Four new players in Rilski Sportist, the team started preparation

The winner from the first edition of Eurohold Balkan league Rilski Sportist started preparation for the new season today. Just like the last season Aleksandar Todorov will be the head coach of the team. He will have a new assistant this year - 25-year old Bojidar Gyorev.

For seventh straight season Aleksandar Gruev will play for Rilski Sportist. He will also remain as captain of the team. In the team for next year will be Travis Peterson and Bogdan Boev as well as the juniors Dimitar Morunov, Stanislav Vaklinov, Krasimir Georgiev and Lyubomir Kirov. The youngster Mario Karailiev, born in 1993, will start preparation with the team as well.
 
There will be four new signings at least for now in Rilski Sportist. The most known of them is Simeon Naydenov. There will be a new American center David Burgess and also two Serbian players Srdan Zivkovic and Perica Matic.
 
The team of Rilski Sportist started preparation for the new season with four new players. Those are Simeon Naydenov, the American David Burgess and the two Serbian players Srdan Zivkovic and Perica Matic.
 
Naydenov was born on 22.07.1981 in Sofia. During years 2000-2003 he is playing in USA for the University of Louisville. From 2003/2004 season he returns to Europe and played for Bourge in France PRO A. Then he moved to Lukoil Academic where twice he won the national championship. For season 2006/2007 Naydenov was part of Solna Vikings in Sweden, then played for Prostejov and last year he spent in Montenegro playing for KK Primorije.
 
David Burgess will be the new center of the team for the upcoming season. He was born in Irvine, California in 1986. He has spent his career in Brigham Young University, Gonzaga University and Azuza Pacific University. Burgess was a junior national team member of USA and played in the World U19 Junior Championships in 2003.

Rilski Sportist will once again have two Serbians in the roster. Those are Srdan Zivkovic and Perica Matic.
 
Zivkovic was born in Belgrade in 1986. He has spent his junior career in Partizan and has played for Partizan, OKK Beograd, Ergonom Nis, MZT Skopije and Mashinac Kraljevo. He`s been part of Serbia NT for junior championships.

Perica Matic was born in 1985 and from 2004 to 2006 played for Sloga Kralevo. Then he spent two years playing for Radnicki Kragujevac. Last season he started for Zdravlje Leskovac but finished it in Novi Sad. He is 182 tall and plays at position 1.
 
During season 2009/2010 doctor of the team will be Rumen Bonchev while as physio will remain Filip Georgiev.