Georgi Kakalov ( bg, Георги Какалов; born 18 July 1984) is a

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n former

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Career

Kakalov started his career in home town Plovdiv, playing for the local team of

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. 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

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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

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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

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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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kakalov, Georgi 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