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Kiril Despodov

1996 - Today

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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Kiril Despodov is the 12,117th most popular soccer player (up from 14,808th in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 404th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Kiril Despodov ranks 12,117 out of 21,273Before 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, Norio Suzuki, Giandomenico Mesto, and Olivier Boscagli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Kiril Despodov ranks 322Before him are Jaylen Brown, Jonathan Bamba, Daniil Dubov, Benjamin Bonzi, William Nylander, and Youssef Aït Bennasser. After him are Daniel Felipe Martínez, Kim Woo-seok, Mayar Sherif, Madeline Carroll, Jerry St. Juste, and Oriana Sabatini.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Kiril Despodov ranks 376 out of 415Before him are Nikolay Mihaylov (1988), Tsvetan Sokolov (1989), Aleksander Delchev (1971), Rosen Kirilov (1973), Maria Grozdeva (1972), and Iva Prandzheva (1972). After him are Stoycho Stoilov (1971), Victoria Georgieva (1997), Sesil Karatantcheva (1989), Ivet Lalova-Collio (1984), Kiril Terziev (1983), and Kristian Golomeev (1993).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Kiril Despodov ranks 74Before him are Vladimir Manchev (1977), Georgi Peev (1979), Ivelin Popov (1987), Ivaylo Petkov (1976), Nikolay Mihaylov (1988), and Rosen Kirilov (1973). After him are Stoycho Stoilov (1971), Dimitar Makriev (1984), Aleksandar Tonev (1990), Stoyan Kolev (1976), Georgi Ivanov (1976), and Ivan Ivanov (1988).