Kristiyan Tafradzhiyski (; born 10 August 1993) is a Bulgarian

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who plays as a

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Career

Born in

Knezha Knezha (, ) is a town in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Knezha Municipality. History The town's name is most probably derived from the Slavic word ''knyaz'' ("prince, duke"), most likely ...

, Tafradzhiyski joined the Litex Lovech Academy at the age of thirteen in 2006. His first association with the first team came in October 2010, when he was featured as an unused substitute in a league game against

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia 1913 () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground is the Stadion Aleksandar Sh ...

. In January 2012, Tafradzhiyski was loaned out to fellow

A Group 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 ...

club

Vidima-Rakovski FC Sevlievo () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Sevlievo, which currently competes in the North-West Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football league system. Their home ground is Stadion Rakovski, which currently has ...

. He made his competitive debut on 3 March in a 3–0 away league loss against Litex. On 28 March, he scored his first goal in a 3–2 away loss against

Kaliakra Kavarna FC Kaliakra Kavarna () is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Kavarna, which currently competes in the A RFG Dobrich, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1922 as Kaliakra Sport Club, the club spent most of its history in am ...

. In June 2012, Tafradzhiyski joined

Akademik Svishtov OFC Akademik Svishtov () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Svishtov, currently playing in the North-West Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. Akademik plays its home matches at Akademik stadium with a capacity of ...

on loan, where he spent three and a half seasons. In his first campaign with Akademik he scored 7 goals in the third division, helping the team gain promotion to the B Group. In the following season, Tafradzhiyski played 18 games for the club in the second division, scoring three goals, but Akademik were relegated at the end of the season. In the 2014–15 season, he finished as Akademik's top league goalscorer with 11 goals. On 16 January 2016, Tafradzhiyski was loaned out to

Sozopol Sozopol ( ; ) List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. One of the major seaside resorts in the country, it is known for the ''Apollonia'' art and film ...

for the rest of the season.

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