Todor Ivanov Timonov (; born 3 September 1986) is a Bulgarian former

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who played as a

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Career

Todor Timonov was raised in

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professiona ...

's youth teams. In 2002, Timonov agreed the conditions of his first professional contract with the club which will be effective for five years. He made his official debut in top division of Bulgarian football as a 17-year-old in a match against

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on 29 November 2003. Todor substituted Stoyan Seymenski in second half and played for 5 minutes. The result of the match was a 0:1 loss for Botev. For four years the young midfielder played in 48 matches for Botev (29 in

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and 15 in second division) and scored 4 goals (1 in

and 3 in second division). In December 2007, he was loaned for six months in

PFC Nesebar Nesebar () is a Bulgarian municipality, municipal () association football club based in Nesebar, Burgas Province, currently competing in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. The club’s greatest success was promotion to th ...

. In the summer of 2008, Timonov returned to his first club. A year later, he signed a 3-year contract as a free agent with

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. On 6 February 2010, CSKA Sofia sold Timonov to Russian Anzhi Makhachkala for a reported transfer fee of $500,000. On 20 March 2010, he made his official debut for his new team in the 0:1 away loss against

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in a

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game after coming on as a substitute for Nicolae Josan in the 84th minute of the match. On 6 November 2010, he was giving a half-time interview to a sideline reporter during a league game on live TV and said "If we score a penalty, everything will be fucking great." () Anzhi manager Gadzhi Gadzhiev said that Timonov probably didn't quite know that what he was saying was a swear word, but he will be fined by the club for the incident nevertheless.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Timonov, Todor 1986 births Living people Footballers from Plovdiv Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Botev Plovdiv players PFC CSKA Sofia players FC Anzhi Makhachkala players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Anagennisi Karditsa F.C. players FC Vereya players FC Maritsa Plovdiv players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Russian Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Greece 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen