Kostadin Todorov Vidolov ( bg, Костадин Тодоров Видолов; born 2 May 1970) 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 professional

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who played as a

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. 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

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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

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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

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, but eventually did not make the final squad. In the autumn of 1995 Vidolov scored a

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in the derby game against

. He also scored the winning goal for the 0-1 win over

FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi ( ka, დინამო თბილისი, ) is a Georgian professional football club based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top flight of Georgian football. Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the mos ...

and played well in the games against

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, which was then called UEFA Cup. Vidolov was sold to

in the autumn of 1996, after Botev started to experience financial troubles. In January 1997 Kostadin signed with the Turkish club

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

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club – 1. FC Union. Vidolov played two seasons for the German club, with whom he qualified for the final of

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, before moving back to Bulgaria. Vidolov returned in Bulgaria for the 2003/04 season, playing for

. He managed to win his first

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 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

, 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

, 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

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Profile at LevskiSofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vidolov, Kostadin 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