Kostadin Velkov ( bg, Костадин Велков; born 26 March 1989) is a Bulgarian professional

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er, who plays as a defender for Balkan Botevgrad. His is the son of former footballer and manager

Anton Velkov Anton Kostadinov Velkov (born 15 July 1968) is a Bulgarian former football player and currently football manager of Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia. Career Born in Sofia, Velkov played in his career for Lokomotiv Sofia, USA football club Virginia Beach Ma ...

Career

In June 2017, Velkov signed with

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground ...

. In May 2018, he joined German

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side

Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer Fußballclub e.V. is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. The club competes in Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football. The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 193 ...

. In December 2020, Velkov returned to

where he spent a year before signing with Balkan Botevgrad in January 2022.

Honours

Slavia Sofia *

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: 2017–18

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at sportal.bg {{DEFAULTSORT:Velkov, Kostadin 1989 births Living people Footballers from Sofia Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football central defenders First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Regionalliga players PFC Neftochimic Burgas (2009–2014) players OFC Pomorie players PFC Akademik Sofia players PSFC Chernomorets Burgas players PFC Slavia Sofia players Würzburger Kickers players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players Chemnitzer FC players Atlas Delmenhorst players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany