Teodor Atanasov ( bg, Теодор Атанасов) (born 25 September 1987) is a

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, currently playing for Dimitrovgrad as a striker. Atanasov is 1.90 m tall and weighs 80 kg.

Career

Born in

Haskovo Haskovo ( bg, Хасково ) is a city in the region of Northern Thrace in southern Bulgaria and the administrative centre of the Haskovo Province, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey. According to Operative Program Regional D ...

, Atanasov start to play football in local club PFC Haskovo. On 18-years old he signed with Hebros Harmanli and played one season with the team in Bulgarian amateur division. In the summer of 2006 Teodor moved to Germany for his higher education and during that time played in the

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for

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. In the winter of 2008 Atanasov returned to

. He was invited by

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to join trial period, which began in January 2008. In March 2008 the forward signed a contract for three years with the club from Varna. He was given the No.16 shirt. In his first months with "the sailors" Teo often scored goals in friendly matches and for the reserves squad, but did not play for the first team. On 31 July he made his official debut for the club in the 2nd leg in the

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against

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n club

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on Estadi Communal in

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. On 22 September 2008 Atanasov made his official debut in the Bulgarian top division in a match against

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as a 78th-minute substitute.

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