Zdravko Chavdarov (born 24 January 1981) is a Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n footballer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

, currently playing for CSKA Sofia as a goalkeeper

Goalkeeper (football)

In association football, the goalkeeper occupies a position that represents the last line of defence between the opponent's offence and his own team's goal. The primary role of the goalkeeper is to defend his team's goal and prevent the opposition from scoring a goal...

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Career

Zdravko started his career in Maritsa

FC Maritsa Plovdiv

Maritsa FC is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv. Established in 1921 after the merger of Karshiaka's teams Vampir and Trite Konski Sili....

. In 2004 he moved to Rodopa on a free transfer and spent 4 years there. After the promotion of Sliven 2000

OFC Sliven 2000

OFC Sliven 2000 is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sliven, currently playing in the East B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium in Sliven with a capacity of 15,000...

 to the Bulgarian top division, he joined them and was first-choice goalkeeper for the whole 2008/09 season.

CSKA Sofia

On June 24, 2009, Chavdarov signed with CSKA Sofia along with his teammates Ivan Stoyanov

Ivan Stoyanov

Ivan Stoyanov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Ludogorets Razgrad. Stoyanov is a left/right winger. He is also the nephew of the famous Bulgarian football player Yordan Letchkov.-Sliven & Stuttgart:...

, Kostadin Stoyanov

Kostadin Stoyanov

Kostadin Stoyanov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for CSKA Sofia. Stoyanov is a central defender.-Career:...

 and Kosta Yanev

Kosta Yanev

Kosta Yanev is a Bulgarian football midfielder currently playing for Lokomotiv Sofia.He is a defensive midfielder who plays in the holding midfield role or as an attacking midfielder. Despite often being used in a defensive position he is mainly an attacking player...

. On 30 July 2009, he managed a clean sheet in his official debut for the Armymen in the 1–0 home win against Northern Irish side Derry City F.C.

Derry City F.C.

Derry City Football Club is a professional football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division...

. However, his debut for CSKA in the league was postponed after he sustained a head injury

Head injury

Head injury refers to trauma of the head. This may or may not include injury to the brain. However, the terms traumatic brain injury and head injury are often used interchangeably in medical literature....

 in the return leg against the Northern Irish team. Chavdarov subsequently lost his place in the first team in favour of Ivan Karadzhov

Ivan Karadzhov

Ivan Karadzhov is a Bulgarian footballer. He currently is a Free Agent.-Career:He made his official debut for CSKA in the last match of 2008-09 season in the Bulgarian A PFG against Lokomotiv Mezdra...

, following the latter's convincing displays. However, after Karadzhov started running through a bad patch of form, Chavdarov finally made his first appearance in the league for CSKA Sofia on November 1, 2009 in the 0–2 away loss to Litex Lovech. On 27 March 2010, he played in his first Eternal Derby

The Eternal Derby

The Eternal Derby of Bulgarian Football or simply The Eternal Derby is the name of the local derby football match between the two most popular and successful football clubs in Sofia and Bulgaria - PFC Levski Sofia and PFC CSKA Sofia...

 against Levski Sofia and kept a clean sheet for the 0–0 draw.