Georgi Andonov (; born 28 June 1983 in

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who plays as a forward.

Career

Andonov's first club was

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. With Botev he played 112 games and scored 12 goals. In 2006,

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signed Andonov to a four-year deal for a €100,000. During a 2008–09 season, after a few poor performances along with the impressive form of Miroslav Manolov and Yordan Yurukov, Andonov found regular starting positions in attack hard to find. In January 2009, he was loaned in his previously club Botev to the end of the season. On 3 July 2009, Andonov signed a contract with Beroe Stara Zagora. In May 2010 Andonov signed a two-year deal with Chernomorets Burgas. In February 2012, Andonov was released from his contract and returned to Beroe Stara Zagora as a free agent. He scored a hat-trick in the opening game of the

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season against

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on 11 August. On 15 May 2013, Andonov led Beroe out as captain in the 2013 Bulgarian Cup Final, which they won 6–4 after penalties against

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, as Andonov collected his second

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winner's medal. On 12 June 2018, Andonov signed with Second League club

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. In May 2021, Andonov moved to

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Honours

Club

;Beroe Stara Zagora *

(2): 2009–10,

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* Bulgarian men's footballers 1983 births Living people Footballers from Plovdiv Men's association football forwards First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players TFF 1. Lig players Botev Plovdiv players PFC Cherno More Varna players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players PSFC Chernomorets Burgas players Denizlispor footballers FC Vereya players FC Arda Kardzhali players FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia players FC Hebar Pazardzhik players FC Levski Karlovo players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-forward-stub