Kostadin Vidolov

Kostadin Vidolov (born 2 May 1970) is a Bulgarian football (soccer) currently (as of 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 Plovdiv. A young prospect, he transferred to the more popular PFC 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 Plovdiv - 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 Plovdiv 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 Berlin. Vidolov played two seasons for the Germany club, before moving back to Bulgaria.

Vidolov returned in Bulgaria for the 2003/04 season, playing for PFC 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 PFC Beroe Stara Zagora, in an attempt to save the team from relegation.

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

Awards

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