Kamen Galabov Hadzhiev ( bg, Камен Гълъбов Хаджиев; born 22 September 1991) is a

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who currently plays as a defender or

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for German

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club SSV Jeddeloh.

Career

Born in

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, Hadzhiev began his football career playing for club Rodopa. He was included in the 18-man squad to face

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in an

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match on 19 May 2007. Hadzhiev, subsequently, made his professional debut in the match, at the age of 15 years and 8 months, coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute. In 2008 Hadzhiev joined the Wattenscheid 09 Academy in Germany. In the 2008–09 season, he made 18 appearances for the U-19 squad, scoring 5 goals. In 2009, he joined

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's youth academy. In July 2010, Hadzhiev signed with Pirin Gotse Delchev. He made his league debut against Botev Krivodol on 31 July, playing the full 90 minutes. Hadzhiev has been a regular starter during the season in the

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, playing 30 matches. On 18 September 2010, he netted Pirin's only goal in their 2–1 loss against Sportist Svoge. In December 2011, Hadzhiev joined

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. On 1 June 2017, Hadzhiev signed with Beroe. On 6 July 2022, Pakhtakor Tashkent announced that Hadzhiev had left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement. In November 2022, he returned to his home country, joining newly promoted Hebar. On 29 June 2023, Hadzhiev moved to Germany to play for Regionalliga side SSV Jeddeloh. He signed a five-year long-term deal.

International

He was first called up to the Bulgaria national football team in March 2018 for friendlies against

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and

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, but remained on the bench. He made his debut on 14 October 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against

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. He started the game and played the whole match, making many mistakes as Bulgaria lost 0–6.

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* * 1991 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Eerste Divisie players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Uzbekistan Super League players FC Rodopa Smolyan players FC Pirin Gotse Delchev players FC Minyor Pernik players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players VfB Oldenburg players Fortuna Sittard players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Puskás Akadémia FC players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players FC Hebar Pazardzhik players Men's association football defenders Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan {{Bulgaria-footy-defender-stub