from a serious knee injury on 16 March 2010, playing for 60 minutes as a captain of the reserves' 2–2 draw against Litex Lovech. On 20 March, Gadzhev featured as substitute in Levski's 3–0 win over Slavia Sofia in the A Group. On 2 May 2010, he scored the equalizer in a 1–1 away draw with Cherno More. On 28 July 2011, Gadzhev scored the equalizing goal against Spartak Trnava in UEFA Europa League and afterwards Levski won the game with a 2–1 final score. On 21 November 2011, he signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him at Levski until 2014. On 17 March 2013, Gadzhev made his 100th league appearance for Levski in a 0–0 draw against Montana. On 25 September 2013, Gadzhev scored his first brace for the club in a 6–0 win over Neftochimic Burgas. On 23 May 2014, Gadzhev announced that he would leave Levski. On 1 July, however, he re-signed a new one-year contract with Levski. A few days later, Gadzhev was stripped of the captaincy by new manager Pepe Murcia. After the departure of Valeri Bojinov in August, he was again given the captaincy. On 7 January 2016 he signed a pre-contract with the Russian team FC Kuban Krasnodar, but 2 weeks later his contract was annulled due to the uncertain financial situation at the club. Coventry City On 24 March 2016, after a successful trial period, Gadzhev signed a contract with English club Coventry City until June 2017. He scored his first goal for Coventry in a 3-2 EFL Cup win against Portsmouth on 9 August 2016. He was an unused substitute as Coventry won the 2017 EFL Trophy Final. Trivia Gadzhev holds the record for the most red cards in The Eternal Derby of Bulgaria, having been sent off three times, though on two of these occasions it did not affect the proceedings on the pitch, as he was ejected from the bench as well as after the final whistle. International career Gadzhev made his international debut on 17 November 2010 in a friendly match against Serbia. Vladimir came in as a substitution in the 65th minute. However, Bulgaria lost the match with a score of 0–1. He scored his first goal in a 2–1 home win over Belarus national football team, a precise long-distance header. Career stats Club National team International goals Scores and goals list Bulgaria's goal tally first. Honours