Plamen Kazakov

Plamen Kazakov
Personal information
Full name	Plamen Iliev Kazakov
Date of birth	26 June 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Provadia, Bulgaria
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–1981	Spartak Varna
1981–1982	Cherno More
1982–1990	Spartak Varna
1990–1991	Paços de Ferreira
1991–1992	Spartak Varna
1992–1993	Shumen
1993–1994	Cherno More
1994–1995	Spartak Varna
1995–1996	Persebaya Surabaya
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Plamen Kazakov (Bulgarian: Пламен Казаков; born 26 June 1962) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and forward.^[1] He spent the majority of his career with Spartak Varna.^[2]

Career

Kazakov scored 73 league goals in total for Spartak Varna, 39 of which were scored in the first division and 34 in the second division. On 28 September 1983, he scored in a 1–0 home win over Turkish side Mersin in the first round of the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup; Spartak advanced 1–0 on aggregate.

After ten seasons at Spartak, Kazakov joined Paços de Ferreira in 1990, where he scored 3 goals in 17 league matches. After leaving Portuguese club at the end of the 1990–91 season, he re-joined Spartak.

Kazakov spent one season at Shumen, before joining Cherno More Varna in 1993. The following season, he appeared for his first club Spartak. Kazakov retired from competitive football at the end of the 1995–96 season with Persebaya Surabaya, at the age of 34.

In 2018, he established his own children's academy in Varna.^[3]

References

^ "Честит Рожден ден на Пламен Казаков!" (in Bulgarian). spartak1918.com. 26 June 2018.
^ "100 години "Спартак"!" (in Bulgarian). dariknews.bg. 28 August 2018.
^ "Нова футболна школа изгрява на варненския хоризонт - Пламен Казаков и Юлиян Спасов ще тренират децата във Виктори" (in Bulgarian). darik.bg. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

External links

Player Profile at foradejogo.net

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[1] "Честит Рожден ден на Пламен Казаков!" (in Bulgarian). spartak1918.com. 26 June 2018.

[2] "100 години "Спартак"!" (in Bulgarian). dariknews.bg. 28 August 2018.

[3] "Нова футболна школа изгрява на варненския хоризонт - Пламен Казаков и Юлиян Спасов ще тренират децата във Виктори" (in Bulgarian). darik.bg. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

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