Dimo Atanasov ( bg, Димо Атанасов; born 24 October 1985) is a Bulgarian

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who plays as a defender or

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Career

In June 2003, Atanasov joined

Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...

on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee. On 12 November 2003, he made his Lokomotiv debut in a 3–0 victory against Sliven 2000 in the

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament ...

Third Round, coming on as a substitute for Radoslav Ivanov. Atanasov spent 7 seasons of his career at the club of Sofia, playing in 142 games and scoring 14 goals in

A PFG 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 ...

. On 24 January 2011, it was announced that Atanasov had signed with Ludogorets Razgrad on a -year contract. In February 2017, Atanasov joined

Etar Veliko Tarnovo Etar ( bg, Етър) is a Bulgarian sports football club based in Veliko Tarnovo, that plays in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football. Etar is the official successor of Etar 1924, which was dissolved for financial reasons ...

International career

Atanasov also played for the

Bulgaria national under-21 football team The Bulgaria national under-21 football team ( bg, Mладежки национален отбор на България по футбол) is considered to be the feeder team for the Bulgaria national football team. This team is for Bulgarian p ...

and scored 2 goals – one in a friendly game against

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and one in a qualification against

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Career statistics

As of 15 May 2011

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* 1985 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players Botev Plovdiv players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players PFC Slavia Sofia players PFC Cherno More Varna players FC Marek Dupnitsa players FC Vereya players OFC Spartak Pleven players FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa players SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players Men's association football midfielders People from Pavlikeni Sportspeople from Veliko Tarnovo Province {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub