Politehnica Timisoara reached an agreement today with players Aleksandar Tsvetkov and Karlo Plantak. Both midfielders have signed one-year deals with the right to extend for another season.

Aleksandar Aleksandrov Tsvetkov was born on 31 August 1990 in Plevna (Bulgaria). A defensive midfielder by trade, the Bulgarian international can also play as a central defender. He spent his junior years at Spartak Plevna and Litex Lovech. He made his senior debut for the latter. With Litex he won the championship twice (2009-10, 2010-11) and the Bulgarian Super Cup once (2010-11). For the same team he played eight times in the Eurocup (including the Champions League preliminaries). He also played in his home country for Cherno More and Beroe Stara Zagora.

He has a total of 268 appearances in the Bulgarian top flight, where he has scored eight times and also recorded 17 assists. Last season he started at Beroe, where he had one goal and one assist in 18 games. Since January he has been in Romania with Academica Clinceni, making 15 appearances in Liga I for Ilfoveni in the spring season.

Tsvetkov is a former U21 international with 11 caps and one goal for Bulgaria’s first team, where he played in the UEFA Nations League and EURO 2020 preliminaries.

Dobre doshal!

Welcome to Banat, Aleksandar!

Karlo Plantak was born on 11 November 1997 in Zagreb. His basic position is as a holding midfielder, but he can also play further forward in the midfield. He played his junior football for Dinamo Zagreb (Croatian U19 national champion) and started his senior career in the Croatian second division with the second team of the capital club. In his home country he played in the elite for NK Slaven Belupo (Koprivnica) and in 2.HNL for NK Kustošija Zagreb. In Slovenia he played for NK Cejle (champion in 2019-20) and NK Aluminij Kidričevo. In the first part of last season he played in nine games for Kustošija (2.HNL) and in the spring season he made 10 appearances for Aluminij in the Slovenian second division. For Dinamo Zagreb he played in the UEFA Youth League and was selected for the Croatian youth teams (from Under 16 to U19 inclusive).

Dobrodošao, Karlo!

Welcome to Timisoara, Karlo!