Kristiyan Kitov (

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: Кристиян Китов; born 14 October 1996) is a

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footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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for Strumska Slava Radomir. He is the youngest debutant and goalscorer for Ludogorets.

Career

Ludogorets Razgrad

Born in

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, Kitov began his football career from

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 ...

, before moving to Ludogorets Razgrad. He was the captain of the U19 team who took a part of 2014–15 season of

UEFA Youth League The UEFA Youth League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2013. In its current format, it is contested by the youth teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League ...

. Kitov become the youngest player to debut for the first team, coming in play at 16 years 11 months 25 days in match against

Dunav Ruse FC Dunav ( bg, Дунав, officially named ''"Дунав от Русе"'') is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Ruse, which currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. Part o ...

in the

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 tournament ...

. He completed his professional debut in

A Group 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 ...

on 18 May 2014 scoring a goal for the 3:1 win over Cherno More, becoming the youngest goalscorer for Ludogorets at age 17 years 7 months 4 days. For the 2015–16 season Kitov was part of the newly created second team of Ludogorets in

B Group The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...

playing not very often due to injuries. Three years later, on 28 May 2017, he returned in the first team and played for the First League again against Cherno More and the team won with the same result. Kitov started the 2017–18 season in Ludogorets II playing in the first match of the season against Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia. On 30 May 2018 Kitov ended his contract with Ludogorets due to mutual agreement, because he couldn't find a place in the first team and the team didn't want to stop his development.

Lokomotiv GO

On 7 July 2018 Kitov signed a contract with the

Bulgarian Second League The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...

team Lokomotiv GO.“Локомотив” се подсили с футболист на “Лудогорец”
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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Ludogorets * Bulgarian A Group: 2013–14 *

: 2013–14

References

External links

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at ludogoretsvarna.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitov, Kristiyan 1996 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa players FC Strumska Slava Radomir players Men's association football midfielders