Anton Mihaylov Nedyalkov ( bg, Антон Михайлов Недялков; born 30 April 1993) is a Bulgarian professional

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who plays as a left-back and

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for Ludogorets Razgrad and the

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. Nedyalkov began his professional career at

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in 2011. After loan spells at Chavdar Etropole and Svetkavitsa he became a regular in their team, playing 85 total games for Litex. In June 2016, he joined CSKA Sofia and became an integral member of the team. In December 2017, he briefly signed for

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club

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before joining Ludogorets six months later. Formerly an international at under-19 and under-21 level, Nedyalkov made his senior international debut for

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against

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on 6 September 2016.

Career

Litex Lovech

Nedyalkov joined the first team in 2012 after two loan spells at Chavdar Etropole and Svetkavitsa during the 2011/12 season.

CSKA Sofia

In June 2016, Nedyalkov joined CSKA Sofia. He made his debut on 29 July, in a 2–0 home win over

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which was also the season opener. In his first season with CSKA, he appeared in 34 of 36 league matches; in 33 of them Nedyalkov played full 90 minutes. After a number of good games he was chosen as the best player of the 2016–17 season by the club's fans.

FC Dallas

On 21 December 2017, Nedyalkov completed a move to

club

for a fee of $1.5 million plus bonuses. He was given the number 6 shirt. Nedyalkov made his league debut in a 3–0 home win at Toyota Stadium against Seattle Sounders on 18 March 2018, playing full 90 minutes as a left-back. He assisted Roland Lamah for the third goal in the game.

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 23 June 2018, after just 6 months in the United States, Dallas announced that Nedyalkov would return to Bulgaria and sign a contract with Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad for an undisclosed fee. Later that day Ludogorets officially announced the transfer of Nedyalkov, signing with his favorite number 3 shirt. On 23 June 2021 Nedyalkov was announced as the new captain of the team, after

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left the club.

International career

In 2011, he was a member of Bulgaria U-19 team, playing three games in the qualifying round of U-19 European Championship. Nedyalkov was called up to the senior Bulgaria team for friendlies against

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and

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in March 2016. On 6 September 2016, he made his debut for Bulgaria in a 4-3 2018 World Cup Qualifying victory over

Career statistics

Club

National team

Honours

;Ludogorets Razgrad *

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

(5): 2018–19, 2019–20,

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, 2021–22,

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(3):

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Individual

* Best defender in the

: 2019 * 2nd place in the Bulgarian Footballer of the Year ranking - 2019

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nedyalkov, Anton Living people 1993 births People from Lovech Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Men's association football fullbacks PFC Litex Lovech players FC Chavdar Etropole players PFK Svetkavitsa 1922 players PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Dallas players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Major League Soccer players