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Kiril Despodov

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Kiril Vasilev Despodov (Bulgarian: Кирил Василев Десподов; born 11 November 1996) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays primarily as a winger for Super League Greece club PAOK and the Bulgaria national team, which he captains. Despodov made his way through the youth teams at Litex Lovech before making his senior debut in 2012 at the age of 15. He became part of CSKA Sofia in June 2016, where he established himself as the team's star player, winning the Bulgarian Footballer of the Year award in 2018 – the first CSKA player to do so since Hristo Stoichkov in 1989. He won it for second time in 2021, and again in 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Kiril Despodov is the 12,446th most popular soccer player (up from 14,808th in 2024), the 403rd most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 404th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Kiril Despodov ranks 12,446 out of 21,273. Before him are Nick Rimando, José Alves dos Santos Júnior, Kang Min-soo, Luis Miguel Salvador, Wan Zack Haikal, and Koray Günter. After him are Walter Martínez, Sergey Krivets, Michel Aebischer, Lorenzo Lucca, Norio Suzuki, and Giandomenico Mesto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Kiril Despodov ranks 336. Before him are Jonathan Bamba, Daniil Dubov, Benjamin Bonzi, Yeonwoo, William Nylander, and Youssef Aït Bennasser. After him are Daniel Felipe Martínez, Kim Woo-seok, Mayar Sherif, Ryusei Yokohama, Madeline Carroll, and Jerry St. Juste.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Kiril Despodov ranks 403 out of 415. Before him are Aleksander Delchev (1971), Rosen Kirilov (1973), Maria Grozdeva (1972), Lubomir Geraskov (1968), Iva Prandzheva (1972), and Anatoli Nankov (1969). After him are Stoycho Stoilov (1971), Andrian Dushev (1970), Victoria Georgieva (1997), Sesil Karatantcheva (1989), Ivet Lalova-Collio (1984), and Kiril Terziev (1983).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Kiril Despodov ranks 79. Before him are Ivelin Popov (1987), Ivaylo Petkov (1976), Nikolay Mihaylov (1988), Rosen Kirilov (1973), and Anatoli Nankov (1969). After him are Stoycho Stoilov (1971), Milen Petkov (1974), Dimitar Makriev (1984), Aleksandar Tonev (1990), Stoyan Kolev (1976), Georgi Ivanov (1976), and Ivan Ivanov (1988).

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