Zdravko Chavdarov (

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: Здравко Чавдаров; born 24 January 1981) is a

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, currently playing as a

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for Rakovski.

Career

Zdravko started his career in Maritsa. In 2004, he moved to Rodopa on a free transfer and spent 4 years there. After the promotion of Sliven 2000 to the Bulgarian top division, he joined them and was first-choice goalkeeper for the whole 2008/09 season.

CSKA Sofia

On 24 June 2009, Chavdarov signed with CSKA Sofia along with his teammates Ivan Stoyanov, Kostadin Stoyanov and

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. On 30 July 2009, he managed a

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in his official debut for the Armymen in a 1–0 home win against

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side

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. However, his debut for CSKA in the

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was postponed after he sustained a head injury in the return leg against the

team. Chavdarov subsequently lost his place in the first team in favour of

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, following the latter's convincing displays. However, after Karadzhov started running through a bad patch of form, Chavdarov finally made his first appearance in the league for CSKA on 1 November 2009, in a 0–2 away loss to

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. On 27 March 2010, he played in his first Eternal Derby against Levski Sofia and kept a

for a 0–0 draw.

References

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1981 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers FC Maritsa Plovdiv players FC Rodopa Smolyan players FC Sliven players PFC CSKA Sofia players POFC Botev Vratsa players FC Lyubimets players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Bulgaria-footy-goalkeeper-stub