The City striker, who has been sidelined for the past six months because of a knee injury, has been named in Bulgarian coach Stanimir Stoilov's squad for the away game against the Iirish in Dublin on 28th March and the home match against Cyprus on 1st April.
Bulgaria Squad:
Goalkeepers:
Dimitar Ivankov (Bursaspor), Georgi Petkov (Levski Sofia).
Defenders:
Zhivko Milanov (Levski Sofia), Ivan Ivanov (CSKA Sofia), Yordan Todorov (CSKA Sofia), Stanislav Manolev (Litex Lovech), Elin Topuzakov (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Igor Tomasic (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Iliyan Stoyanov (Sanfreche).
Midfielders:
Stiliyan Petrov (Aston Villa), Radostin Kishishev (Litex Lovech), Stanislav Angelov (Energie Cottbus), Dimitar Telkiyski (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Velizar Dimitrov (Metalurg Donetsk), Blagoy Georgiev (Terek Groznyi), Chavdar Yankov (Hanover 96).
Strikers:
Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United), Dimitar Rangelov (Energie Cottbus), Valeri Bojinov (Manchester City), Ivelin Popov (Litex Lovech).