Atanas Petrov Kurdov (Bulgarian: Атанас Петров Курдов; born 28 September 1988) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a striker for Botev Ihtiman. His father is former player and manager Petar Kurdov.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Atanas Petrov Kurdov | ||
| Date of birth | 28 September 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botev Ihtiman | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Levski Sofia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 46 | (14) |
| 2009 | → Winterthur (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Botev Plovdiv | 46 | (50) |
| 2012 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Slavia Sofia | 22 | (11) |
| 2014–2015 | Astana | 25 | (6) |
| 2015 | Levski Sofia | 8 | (0) |
| 2016 | Velbazhd Kyustendil | ? | (?) |
| 2017 | Litex Lovech | 4[1] | (2) |
| 2017 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Slivnishki Geroy | ? | (?) |
| 2020– | Botev Ihtiman | 1 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Bulgaria U21 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2017 | |||
Career
editYouth career
editKurdov is a product of the Levski Sofia's Youth Academy. In 2007, he spent weeks on a trial period in Celtic FC and Tottenham Hotspur. All in all, Kurdov signed for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
editOn 9 July 2007, Kurdov signed a four-year contract with Bayer 04 Leverkusen. In his first season there, Atanas capped 26 times and scored 10 goals for the reserves team. In the summer of 2010 he was released from the club.
Botev Plovdiv
editAfter being released from Bayer 04 Leverkusen he signed with Bulgarian V AFG side Botev Plovdiv on 24 August, despite being wanted by his youth club Levski Sofia earlier that summer. He was top scorer in the third tier in 2010–11, with 46 goals in the South East V FG.[2] He also scored 3 goals in 3 minutes against Stambolovo. In January 2011, Kurdov was approached by newly promoted A PFG club Ludogorets Razgrad, but his transfer fell through, due to the accusations of being a glory seeker from the Botev fans. On June 26, 2012, he was released from Botev Plovdiv along with 15 other players.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
editAfter a one-week trial, on 25 August 2012, Kurdov joined Botev's eternal rivals Lokomotiv Plovdiv on a year contract. His move to Lokomotiv remains very controversial keeping in mind his family's history with Botev (his father and older brother Evgeni also played for Botev).
FC Astana
editOn 26 February 2014, Kurdov signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side Astana.[3] On 19 April, he scored three goals in the 4:3 away win over Irtysh Pavlodar in a Kazakhstan Premier League match.[4]
Levski Sofia
editHe returned to his youth club Levski Sofia in the summer 2015, but had difficulty establishing himself as a regular player under manager Stoycho Stoev and parted ways with the "bluemen" in November.
Lokomotiv Sofia
editOn 29 June 2017, Kurdov signed a 1-year contract with Lokomotiv Sofia. On 3 August 2017, Kurdov released his contract with club.[5]
Slivnishki Geroy
editIn February 2019, Kurdov joined FC Slivnishki Geroy Slivnitsa.[6]
Honours
edit- Astana
References
edit- ^ Appearances and goals incomplete due to lack of data.
- ^ "Югоизточна "В" ФГ 2010/11" [South East "V" FG]. bulgarian-football.com (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
- ^ АТАНАС КУРДОВ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С «АСТАНОЙ». fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ "Курдов избухна с хеттрик срещу "Иртиш", "Астана: бие с 4:3" [Kurdov explodes with a hat-trick against "Irtysh", "Astana" win by a score of 4:3] (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ "Локо Сф взе и Атанас Курдов" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 29 June 2017.
- ^ Атанас Курдов продължава кариерата си в Сливнишки герой, topsport.bg, 21 February 2019
External links
edit- Kurdov at IMScouting
- Atanas Kurdov at Soccerway