Martin Kavdanski ( bg, Мартин Кавдански; born 13 February 1987) is a Bulgarian professional

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who plays as a defender for

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Club career

On 28 June 2015, Kavdanski signed a one-year contract with the most successful club in Albania,

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, taking the number 3 for the 2015–16 season. He became the third defender that was brought to Tirana during that summer, after

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and Ronald Gërçaliu. Kavdanski made his official debut with Tirana on 1 November in the match against Kukësi, featuring in the last 30 minutes of the 2–1 home win. Six days later he played only four minutes in another home win, this time against the newcomers of Tërbuni Pukë. Kavdanski started for the first time this season on 23 November in the match against

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, helping the team to get a clean-sheet in a 0–1 away win. During the first part of the season he struggled to find minutes, but found it very hard, as he was not among the first choices of coach

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, who preferred the duo Muça-

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instead. He appeared in only six matches in the league and the cup, and eventually left the team on 25 December 2015. Kavdanski spent the 2016–17 season at Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa; he left the club after his contract expired in June 2017. In July 2017, Kavdanski joined

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. In July 2020, he tested positive for

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. In June 2022 Kavdanski returned to

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kavdanski, Martin 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Dupnitsa Footballers from Kyustendil Province Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Metz players PFC Slavia Sofia players FC Lokomotiv Mezdra players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players PSFC Chernomorets Burgas players KF Shkëndija players FC Marek Dupnitsa players KF Tirana players FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa players Clermont Foot players POFC Botev Vratsa players FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Kategoria Superiore players Ligue 2 players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Albania Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia