Kostadin Bashov ( bg, Костадин Башов; born 26 November 1982, in

Gotse Delchev Georgi Nikolov Delchev (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian/Macedonian language, Macedonian: Георги/Ѓорѓи Николов Делчев; 4 February 1872 – 4 May 1903), known as Gotse Delchev or Goce Delčev (''Гоце Делчев ...

) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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for

Ormideia FC Ormideia FC is a Cypriot football club based in Ormideia. Founded in 2006, was playing sometimes in Third and in Fourth Division. Honours * Cypriot Fourth Division: ** Champions (1): 2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwi ...

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Career

A product of Levski Sofia's youth academy, Bashov progressed to their first-team in 2001. He made five appearances without scoring in his tenure at the club. He had a loan spells at

Spartak Pleven OFK Spartak ( bg, ОФК Спартак) is a Bulgarian municipal association football club from the city of Pleven founded on 10 September 1919. It currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. The team's grea ...

, Cherno More Varna and

Rodopa Smolyan FC Rodopa (ФК Родопа) is a Bulgarian football club based in Smolyan, which currently plays in the South-East Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football league system. The team was named after the Rhodope Mountains and plays it ...

. Bashov signed for

Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo ( bg, ПФК Видима-Раковски Севлиево) was a Bulgarian football club based in Sevlievo- Balabanica, which competed in various Bulgarian football leagues (ultimately the North-West V AFG, the thi ...

at the beginning of the 2004–05 season. In January 2006, Bashov moved to Greece where he played for

Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. Ethnikos Piraeus 1923 Football Club ( el, Εθνικός Πειραιώς 1923) is a Greek football club based in Piraeus and its parent sports club is Ethnikos OFPF. The club was officially formed in 1923 as ''Keravnos'' ( en, Lightning), but ...

Diagoras F.C. PAE G.S. Diagoras 1905 ( el, ΠΑΕ Γ.Σ. Διαγόρας 1905) is a hellenic professional football club based in Rhodes city founded in 1905. Diagoras is named after the island's ancient athlete Diagoras. The team first played under Ott ...

and

Korinthos F.C. P.A.S. Korinthos ( el, Π.Α.Σ. Κόρινθος), also known simply as Korinthos ( el, links=no, Κόρινθος ) or with its full name Pagkorinthiakos Athlitikos Syllogos Korinthos ( el, Παγκορινθιακός Αθλητικός Σύλ ...

In January 2009, he moved to Cyprus first to play for

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia ( el, Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus and competes in the Cypriot First Division. The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cy ...

and then for Alki Larnaca. In August 2012, after six years spent abroad, Bashov returned to the A PFG and signed a contract with

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

. He made his debut on 25 August 2012, in the 0–0 home draw with

Minyor Pernik FC Minyor ( bg, ФК Миньор) is a football club in Pernik, Bulgaria, that competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1919 as SC Krakra, the club's home ground since 1954 has been Stadion Minyor. The c ...

. In February 2013, after being released from Litex, Bashov agreed terms with

Cypriot Cypriot (in older sources often "Cypriote") refers to someone or something of, from, or related to the country of Cyprus. * Cypriot people, or of Cypriot descent; this includes: **Armenian Cypriots **Greek Cypriots **Maronite Cypriots **Turkish C ...

side

AEP Paphos Athletic Union Paphos , nickname = Πάφος , founded = 2000 , dissolved = 29 July 2014 , ground = Pafiako Stadium,Pafos, Cyprus, capacity = 9,394 , chairman = Christos Glykis20/5/12-31/12/13 , manager = Andreas Polydorou , league = Cyp ...

until the end of the season. The Cypriot club was relegated to a lower division and Bashov joined Pirin Gotse Delchev in mid September 2013.

Honours

Club

;Levski Sofia *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament ...

: 2002–03

References

External links

*
Profile at Levskisofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bashov, Kostadin 1982 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers OFC Spartak Pleven players PFC Cherno More Varna players PFC Levski Sofia players FC Rodopa Smolyan players PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players P.A.S. Korinthos players Olympiakos Nicosia players Alki Larnaca FC players PFC Litex Lovech players FC Pirin Gotse Delchev players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players ASIL Lysi players Podosfairikos Omilos Xylotymbou 2006 players Ormideia FC players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Men's association football forwards