Kostadin Todorov Vidolov ( bg, Костадин Тодоров Видолов; born 2 May 1970) is a
Bulgaria
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n former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. In his career, he played for
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...
,
Botev Plovdiv,
CSKA Sofia
CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...
,
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 ...
,
Spartak Plovdiv
PFC Spartak Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Спартак Пловдив) is a Bulgarian football club based in Plovdiv, which currently plays in the third tier of Bulgarian football, the Third League. The club was established in 1947 and folded its seni ...
,
Beroe Stara Zagora
Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...
, German
1. FC Union Berlin
1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as 1. FC Union Berlin () or Union Berlin, is a professional German football club in Köpenick, Berlin.
The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweid ...
and Turkish
Bursaspor
Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği (), commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, the club colours are green and white, with home kits usually featuring both colours in a striped pattern.
In t ...
.
For the
Bulgarian national team Vidolov was capped 9 times, scoring one goal. He ended his career in the middle of the 2009–10 season.
Career
Vidolov was born in
Plovdiv and started his youth career in the popular local team
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 ,[Lokomotiv Plovdiv
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...]
in 1989. Vidolov made more than 100 appearances, scoring 23 goals for Lokomotiv. He had established himself as the playmaker in the side.
In June 1993 he transferred
Botev – the side that he supported as a kid. For the "canaries" Vidolov played until 1996, making 76 appearances and scoring 19 goals. He was called in the
Bulgaria national football team while playing for Botev and was considered likely to be selected for the
1994 World Cup
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, but eventually did not make the final squad. In the autumn of 1995 Vidolov scored a
hat-trick
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Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...
in the derby game against
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...
. He also scored the winning goal for the 0-1 win over
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
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Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the mos ...
and played well in the games against
Sevilla FC
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in
UEFA Europa League
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, which was then called UEFA Cup. Vidolov was sold to
CSKA Sofia
CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...
in the autumn of 1996, after Botev started to experience financial troubles.
In January 1997 Kostadin signed with the Turkish club
Bursaspor
Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği (), commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, the club colours are green and white, with home kits usually featuring both colours in a striped pattern.
In t ...
for a fee of 1,000,000 €. There he made 77 appearances, scoring 5 goals. In 1999 Vidolov was signed by
Botev as an amateur: the club could not afford to pay Bursaspor the fee for a transfer, and Vidolov was not wanted in
Bursa anymore. He made excellent performances for Botev during the 1999/00 season. Vidolov signed with CSKA Sofia in the summer of 2000, taking an instrumental part in their 2000/01 run for the championship title. In 2001 Vidolov signed with the
Berlin
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club –
1. FC Union. Vidolov played two seasons for the German club, with whom he qualified for the final of
DFB-Pokal
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, before moving back to Bulgaria.
Vidolov returned in Bulgaria for the 2003/04 season, playing for
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 ...
. He managed to win his first
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournamen ...
with them in 2004. Vidolov signed a contract with
Botev Plovdiv in 2004 in trying to help the struggling team to return to the top-flight. He played for three seasons with Botev Plovdiv – a disagreement between him and the club owner Dimitar Hristolov drove Vidolov out in the summer of 2007. Vidolov moved to second-flight
Spartak Plovdiv
PFC Spartak Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Спартак Пловдив) is a Bulgarian football club based in Plovdiv, which currently plays in the third tier of Bulgarian football, the Third League. The club was established in 1947 and folded its seni ...
, where he played for the first half of the 2007/08 season. As such Vidolov became the only player to have ever played for all four major clubs of Plovdiv.
In January 2008, the veteran signed with
Beroe Stara Zagora
Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...
, in an attempt to save the team from relegation. On 2 November 2009, Vidolov played his last match in career, against
Sliven
Sliven ( bg, Сливен ) is the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality in Northern Thrace.
Sliven is famous for its heroic Haiduts who fought against the Ottoman Turk ...
for
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 ...
. In January 2010, he was announced as an assistant coach of
Beroe's second team. Vidolov has also been employed as an assistant manager of
Botev Plovdiv.
International goal
:''Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.''
References
External links
*
Profile at LevskiSofia.info
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1970 births
Living people
Footballers from Plovdiv
Association football midfielders
Bulgarian footballers
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Süper Lig players
2. Bundesliga players
Bulgaria international footballers
Bulgarian expatriate footballers
PFC CSKA Sofia players
PFC Levski Sofia players
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players
Botev Plovdiv players
Bursaspor footballers
1. FC Union Berlin players
FC Spartak Plovdiv players
PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
FC Maritsa Plovdiv players
Botev Plovdiv managers
Bulgarian football managers