N. Ireland	5 - 0	Bulgaria	Absent
October 12, 2024	12/10	NLC	Round 3	Bulgaria	0 - 0	Luxembourg	Absent
October 04, 2024	04/10		Round 9	Sunderland	2 - 2	Leeds United	Absent
October 01, 2024	01/10		Round 8	Norwich City	1 - 1	Leeds United	19 Minutes
September 28, 2024	28/09		Round 7	Leeds United	3 - 0	Coventry	90 Minutes
September 21, 2024	21/09		Round 6	Cardiff City	0 - 2	Leeds United	89 Minutes
September 14, 2024	14/09		Round 5	Leeds United	0 - 1	Burnley	90 Minutes
September 08, 2024	08/09	NLC	Round 2	Bulgaria	1 - 0	N. Ireland	90 Minutes
September 05, 2024	05/09	NLC	Round 1	Belarus	0 - 0	Bulgaria	90 Minutes
August 31, 2024	31/08		Round 4	Leeds United	2 - 0	Hull City	85 Minutes
August 23, 2024	23/08		Round 3	S Wednesday	0 - 2	Leeds United	90 Minutes
August 17, 2024	17/08		Round 2	WBA	0 - 0	Leeds United	90 Minutes
August 14, 2024	14/08		First round	Leeds United	0 - 3	Middlesbrough	27 Minutes
August 10, 2024	10/08		Round 1	Leeds United	3 - 3	Portsmouth	71 Minutes

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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