Kostadin Gadzhalov

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Kostadin Gadzhalov
Personal information
Full name	Kostadin Gadzhalov
Date of birth	20 June 1989 (1989-06-20) (age 20)
Place of birth	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height	1.81m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Botev Plovdiv
Number	13
Youth career
	Botev Plovdiv
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007-	Botev Plovdiv	9 (0)
National team2
2006-2008 2008-	Bulgaria U19 Bulgaria U21	3 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 1, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of October 2, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Kostadin Gadzhalov (Bulgarian: Костадин Гаджалов) (born June 20, 1989) is a football defender from Bulgaria currently playing for PFC Botev Plovdiv. He was raised in Botev Plovdiv's youth teams.

[edit] International career

Between 2006 and 2008 Gadzhalov is a part of Bulgaria national under-19 football team. With the team he plays on 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in Czech Republic.

[edit] The road to Czech Republic

Bulgaria Under-19 Team started the campaign leading to the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in October 2007. First, they've played in Group 9 against Turkey (0-2), Denmark (1-0, goal by Mihail Aleksandrov) and the Faroe Islands (0-0). Then the team was seeded in the Group 3, with Island, Norway and Israel being the other participants in the group. Bulgaria finished at the top of the Group 3, after three wins against Island (2-0 in May 2, goals by Momchil Cvetanov and Zehirov), Norway (2-0 in April 29, goals by Mihail Aleksandrov and Ismail Isa Mustafa) and Israel (1-0 in April 27, goal by Momchil Cvetanov).

In October 2008 the Bulgarian national under-21 coach Ivan Kolev called Gadzhalov up for Bulgaria national under-21 football team for a friendly matches with Greece U21 and Macedonia U21.

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