{"id":831997,"date":"2024-11-11T13:09:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T11:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20241111-xronia-polla-kiril\/"},"modified":"2024-11-11T18:10:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T16:10:18","slug":"20241111-xronia-polla-kiril","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20241111-xronia-polla-kiril\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Kiril!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kiril Despodov<\/strong>\u00a0was born on November 11, 1996 in\u00a0<strong>Kresna, Bulgaria<\/strong>, just two hours away from the city of\u00a0<strong>Thessaloniki<\/strong>. <strong><a class=\"boldlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/profiles\/kiril-despodov-en\/\">Despodov<\/a><\/strong> started out in the\u00a0<strong>Litex Lovets<\/strong>\u00a0academies and made impressive progress in the junior age categories, player as a winger.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Bulgarian<\/strong>\u00a0foward made his first team debut at the age of 15 on May 12, 2012. He stayed at\u00a0<strong>Litex Lovets<\/strong>\u00a0until 2016, playing in 49 games, scoring six times and providing one assist.<\/p>\n<p>The next stop in his career was\u00a0<strong>CSKA Sofia<\/strong>. In the summer of 2016 he moved to\u00a0<strong>Sofia<\/strong>\u00a0and stayed there until September 2019, making 80 appearances, scoring 25 goals and serving up 26 assists.<\/p>\n<p>His numbers impressed\u00a0<strong>Cagliari<\/strong>, who offered\u00a0<strong>\u20ac4,000,000<\/strong>\u00a0to sign him. He stayed there for a year but did not get much playing time, making only five appearances.<\/p>\n<p>A cycle of loans to\u00a0<strong>Sturm Graz<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Ludogorets<\/strong>\u00a0followed. At\u00a0<strong>Sturm Graz<\/strong>\u00a0he played in the 2019-20 season and scored nine goals in 21 appearances, while also contributing eight assists.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020-21 he returned to\u00a0<strong>Bulgaria<\/strong>\u00a0on loan with an option to buy for\u00a0<strong>Ludogorets,<\/strong>\u00a0who in 2022 paid the clause and acquired him on a permanent transfer. He remained in\u00a0<strong>Razgrad<\/strong>\u00a0for three years, playing in 128 matches, scoring 39 times and distributing 55 assists. He won three\u00a0<strong>Bulgarian championships<\/strong>, one\u00a0<strong>Bulgarian Cup<\/strong>\u00a0and two\u00a0<strong>Super Cups<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"boldlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/profiles\/kiril-despodov-en\/\">Despodov<\/a><\/strong> has been crowned the footballer of the year in\u00a0<strong>Bulgaria<\/strong>\u00a0three times and has finished second twice in the assists standings. 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