A skillful free-kick taker, he scored numerous goals from different positions, in a career which spanned almost 20 years.

He made 37 league appearances with 7 goals in his tenure at the club and had a loan spell at Vatev Beloslav.

Proclaimed the best player of the 1992–93 season, he added the league to the top scorer's crown, scoring 26 goals at 34 years of age – he had already won that award in 1985, with 26 for Pleven.

Getov retired with his first club at 39, amassing totals of 286 games and 165 goals in the country's top division, of which 108 were for Spartak Pleven.

For the Bulgaria national team Getov gained 25 caps and netted four times, playing all four matches at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico and scoring against South Korea in a 1–1 group stage draw.