Kostadin Vidolov

Football player infobox
playername = Kostadin Vidolov


fullname = Kostadin Vidolov
nickname = "Kotse"
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1970|5|2|df=y
cityofbirth = Plovdiv
countryofbirth = Bulgaria
height = 1.75m
currentclub = PFC Beroe Stara Zagora
clubnumber = 21
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1980-1988
youthclubs = Maritsa Plovdiv
years = 1989-1993 1993-1996 1996 1997-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2003 2004-2005 2005-2007 2007 2008-
clubs = Lokomotiv Plovdiv Botev Plovdiv CSKA Sofia Bursaspor Botev Plovdiv CSKA Sofia 1. FC Union Berlin Levski Sofia Botev Plovdiv Spartak Plovdiv Beroe Stara Zagora
caps(goals) = 112 (24) 76 (19) 15 (1) 77 (5) 23 (7) 20 (8) 73 (17) 11 (1) 85 (25) 12 (1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Bulgaria
nationalcaps(goals) = 8 (1)
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Kostadin Vidolov ( _bg. Костадин Видолов) (born 2 May 1970) is a Bulgarian footballer currently (as of January 2008) playing for Beroe Stara Zagora as a midfielder.

Career

Vidolov was born in Plovdiv and started his youth career in the popular local team Maritsa. A young prospect, he transferred to the more popular Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 1989. Vidolov made more than 100 appearances, scoring 24 goals for Lokomotiv. He has established himself as the playmaker in the side. In June 1993 he transferred Botev - the side that he supported as a kid. For the "canaries" Vidolov played between until 1996, making 76 appearances and scoring 19 goals. He was called in the Bulgaria national football team while playing for Botev. He was sold to CSKA Sofia in the autumn of 1996, after Botev started to experience financial troubles.

In January 1997 Kostadin signed with the Turkish club Bursaspor for a fee of 1 000 000 €. There he made 77 appearances, scoring 5 goals. In 1999 Vidolov was signed by Botev as an amateur: the club couldn not afford to pay Bursaspor the fee for a transfer, and Vidolov was not wanted in Bursa anymore. He made excellent performances for Botev during the 1999/00 season. Vidolov signed with CSKA Sofia in the summer of 2000, taking an instrumental part in their 2000/01 run for the championship title. In 2001 Vidolov signed with the Berlin club - 1. FC Union. Vidolov played two seasons for the German club, before moving back to Bulgaria.

Vidolov returned in Bulgaria for the 2003/04 season, playing for Levski Sofia. He managed to win his first Bulgarian Cup with them in 2004. Vidolov signed a constract with Botev Plovdiv in 2004 in trying to help the struggling team to return to the rop flight. He played for three seasons with Botev Plovdiv - a disagreement between him and the club owner Dimitar Hristolov drove Vidolov out in the summer of 2007. Vidolov moved to second filght Spartak Plovdiv, where he played for the first half of the 2007/08 season. In January 2008, the veteran signed with Beroe Stara Zagora, in an attempt to save the team from relegation.

* 1989-1993 flagicon|Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv
* 1993-1996 flagicon|Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
* 1996 flagicon|Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
* 1997-1999 flagicon|Turkey Bursaspor
* 1999-2000 flagicon|Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
* 2000-2001 flagicon|Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
* 2001-2003 flagicon|Germany 1. FC Union Berlin
* 2004-2005 flagicon|Bulgaria Levski Sofia
* 2005-2007 flagicon|Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
* 2007 flagicon|Bulgaria Spartak Plovdiv
* 2008-preset flagicon|Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora

Awards

*Holder of Bulgaria's cup 2005 "(with PFC Levski Sofia)"