Chavdar Kostov ( bg, Чавдар Костов; born 18 April 1988) is a Bulgarian professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player who currently plays for Rilski Sportist of the NBL. Standing at , he plays as a shooting guard and

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Professional career

From 2005 to 2010, Kostov played with

Lukoil Academic BC Academic Metropol Region ( bg, БК "Академик" Метропол-Рийджън) is a reestablished Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia. In April 2022, Academic has been reborn and rebranded by the new ow ...

in Bulgaria, where he also started his pro career. During his tenue with the team, he won 5 Bulgarian championships and 3 Bulgarian Cups. On 5 October 2010 he signed a one-year deal with

Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia and the capital of Kavala (regional unit), Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across ...

of the

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. He renewed his contract with the team until 2012. On 2012 he signed a one-year deal with Bulgarian club

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 ...

. On 25 May 2011 he returned to

. After one season he left Lukoil, and signed with Austrian club UBC Güssing Knights. With the Kings, he won both the Austrian league and the Austrian Cup. On 22 September 2015 he returned to

., On 4 November 2016 Kostov signed with Kymis of the

, replacing Musa Abdul-Aleem on the team's squad. On 15 August 2017 he signed with Macedonian club Rabotnički.

References

External links

Chavdar Kostov
at interperformances.com
Chavdar Kostov
at nbadraft.net
Chavdar Kostov
at eurobasket.com

at fiba.com 1988 births Living people BC Levski Sofia players Bulgarian men's basketball players Kavala B.C. players KK Rabotnički players Kymis B.C. players PBC Academic players Shooting guards Basketball players from Sofia {{Bulgaria-basketball-bio-stub