Dimo Bakalov

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Naydenov and the family name is Bakalov.

Dimo Naydenov Bakalov (Bulgarian: Димо Найденов Бакалов; born 19 December 1988) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a winger.^[1]

Dimo Bakalov

Personal information
Full name	Dimo Naydenov Bakalov
Date of birth	(1988-12-19) 19 December 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Sliven, Bulgaria
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2011	Sliven	84	(7)
2011–2014	Ludogorets	42	(6)
2014–2015	Beroe	13	(2)
2015–2018	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	87	(17)
2018–2020	Ludogorets	46	(6)
2020–2021	Beroe	16	(0)
2021–2022	Tsarsko Selo	12	(1)
2022–2023	Lokomotiv Sofia	36	(4)
2023–2024	Etar	18	(0)
2024	Maritsa	6	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 June 2024

Career

In 2006 the Youth Academy midfielder Dimo Bakalov agreed the conditions of his first professional contract with Sliven 2000, which was to be effective for three years.

In June 2014, Bakalov moved from Ludogorets Razgrad to Beroe Stara Zagora.^[2] He returned to Ludogorets in the summer of 2018.^[3] In July 2020, Bakalov once again signed with Beroe Stara Zagora.^[4]

Club statistics

As of 24 July 2020

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sliven 2000	2006–07	13	0	1	0	-	-	14	0
	2007–08	23	2	2	0	-	-	25	2
	2008–09	14	0	1	0	-	-	15	0
	2009–10	12	1	1	0	-	-	13	1
	2010–11	22	4	0	0	-	-	22	4
	Total	84	7	5	0	-	-	89	7
Ludogorets	2011–12	14	2	3	0	-	-	17	2
	2012–13	15	4	0	0	1	0	16	4
	2013–14	7	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
	Total	36	6	4	0	3	0	43	6
Beroe	2014–15	13	2	1	0	-	-	14	2
	Total	13	2	1	0	0	0	14	2
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2015–16	17	2	2	0	-	-	19	2
	2016–17	33	5	3	0	-	-	36	5
	2017–18	30	9	2	1	-	-	32	10
	Total	80	16	7	1	0	0	87	17
Ludogorets	2018–19	14	2	2	0	4	0	20	2
	2019–20	18	1	3	0	0	0	21	1
	Total	32	3	5	0	4	0	41	3
Career totals		245	34	22	1	7	0	274	35

Honours

Club

Ludogorets

• A Group (5): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2019–20
• Bulgarian Cup (2): 2011–12, 2013–14
• Bulgarian Supercup (2): 2012, 2019