Kostadin Gadzhalov

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Kostadin Gadzhalov
Personal information
Full name Kostadin Veselinov Gadzhalov
Date of birth (1989-06-20) 20 June 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Rudozem, Bulgaria
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Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Dundee
Number 26
Youth career
Botev Plovdiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Botev Plovdiv 20 (1)
2010 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 14 (0)
2011 Botev Plovdiv 14 (0)
2012 Bdin Vidin 10 (0)
2012 Etar 1924 9 (0)
2013–2014 Dobrudzha Dobrich 38 (0)
2015– Dundee 23 (2)
International career
2007–2008 Bulgaria U19 4 (0)
2008–2009 Bulgaria U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Kostadin Gadzhalov (Bulgarian: Костадин Гаджалов; born 20 June 1989) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a centre-back for Dundee in the Scottish Premiership. He was raised in Botev Plovdiv's youth teams.[1]

Career

Gadzhalov joined Botev Plovdiv in early age and progressed through the club's youth system. He made his first-team debut on 11 November 2007, when he came on as substitute to replace Todor Timonov in a 2–0 away league loss against CSKA Sofia.[2] Gadzhalov scored his first goal on 31 May 2009, in a 3–1 home win over Vihren Sandanski. In July 2009, he left the club due to financial reasons.

On 15 January 2010, after six months without club, Gadzhalov signed with Lokomotiv Plovdiv on a two-and-a-half-year deal.[3]

On 3 January 2015, following a successful short trial period Gadzhalov signed for Scottish side Dundee as a free agent.[4] He made his debut for Dundee in the Scottish Premiership, playing the full 90 minutes in the 4–1 home win over Motherwell on 10 January.[5]

International career

Gadzhalov represented the Bulgarian team at the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where he played full games in the group stage against Hungary and Spain.

In October 2008 the Bulgarian national under-21 coach Ivan Kolev called Gadzhalov up for Bulgaria national under-21 football team for a friendly matches with Greece U21 and Macedonia U21.

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 March 2016
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Club League Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Botev Plovdiv 2007–08 A Group 8 0 1 0 – – 9 0
2008–09 12 1 0 0 – – 12 1
Total 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2009–10 A Group 5 0 0 0 – – 5 0
2010–11 9 0 0 0 – – 9 0
Total 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Botev Plovdiv 2011–12 B Group 14 0 2 0 – – 16 0
Bdin Vidin 2011–12 10 0 0 0 – – 10 0
Etar 1924 2012–13 А Group 9 0 2 0 – – 11 0
Dobrudzha Dobrich 2013–14 B Group 24 0 5 0 – – 29 0
2014–15 14 0 1 0 – – 15 0
Total 38 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
Dundee 2014–15 Scottish Premiership 8 0 1 0 0 0 – 9 0
2015–16 9 0 2 0 0 0 – 11 0
Total 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Career total 122 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 136 1

References

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