Krum Georgiev Bibishkov ( bg, Крум Георгиев Бибишков; born 2 September 1982) is a Bulgarian former

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and

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. His son, Marsel Bibishkov, is also a footballer, currently playing for Juventus FC Youth Sector.

Career

He started his career in his home town of

Blagoevgrad Blagoevgrad ( bg, Благоевград ) is а town in Southwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Blagoevgrad Municipality and of Blagoevgrad Province. With a population of almost inhabitants, it is the economic and cultural centr ...

where he represented the local team

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. He played for Pirin Blagoevgrad in six matches, scoring one goal. In August 1999, Bayern Munich signed Bibishkov. In July 2000, he returned to

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 Mac ...

, signing a contract with

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) 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 ...

. In June 2002, Bibishkov transferred to

Marek Dupnitsa FC Marek ( bg, ФК Марек) is a Bulgarian football club based in Dupnitsa, currently playing in the Third League, the third level of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded in 1947 following the unification of four local clubs ...

, where he played in the

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. In June 2005, he signed with Portuguese Maritimo. However was loaned out to

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the following season. In January 2007, Bibishkov was transferred to

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 ...

, with whom he won the 2008

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. In December 2008, he was named the 2008 Footballer of the Year of Litex, and participated in the

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. In the spring of 2007, Bibishkov scored five goals in the 11:0 win over

Chernomorets Burgas Sofia FC Conegliano was a Bulgarian football club based in German. They last played in the South-West Amateur Football Group, the third tier of Bulgarian football, before merging with DIT Academy, into PFC Septemvri Sofia. The club was founded in 20 ...

. On 6 July 2009, he signed a three-year contract as a free transfer with

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n team

Steaua București Steaua or Steaua București may refer to: * CSA Steaua București, a Romanian multi-sports club * CSA Steaua București (football), the football team of the multi-sports club * Fotbal Club FCSB, a football team that used this name between 2003 ...

. During his tenure in București he played in the

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. On 3 February 2010, Bibishkov signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Portuguese club Académica de Coimbra. He went abroad once more to play with Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. in the

Liga Leumit Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-plac ...

. In 2011, he returned to Bulgaria to play with

Pirin Blagoevgrad Futbolen klub Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб „Пирин“), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. T ...

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 ...

Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...

. In 2014, he assisted

in securing promotion by winning the

Second Professional Football League The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...

. He went overseas in 2016 to play with the

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in the Canadian Soccer League. The following season he was recruited by

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as a

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. He also played with

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in the 2018 season. In 2020, he returned to Scarborough SC and assisted in reaching the championship final against FC Vorkuta, but were defeated by a score of 2–1.

Managerial career

While in the CSL he made the transition to managing in 2017, where he was appointed in the capacity of a

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for

. Bibishkov achieved a notable result in his first year by reaching the

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final, where they were defeated 5–4 in a penalty shootout against

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. He was associated with CFA academy, where he served as the U-11 head coach. In 2018, he became involved with

, and operated as a player-coach after the academy received a franchise in the Canadian Soccer League. After the

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in 2020, he left the academy and returned to his native country.

International career

Bibishkov was a part of the

Bulgarian national under-21 team The Bulgaria national under-21 football team ( bg, Mладежки национален отбор на България по футбол) is considered to be the feeder team for the Bulgaria national football team. This team is for Bulgarian pl ...

and made one appearance for the senior side in 2001.

Honours

;PFC Litex Lovech *

: 2007–08, 2008–09

References

External links

Profile at Levskisofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bibishkov, Krum 1982 births Living people Footballers from Blagoevgrad Province Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian football managers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players PFC Levski Sofia players FC Marek Dupnitsa players C.S. Marítimo players F.C. Penafiel players PFC Litex Lovech players FC Steaua București players FCSB II players FC Bayern Munich II players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. players FC Minyor Pernik players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Brantford Galaxy players Scarborough SC players Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Bulgarian expatriates in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Primeira Liga players Liga I players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) coaches Men's association football forwards