title: Samet Ashimov
text: # Samet Ashimov
  
  Samet Ashimov (Bulgarian: Самет Ашимов; born 16 May 1979) is a Bulgarian former footballer.
  
  He was raised in Vidima-Rakovski's youth academy. Ashimov is a former member of the Bulgaria U21 national side. He has two children - a daughter and a son.
  
  Ashimov retired from football in 2015 but made a surprising return, joining his last club Strumska Slava Radomir in September 2017. He made a single appearance for the club in the Second League and was released in December.
  
  