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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Atanas Kurdov
| image = Nasko kurdov.jpg
| image_size = 220
| caption =
| fullname = Atanas Petrov Kurdov
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|09|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Plovdiv]], [[Bulgaria]]
| height = {{height|m=1.91}}
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]]
| clubnumber = 78
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]
| years1 = 2007–2010 | clubs1 = [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen II]] | caps1 = 46 | goals1 = 14
| years2 = 2009 | clubs2 = → [[FC Winterthur|Winterthur]] (loan) | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2010–2012 | clubs3 = [[PFC Botev Plovdiv|Botev Plovdiv]] | caps3 = 46 | goals3 = 50
| years4 = 2012 | clubs4 = [[PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Lokomotiv Plovdiv]] | caps4 = 10 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2013–2014 | clubs5 = [[PFC Slavia Sofia|Slavia Sofia]] | caps5 = 22 | goals5 = 11
| years6 = 2014–2015 | clubs6 = [[FC Astana|Astana]] | caps6 = 25 | goals6 = 6
| years7 = 2015 | clubs7 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] | caps7 = 8 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2016 | clubs8 = [[FC Velbazhd Kyustendil|Velbazhd Kyustendil]] | caps8 = | goals8 =
| years9 = 2017– | clubs9 = [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]] | caps9 = 4 | goals9 = 2
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 2007–2009
| nationalteam1 = [[Bulgaria national under-21 football team|Bulgaria U21]]
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| medaltemplates =
| club-update = {{date|2017-4-5}}
| nationalteam-update =
}}

'''Atanas Kurdov''' ({{lang-bg|Атанас Курдов}}; born 28 September 1988) is a [[Bulgaria]]n [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]]. His father is former player and manager [[Petar Kurdov]].

==Career==

===Youth career===
Kurdov is a product of the [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]'s Youth Academy. In 2007, he spent weeks on a trial period in [[Celtic FC]] and [[Tottenham Hotspur]]. All in all, Kurdov signed for [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen]].

===Bayer 04 Leverkusen===
On 9 July 2007, Kurdov signed a four-year contract with [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen]]. In his first season there, Atanas capped 26 times and scored 10 goals for the [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen II|reserves team]]. In the summer of 2010 he was released from the club.

===Botev Plovdiv===
After being released from [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen]] he signed with [[Bulgarian V AFG]] side [[Botev Plovdiv]] on 24 August, despite being wanted by his youth club [[Levski Sofia]] earlier that summer. He was top scorer in the third tier in 2010–11, with 46 goals in the South East V FG.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bulgarian-football.com/bg/yiv.html |title=Югоизточна "В" ФГ 2010/11 |language=Bulgarian |trans_title=South East "V" FG |website=bulgarian-football.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629090958/http://www.bulgarian-football.com/bg/yiv.html |archivedate=29 June 2011}}</ref> He also scored 3 goals in 3 minutes against Stambolovo. In January 2011, Kurdov was approached by newly promoted [[Bulgarian A PFG|A PFG]] club [[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]], but his transfer fell through, due to the accusations of being a glory seeker from the Botev fans. On June 26, 2012, he was released from [[Botev Plovdiv]] along with 15 other players.

===Lokomotiv Plovdiv===
After a one-week trial, on 25 August 2012, Kurdov joined Botev's eternal rivals [[PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Lokomotiv Plovdiv]] on a year contract. His move to Lokomotiv remains very controversial keeping in mind his family's history with Botev (his father and older brother Evgeni also played for Botev).

===FC Astana===
On 26 February 2014, Kurdov signed for [[Kazakhstan Premier League]] side [[FC Astana|Astana]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:АТАНАС КУРДОВ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С «АСТАНОЙ»|url=http://fca.kz/rus/news/3475/|website=fca.kz|publisher=[[FC Astana]]|accessdate=7 July 2014|language=Russian}}</ref> On 19 April, he scored three goals in the 4:3 away win over [[Irtysh Pavlodar]] in a [[Kazakhstan Premier League]] match.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://topsport.ibox.bg/material/id_1222737176|title=Курдов избухна с хеттрик срещу "Иртиш", "Астана: бие с 4:3|accessdate=20 April 2014 |date=19 April 2014|language=Bulgarian|trans_title= Kurdov explodes with a hat-trick against "Irtysh", "Astana" win by a score of 4:3|publisher=topsport.bg}}</ref>

== Honours ==
;Astana
* [[Kazakhstan Premier League]] (1): [[2014 Kazakhstan Premier League|2014]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.imscouting.com/players/atanas-kurdov/ Kurdov at IMScouting]
* {{Soccerway|atanas-kurdov/16387}}

{{PFC Litex Lovech squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kurdov, Atanas}}
[[Category:1988 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bulgarian footballers]]
[[Category:Bulgaria under-21 international footballers]]
[[Category:Bulgarian expatriate footballers]]
[[Category:Bayer 04 Leverkusen players]]
[[Category:Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players]]
[[Category:FC Winterthur players]]
[[Category:PFC Botev Plovdiv players]]
[[Category:PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players]]
[[Category:PFC Slavia Sofia players]]
[[Category:FC Astana players]]
[[Category:PFC Levski Sofia players]]
[[Category:PFC Velbazhd Kyustendil players]]
[[Category:PFC Litex Lovech players]]
[[Category:Swiss Challenge League players]]
[[Category:Bulgarian A Football Group players]]
[[Category:Kazakhstan Premier League players]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Germany]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Switzerland]]

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