Svetlan Kondev (; born 23 January 1976) is a former

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. Kondev was capped 7 times for Bulgaria U21. He is currently working as a coach at Etar Veliko Tarnovo.

Career

At a young age Kondev was playing at the squad of

Sliven Sliven ( ) is List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality in Northern Thrace. It is situated in the Sliven Valley at the foothills of th ...

. In season 1997–98, at the age of 21, he made his debut in professional football with Maritsa Plovdiv. In the next year Kondev was part of the

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squad, with which he played 3 matches and scored 1 goal (against

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) in the qualifying rounds of the

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. In 2000, he signed with

Belasitsa Petrich OFC Belasitsa () is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Petrich, currently playing in the Second League. The team was founded in 1923. They play at the Stadion Tsar Samuil in Petrich, which has a capacity of 9,500. The club last played ...

. In 2001 gone in

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, signing with local Lokomotiv, but one year later returned in

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. Until 2005 Kondev played three seasons in

Belasitsa Belasica ( Macedonian and Bulgarian: , also translit. ''Belasitsa'' or ''Belasitza'', Ottoman Turkish: بلش Turkish: ''Beleş''), Belles (, ''Bélles'') or Kerkini (, ''Kerkíni'';), is a mountain range in the region of Macedonia in Southe ...

. He earned 81 appearances and scored 9 goals for the club. In 2005, at the age of 29, he signed with Maltese

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. In 2008 Kondev returned in

, signing a contract for two seasons with

PFC Montana FC Montana () is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Montana, which currently plays in the Second League, the second level of the Bulgarian football league system. Montana plays its home matches at the Ogosta Stadium, which has a ...

. With the club he became champion of Second West Division for the 2008–09 season. In May 2023, Kondev was appointed as manager of

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for the second time, in this case in an interim capacity, remaining in this position for three weeks.

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* $ Bulgarian men's footballers 1976 births Living people Men's association football midfielders First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Sliven players FC Lovech players OFC Belasitsa Petrich players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Pietà Hotspurs F.C. players FC Montana players Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Bulgarian expatriates in Malta Footballers from Sliven {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub