Georgi Kakalov ( bg, Георги Какалов; born 18 July 1984) is a
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
n former
footballer
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.
Career
Kakalov started his career in home town
Plovdiv, playing for the local team of
Maritsa
Maritsa or Maritza ( bg, Марица ), also known as Meriç ( tr, Meriç ) and Evros ( ell, Έβρος ), is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of ,[Litex Lovech
Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club.
The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...]
. For two years he stayed at Litex but only played in three games. In the 2003–04 season, Kakalov was loaned to
Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo, then to
Belite orli
Belite Orli Pleven ( bg, ПФК Белите орли Плевен) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Pleven, currently playing in the Regional Football Groups, A RFG Pleven, the fourth division of Bulgarian football. The team was d ...
. From January 2005 to June 2005 Kakalov played for
Spartak Pleven
OFK Spartak ( bg, ОФК Спартак) is a Bulgarian municipal association football club from the city of Pleven founded on 10 September 1919. It currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. The team's grea ...
.Since the start of season 2005–06 was playing for
Botev Plovdiv
He moved to Belarusian side
Dinamo Minsk in 2008. On 8 January 2009 he was loaned for 6 months to
Cherno More Varna
Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an asso ...
and then loaned from February 2010 to
Olympiakos Nicosia
Olympiakos Nicosia ( el, Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus and competes in the Cypriot First Division. The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the C ...
.
On 21 June 2010, he signed with
Liga I
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team
Astra Ploieşti
Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian Association football, football Club (organization), club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Club ...
as a
free agent
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.
In July 2017, Kakalov joined
Third League club Borislav Parvomay.
International career
He is a former member of the
Bulgaria U21 side. Kakalov made his debut for
Bulgaria national football team on 26 March 2008 in the 2:1 home win against
Finland
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.
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1984 births
Living people
Bulgarian men's footballers
Bulgaria men's international footballers
Footballers from Plovdiv
Men's association football forwards
PFC Litex Lovech players
PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo players
OFC Spartak Pleven players
Botev Plovdiv players
FC Dinamo Minsk players
PFC Cherno More Varna players
Olympiakos Nicosia players
FC Astra Giurgiu players
PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players
FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo players
FC Haskovo players
POFC Botev Vratsa players
FK Horizont Turnovo players
FC Lokomotiv Mezdra players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Liga I players
Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
Panelefsiniakos F.C. players