Georgi Kakalov (; born 18 July 1984) is a

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n former

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Career

The then 18-year-old subsequently went to Litex Lovech. For two years he stayed at Litex but only played in three games. In the 2003–04 season, Kakalov was loaned to Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo, then to Belite orli. From January 2005 to June 2005 Kakalov played for Spartak Pleven.Since the start of season 2005–06 was playing for

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He moved to Belarusian side Dinamo Minsk in 2008. On 8 January 2009 he was loaned for 6 months to Cherno More Varna and then loaned from February 2010 to

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. On 21 June 2010, he signed with

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team Astra Ploieşti as a

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. In July 2017, Kakalov joined Third League club Borislav Parvomay.

International career

He is a former member of the Bulgaria U21 side. Kakalov made his debut for

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on 26 March 2008 in the 2:1 home win against

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kakalov, Georgi 1984 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Footballers from Plovdiv Men's association football forwards FC Lovech players PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo players OFC Spartak Pleven players Botev Plovdiv players FC Dinamo Minsk players PFC Cherno More Varna players Olympiakos Nicosia players FC Astra Giurgiu players PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo players FC Haskovo players POFC Botev Vratsa players FK Horizont Turnovo players FC Lokomotiv Mezdra players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Liga I players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Panelefsiniakos F.C. players 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen