Kostadin Bashov (; born 26 November 1982) is a Bulgarian

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 lea ...

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 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, ...

Cypriot Third Division The Cypriot Third Division (Greek language, Greek: Πρωτάθλημα Γ΄ Κατηγορίας) is the third tier Association football, football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Each year, the top finishing ...

Career

Bashov was born in

Gotse Delchev Georgi Nikolov Delchev (; ; 4 February 1872 – 4 May 1903), known as Gotse Delchev or Goce Delčev (''Гоце Делчев''),Originally spelled in older Bulgarian orthography as ''Гоце Дѣлчевъ''. - Гоце Дѣлчевъ. ...

. A product of

Levski Sofia PFC Levski Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 by a group of high sc ...

's youth academy, he 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,

Cherno More Varna Cherno More () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on 3 March 1913, as an association football branch ...

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 its h ...

. Bashov signed for

Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo () was a Bulgarian football club based in Sevlievo- Balabanica, which competed in various Bulgarian football leagues (ultimately the North-West V AFG, the third level of Bulgarian football) before dissolving in 2015. ...

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 F.C. () or simply Ethnikos is a Greece, Greek association football, football club based in Piraeus and its parent sports club is Ethnikos Piraeus, Ethnikos OFPF. The club was officially formed on 21 November 1923 as ''Keravnos'' ...

Diagoras F.C. PAE G.S. Diagoras 1905 () is a Hellenic professional football club based in Rhodes city founded in 1905. Diagoras is named after the island's ancient boxer Diagoras. The team first played under Ottoman rule until the short lived independence ...

and

Korinthos F.C. Pagkorinthiakos Athlitikos Syllogos Korinthos (, lit. 'Pan-corinthian Athletic Club'), commonly known as P.A.S. Korinthos or simply Korinthos (), is a Greek football club based in the city of Corinth, Greece. Pagkorinthiakos can literally be tr ...

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

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia (, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia and competes in the . The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. ...

and then for

Alki Larnaca Alki Larnaca (, ''ALKI Larnakas'') was a Cypriot football club based in the town of Larnaca. The club was founded in 1948 and it was dissolved on the 6th of May 2014 due to financial issues. The club's colours were blue and red. They reached th ...

. In August 2012, after six years spent abroad, Bashov returned to the

A PFG The First Professional Football League (), commonly known as Parva Liga or Bulgarian First League (currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons), is a professional association football league in Bulgaria and the highest level of t ...

and signed a contract with

Litex Lovech FC Lovech (; formerly Litex Lovech) is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Lovech, that competes in the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Spor ...

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

Minyor Pernik FC Minyor () is a football club in Pernik, Bulgaria, currently competing 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 club's name comes ...

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

AEP Paphos AEP Paphos (, ''Athlitiki Enosi Pafos''; "Athletic Union Paphos") was a Cypriot football club based in Paphos. The club was formed in 2000 after the merger of the two clubs of Paphos, APOP and Evagoras. AEP Paphos was dissolved on 9 June 2014, i ...

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

Levski Sofia *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () 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's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

: 2002–03

References

External links

*
Profile at Levskisofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bashov, Kostadin 1982 births Living people 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players 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 FC Lovech players FC Pirin Gotse Delchev players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players ASIL Lysi players Podosfairikos Omilos Xylotymbou 2006 players Ormideia FC players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus