Krasimir Kostov
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Krasimir Ivanov Kostov | ||
| Date of birth | 11 February 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Petrich, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botev Vratsa | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2013 | Pirin 2001 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Pirin Razlog | 7 | (0) |
| 2014–2018 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 73 | (0) |
| 2018– | Botev Vratsa | 56 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Bulgaria U21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 July 2020 | |||
Krasimir Kostov (Template:Lang-bg; born 11 February 1995) is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing as a goalkeeper for Botev Vratsa.
Career
Kostov started to play football in the local side of his home village Kolarovo, Petrich Municipality. In 2007, when he was 12 years old, he joined Pirin 2001 Football Academy, where he honed his footballing skills.[1]
In January 2014, Kostov signed with B Group club Pirin Razlog. He made his senior debut on 12 April 2014, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 home win over Haskovo. Kostov ended the season with 5 clean sheets out of 7 appearances.
In June 2014, Kostov joined Pirin Blagoevgrad. His first season with Pirin went very well and he had kept clean sheets in 14 of his 18 appearances, helping the club to win promotion to the A Group. On 9 July 2015, Kostov signed his first professional contract in his career.[2] He made his A Group debut in a 1–1 home draw against Cherno More Varna on 19 July 2015.
On 21 June 2018, Kostov signed with Botev Vratsa.[3]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 5 March 2018
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other[a] | Total | ||||||||
| Pirin Razlog | B Group | 2013–14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | B Group | 2014–15 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 0 | |||
| A Group | 2015–16 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||||
| First League | 2016–17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 68 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 75 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | |||
- ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
References
- ^ "Красимир Костов – по стъпките на дядо си и Мирослав Митев" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Пирин подписа с всички състезатели" (in Bulgarian). pirinfc.com. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015.
- ^ "Краси Костов подписа с Ботев Враца" (in Bulgarian). struma.com. 21 June 2018.
External links
- Krasimir Kostov at Soccerway
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from Petrich
- Bulgarian footballers
- Bulgaria under-21 international footballers
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Association football goalkeepers
- FC Pirin Razlog players
- OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players
- FC Botev Vratsa players
- Bulgarian football goalkeeper stubs