Kostadin Gadzhalov

Kostadin Gadzhalov (Bulgarian: Костадин Гаджалов; born 20 June 1989) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a centre-back for Yantra Gabrovo. He was raised in Botev Plovdiv's youth teams.[3]

Kostadin Gadzhalov
Personal information
Full name Kostadin Veselinov Gadzhalov
Date of birth (1989-06-20) 20 June 1989
Place of birth Rudozem,[1] Bulgaria
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Yantra Gabrovo
Number 5
Youth career
Botev Plovdiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Botev Plovdiv 20 (1)
2010 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 14 (0)
2010 Borac Čačak 0 (0)
2011 Botev Plovdiv 14 (0)
2012 Bdin 10 (0)
2012 Etar 1924 9 (0)
2013–2014 Dobrudzha Dobrich 38 (0)
2015–2018 Dundee 40 (3)
2018 → Brechin City (loan) 2 (0)
2018–2019 Botev Vratsa 6 (0)
2019–2020 Montana 12 (0)
2020– Yantra Gabrovo 15 (0)
National team
2007–2008 Bulgaria U19 4 (0)
2008–2009 Bulgaria U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:50, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Career

Gadzhalov joined Botev Plovdiv in early age and progressed through the club's youth system. He made his first-team debut on 11 November 2007, when he came on as substitute to replace Todor Timonov in a 2–0 away league loss against CSKA Sofia.[4] Gadzhalov scored his first goal on 31 May 2009, in a 3–1 home win over Vihren Sandanski. In July 2009, he left the club due to financial reasons.

On 15 January 2010, after six months without playing, Gadzhalov signed with Lokomotiv Plovdiv on a two-and-a-half-year deal.[5] However, he ended up released in the following summer, and he joined Serbian side FK Borac Čačak in summer 2010[6] but failed to make an official appearance and shortly afterwards left the club and returned to Bulgaria.

On 3 January 2015, following a successful short trial period Gadzhalov signed for Scottish side Dundee as a free agent.[7] He made his debut for Dundee in the Scottish Premiership, playing the full 90 minutes in the 4–1 home win over Motherwell on 10 January.[8] Gadzhalov scored the first goal for Dundee in the "Get Doon Derby" against rivals Dundee United on 2 May 2016, an absolute thundertwat of a header into the top bins following a corner kick. Dundee went on to win the Derby 2–1 at Dens Park, relegating Dundee United to the Scottish Championship.[9]

Gadzhalov joined Brechin City on a one-month emergency loan deal in February 2018.[10] He was released by Dundee at the end of the 2017/18 season.[11]

In July 2018, Gadzhalov signed with Botev Vratsa.[12]

International career

Gadzhalov represented the Bulgarian team at the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where he played full games in the group stage against Hungary and Spain.

In October 2008, the Bulgarian national under-21 coach Ivan Kolev called Gadzhalov up for Bulgaria national under-21 football team for a friendly matches with Greece U21 and Macedonia U21.

Career statistics
As of match played 4 November 2017 [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Botev Plovdiv 2007–08 A Group 8010––90
2008–09 12100––121
Total 201100000211
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2009–10 A Group 5000––50
2010–11 9000––90
Total 140000000140
Borac Čačak 2010–11 SuperLiga 0000––00
Total 0000000000
Botev Plovdiv 2011–12 B Group 14020––160
Bdin Vidin 2011–12 10000––100
Etar 1924 2012–13 А Group 9020––110
Dobrudzha Dobrich 2013–14 B Group 24050––290
2014–15 14010––150
Total 380600000440
Dundee 2014–15 Scottish Premiership 801000–90
2015–16 1412000–161
2016–17 1821000–192
2017–18 000000–00
Total 403400000443
Career total 145415000001604

References
  1. "Състав на "Ботев" (Пловдив) есен 2011 (p.7)" (PDF) (in Bulgarian). bultras.com. 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. "Профил на Костадин Веселинов Гаджалов" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. "Stats Centre: Kostadin Gadzhalov Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012.
  4. "CSKA 2–0 Botev". guardian.touch-line.com. 11 November 2007.
  5. "Напрежение в Локо Пд, Гаджалов подписа" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 15 January 2010.
  6. FK Borac Čačak autumn 2010/11 squad at eufo.de
  7. "Kostadin is a dee". dundeefc.co.uk. 3 January 2015.
  8. "Dundee 4–1 Motherwell". bbc.com. 10 January 2015.
  9. English, Tom (2 May 2016). "Dundee 2–1 Dundee United". BBC. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  10. "Kosta joins Brechin on loan". dundeefc.co.uk. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  11. "Player update". Dundee FC. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  12. "Ботев (Враца) представи 23-ма футболисти за завръщането си в Първа лига" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 12 July 2018.
  13. Kostadin Gadzhalov at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
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