Dimo Bakalov

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dimo Bakalov

| fullname = Dimo Naydenov Bakalov

| image = dimo_bakalov.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|12|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sliven, Bulgaria

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Right winger

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthclubs1 =

| youthyears1 =

| years1 = 2006–2011

| clubs1 = Sliven

| caps1 = 84

| goals1 = 7

| years2 = 2011–2014

| clubs2 = Ludogorets

| caps2 = 42

| goals2 = 6

| years3 = 2014–2015

| clubs3 = Beroe

| caps3 = 13

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2015–2018

| clubs4 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv

| caps4 = 87

| goals4 = 17

| years5 = 2018–2020

| clubs5 = Ludogorets

| caps5 = 46

| goals5 = 6

| years6 = 2020–2021

| clubs6 = Beroe

| caps6 = 16

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2021–2022

| clubs7 = Tsarsko Selo

| caps7 = 12

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2022–2023

| clubs8 = Lokomotiv Sofia

| caps8 = 36

| goals8 = 4

| years9 = 2023–2024

| clubs9 = Etar

| caps9 = 18

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2024

| clubs10 = Maritsa

| caps10 = 6

| goals10 = 2

| club-update = 13 June 2024

}}

Dimo Naydenov Bakalov ({{langx|bg|Димо Найденов Бакалов}}; born 19 December 1988) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a winger.{{cite web |title="Етър" привлече Димо Бакалов |url=https://sport-vt.com/etar-privletche-dimo-bakalov.html |website=sport-vt.com |access-date=8 July 2023|language=bg}}

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.{{cite web|title=Димо Бакалов преминава като свободен агент в Берое|url=http://ludogorec.net/novina/2688-dimo_bakalov_preminava_kato_svoboden_agent_v_beroe|website=ludogorec.net|publisher=ludogorec|accessdate=28 July 2014|language=Bulgarian}} He returned to Ludogorets in the summer of 2018.{{cite web|title=Димо Бакалов подписа с Лудогорец, ясно е бъдещето и на Лукас Саша|url=https://topsport.bg/ludogoretz/dimo-bakalov-podpisa-s-ludogorets-yasno-e-badeshteto-i-na-lukas-sasha.html|website=citing sportal.bg|publisher=topsport.bg|date=14 May 2018|accessdate=29 December 2018|language=Bulgarian}} In July 2020, Bakalov once again signed with Beroe Stara Zagora.{{cite web|url=https://www.beroe.bg/2020/07/24/3new-players/|title="Берое" привлече трима|language=Bulgarian| work=beroe.bg|date=24 July 2020|accessdate=29 January 2022}}

Club statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Europe !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="6" valign="center"\|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
colspan=1 \| Total ! 84	7	5	0	-	-	89	7
rowspan="4" valign="center"\|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
colspan=1 \| Total ! 36	6	4	0	3	0	43	6
rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Beroe \|2014–15 \|13	2	1	0\|

\|14	2
colspan=1 \| Total ! 13	2	1	0	0	0	14	2
rowspan="4" valign="center"\|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
colspan=1 \| Total ! 80	16	7	1	0	0	87	17
rowspan="3" valign="center"\|Ludogorets \|2018–19 \|14	2	2	0	4	0	20	2
2019–20 \|18	1	3	0	0	0	21	1
colspan=1 \| Total ! 32	3	5	0	4	0	41	3
colspan="2" \| Career totals !245	34	22	1	7	0	274	35