Information:  - Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov ( Bulgarian :    ( dimitr brbatf ) ; born 30 January 1981 ) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Greek club PAOK . He captained the Bulgaria national team from 2006 to 2010 , and is the country 's all - time leading goalscorer . He has also won the Bulgarian Footballer of the Year a record seven times , surpassing the number of wins by Hristo Stoichkov . Born in Blagoevgrad , Berbatov started out with home - town club Pirin before joining CSKA Sofia as a 17 - year - old in 1998 . He was signed by Bayer Leverkusen of Germany in January 2001 and played in his first Champions League final 18 months later , coming on as a substitute in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final , which Leverkusen lost 2 -- 1 to Real Madrid . After five - and - a - half years with Leverkusen , he joined English club Tottenham Hotspur in July 2006 , where he spent two years before moving to Manchester United . He played in his second Champions League final in 2009 , during his side 's 2 -- 0 defeat against Barcelona . After four seasons with United he joined Fulham in August 2012 , before leaving England for the French league in January 2014 , when he joined Monaco . After being released by Monaco , he joined PAOK in September 2015 .  - Bulgarian Footballer of the Year ("Futbolist 1 na Balgariya") is an annual title awarded to the best Bulgarian association football player of the year. The award has been given since 1961, and the winner is elected by authorized journalists from the leading Bulgarian media.  - Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal.    After reading the paragraphs above, choose the best answer for the entity that related to 'dimitar berbatov' with the relationship of 'occupation'.  Choices: - association football  - association football player
association football player