Plamen Kazakov
Personal information
Full name Plamen Iliev Kazakov
Date of birth (1962-06-26) 26 June 1962
Place of birth Provadia, Bulgaria
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1981 Spartak Varna 3 (0)
1981–1982 Cherno More 27 (2)
1982–1990 Spartak Varna 222 (54)
1990–1991 Paços de Ferreira 17 (3)
1991–1992 Spartak Varna 30 (10)
1992–1993 Shumen 17 (2)
1993–1994 Cherno More 10 (3)
1994–1995 Spartak Varna 20 (9)
1995–1996 Persebaya Surabaya (14)
*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

  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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