== Biografi ==
Berbatovs far Ivan var en professionel fodboldspiller i den lokale klub [[PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad (1922)|Pirin Blagoevgrad]], og hans mor Margarita var en professionel [[håndboldspiller]].<ref>{{cite news| title = Berbatov Supports Bulgarian Nurses in Lybia| url = http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_681282204| publisher = Bulgaria News| date = 2007-06-06| access-date = 2008-09-04| archive-date =  6. juli 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706144100/http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_681282204|url-status=live}} {{en sprog}}</ref> Som ung støttede Berbatov [[A.C. Milan]], og sammelignede sig selv med [[Marco van Basten]] indtil [[EM i fodbold 1996|EM 1996]] i England, da han var femten år og opdagede en ny rollemodel i [[Alan Shearer]]<ref>{{cite news | date=2003-02-18 | url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=54545.html | title=No dream duel for Berbatov | publisher=[[UEFA]] | access-date=2007-03-10 | archive-date= 1. maj 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501044815/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=54545.html |url-status=live }} {{en sprog}}</ref> som spillede for [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] dengang, og derfor sov Berbatov endda i en Newcastle-trøje. Hans mor udtalte senere at Dimitars drøm var at spille for Newcastle en dag.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Blackburn|first=Martin|title=Toon-mad Berbatov slept in Shearer shirt|newspaper=The Sun|date=2007-10-20|quote=He said: "Dimitar never missed a Newcastle game when it was on television. And Shearer was up there with Pele as a God for him." Another pal, Stefan Damianov, recalled how Berbatov considered himself to be an honorary Geordie as he followed the Toon and grew up|access-date=2007-10-23|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article365647.ece|archive-date=22. oktober 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022022019/http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article365647.ece|url-status=live}} {{en sprog}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Toon-mad Berbatov slept in Shearer shirt|newspaper=South Shields Gazette|access-date=2007-10-23|date=2007-10-20|url=http://www.shieldsgazette.com/nufc/Toonmad-Berbatov-slept-in-Shearer.3398269.jp|archive-date= 5. september 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905181937/http://www.shieldsgazette.com/nufc/Toonmad-Berbatov-slept-in-Shearer.3398269.jp|url-status=dead}} {{en sprog}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=61451|title=Tottenham's Berbatov was Newcastle mad|date=2007-10-19|access-date=2007-10-23|archive-date=22. oktober 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022021912/http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=61451|url-status=live}} {{en sprog}}</ref> Berbatov lærte at tale [[Engelsk (sprog)|engelsk]] ved at se [[The Godfather-filmene]].<ref>{{cite news | date=2006-11-24 | url=http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/european/article2010040.ece | title=Berbatov excels in the spotlight to put Tottenham through | publisher=[[The Independent]] | access-date=2007-03-19 | archive-date=19. oktober 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019001004/http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/european/article2010040.ece |url-status=dead }} {{en sprog}}</ref> Uden for fodbold er hans hobbyer [[tegning]] og [[basketball]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Dimitar Berbatov| work=BBC| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2004/bulgaria/players_to_watch/default.stm| access-date=20. maj 2006| archive-date=14. maj 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514224801/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2004/bulgaria/players_to_watch/default.stm|url-status=live}} {{en sprog}}</ref>
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