Todor Palankov (; born 13 January 1984) is a Bulgarian

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who plays as a defensive midfielder for Pirin Razlog.

Career

Palankov began his career at

Litex Lovech FC Lovech (; formerly Litex Lovech) is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Lovech, that competes in the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Spor ...

where he made 37

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appearances. He made his debut on 13 March 2004 in a 1–0 home win over

Pirin Blagoevgrad Football club Pirin (), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the Second League, the second division of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 2008, after a merger ...

and scored his only goal for Litex against

Rilski Sportist FC Rilski Sportist (ФК Рилски спортист Самоков) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Samokov founded in 1947 and currently playing in the South-West Third League. Their home stadium is Iskar Stadium. Throughout ...

on 13 August 2006. Whilst at Litex he spent time out on loan at Belite orli,

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 ...

and Cherno More before joining

on a permanent basis in the summer of 2007. In December 2009, Palankov confirmed he will sign a pre-contractual agreement for Chernomorets Burgas. On 12 January 2010, he signed a three-year contract, joining the team at the start of the 2010–11 season. He made his debut on 21 August 2010, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 home win over

. Palankov left Chernomorets at the end of the 2012–13 season, when his contract expired. On 5 June 2013, Palankov joined

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 ...

as a free agent. He made his second Cherno More debut on 19 July, as a substitute against his previously club Chernomorets Burgas, on the opening day of 2013–14 season. On 7 December, Palankov scored a last-minute winning goal for the 2–1 victory over Neftochimic Burgas. On 29 May 2017, his contract was terminated by mutual consent. In June 2017, Palankov joined

. In June 2018, he moved to Chernomorets Balchik. He has received call-ups to the Bulgaria U21 team.

Honours

Club

;Litex Lovech *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

: 2003–04 ;Cherno More *

: 2014–15 *

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup () is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and the holder of the Bulgarian Cup at that time. ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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* 1984 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Lovech players PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo players PFC Cherno More Varna players PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players PSFC Chernomorets Burgas players OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players FC Chernomorets Balchik players FC Dobrudzha Dobrich players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Blagoevgrad Province 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub