Kristiyan Kitov ( Bulgarian: Кристиян Китов; born 14 October 1996) is a

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n retired

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who played as a

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for Strumska Slava Radomir, most recent. He is the youngest debutant and goalscorer for Ludogorets.

Career

Born in

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

, Kitov began his football career from

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, before moving to

Ludogorets Razgrad Professional Football Club Ludogorets 1945 (), commonly known as Ludogorets Razgrad or simply Ludogorets, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Razgrad, which currently competes in the First Professional Football League ...

. He was the captain of the U19 team who took a part of 2014–15 season of

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. Kitov become the youngest player to debut for the first team, coming in play at 16 years 11 months 25 days in match against

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in the

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. He completed his professional debut in

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on 18 May 2014 scoring a goal for the 3:1 win over Cherno More, becoming the youngest goalscorer for Ludogorets at age 17 years 7 months 4 days. For the 2015–16 season Kitov was part of the newly created second team of Ludogorets in B Group playing not very often due to injuries. Three years later, on 28 May 2017, he returned in the first team and played for the First League again against Cherno More and the team won with the same result. Kitov started the 2017–18 season in Ludogorets II playing in the first match of the season against Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia. On 30 May 2018 Kitov ended his contract with Ludogorets due to mutual agreement, because he could not find a place in the first team and the team did not want to stop his development. On 7 July 2018 Kitov signed a contract with the

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team Lokomotiv GO. On 15 February 2024, after 5 seasons with Strumska Slava, Kitov announced his retirement at the age of just 27, as he torn posterior cruciate ligament, which was another heavy injury for him.Тежко решение: Кристиян Китов спира с футбола
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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Ludogorets * Bulgarian A Group: 2013–14 *

: 2013–14

References

External links

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Profile
at ludogoretsvarna.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitov, Kristiyan 1996 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa players FC Strumska Slava Radomir players Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen