Kiril Despodov

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This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Vasilev and the family name is Despodov.

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Kiril Despodov
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Despodov playing for Litex Lovech in 2014
Personal information
Full name Kiril Vasilev Despodov
Date of birth (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Kresna, Bulgaria
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Position(s) Winger / Striker
Team information
Current team
 Litex Lovech
Number 99
Youth career
2007–2008 Pirin 2001[1]
2008–2015 Litex Lovech
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Litex Lovech 37 (4)
2015– Litex Lovech II 12 (3)
International career‡
2012–2013 Bulgaria U17 9 (5)
2012–2015 Bulgaria U19 17 (5)
2015– Bulgaria U21 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:16, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:25, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

Kiril Vasilev Despodov (Bulgarian: Кирил Василев Десподов; born 11 November 1996 in Kresna) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a striker for Litex Lovech in the Bulgarian A Football Group.[2]

Career

Litex Lovech

Despodov joined Litex Lovech's Academy at the age of 12 and progressed through the club's youth system. He played an important role in Litex's 2012 BFU U-16 Cup win, scoring two goals in the final against Cherno More on 26 April.[3]

Despodov made his first team debut under Hristo Stoichkov's management,[4] at 15 years 183 days, in a 5–0 league win over Kaliakra Kavarna on 12 May 2012, coming on as a substitute for Svetoslav Todorov. He scored his first goal on 10 August 2013, netting the fifth in a 5–1 away league win over Pirin Gotse Delchev.

On 22 November 2014, Despodov scored his first goal of the 2014–15 season against Cherno More in a 3–0 away win. On 27 November, he signed his first professional contract with Litex shortly after turning 18.[5] Two days later he scored his second goal of the season in a 2–2 away draw against Levski Sofia in the 66th minute to clinch a point for his team.

Despite the not so good start of the season 2015-16 for Despodov, as he played only in 4 matches from 19 rounds, he become a hero in the quarterfinals of the Bulgarian Cup. In the match against Levski Sofia, after coming on as a subtitude in the 76th minute when the match was 0:0 and Litex was down to 10 people, eventually winning the game after extra time by 3:0, with Despodov scoring 2 of the goals.[6] [7]

International career

On 7 February 2015, Despodov made his first appearance for Bulgaria, in a goalless draw with Romania in a non-official friendly match, coming on as a late substitute for Stanislav Manolev.[8]

Club statistics

As of 8 December 2015
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Litex Lovech 2011–12 A Group 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
2012–13 8 0 1 0 – 9 0
2013–14 6 2 4 0 – 10 2
2014–15 18 2 3 0 0 0 21 2
2015–16 4 0 3 2 0 0 7 2
Litex Lovech II 2015–16 B Group 4 0 – – 4 0
Career total 41 4 11 2 0 0 52 6

References

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  6. ↑ 10 от Литекс разпиляха Левски в продълженията
  7. ↑ Героят за Литекс: Всички сме много щастливи
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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