Plamen Kazakov (; born 26 June 1962) is a former Bulgarian

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who played as an

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and

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. He spent the majority of his career with

Spartak Varna FC Spartak Varna () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Varna, which currently competes in the First League, the top level of Bulgarian football league system. Spartak plays its home matches at the local Stadion Spartak. Founded ...

Career

Kazakov scored 73 league goals in total for

, 39 of which were scored in the

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and 34 in the

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. On 28 September 1983, he scored in a 1–0 home win over Turkish side

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in the first round of the

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; Spartak advanced 1–0 on aggregate. After ten seasons at Spartak, Kazakov joined

Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km². Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...

in 1990, where he scored 3 goals in 17 league matches. After leaving Portuguese club at the end of the 1990–91 season, he re-joined Spartak. Kazakov spent one season at

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, before joining

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 ...

in 1993. The following season, he appeared for his first club Spartak. Kazakov retired from competitive football at the end of the 1995–96 season with

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, at the age of 34. In 2018, he established his own children's academy in Varna.

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at foradejogo.net 1962 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers FC Spartak Varna players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players PFC Cherno More Varna players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Liga Portugal 2 players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Bulgarian expatriates in Portugal Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Varna, Bulgaria Indonesian Premier Division players Persebaya Surabaya players Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub