{{short description|Bulgarian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Gerasim Zakov | image = Gerasim Zakov1.jpg | image_size = 200 | fullname = Gerasim Valeriev Zakov | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|9|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Klyuch, Bulgaria | height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Striker | youthyears1= 1997–2002 | youthclubs1= CSKA Sofia | years1 = 2002–2005 | years2 = 2003 | years3 = 2005–2006 | years4 = 2006–2007 | years5 = 2008–2009 | years6 = 2009–2010 | years7 = 2010 | years8 = 2011–2012 | years9 = 2012 | years10 = 2013 | years11 = 2013 | years12 = 2014 | years13 = 2014 | years14 = 2015 | years15 = 2016 | clubs1 = CSKA Sofia | clubs2 = → Vidima-Rakovski (loan) | clubs3 = Conegliano | clubs4 = Beroe Stara Zagora | clubs5 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv | clubs6 = Cherno More | clubs7 = Vidima-Rakovski | clubs8 = Kaliakra Kavarna | clubs9 = Litex Lovech | clubs10 = Chengdu Blades | clubs11 = Neftochimic 1986 | clubs12 = Bansko | clubs13 = PAO Varda | clubs14 = Sisaket | clubs15 = CSKA 1948 | caps1 = 22 | goals1 = 3 | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 2 | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 1 | caps4 = 40 | goals4 = 6 | caps5 = 24 | goals5 = 3 | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 2 | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 4 | caps8 = 28 | goals8 = 11 | caps9 = 15 | goals9 = 5 | caps10 = 11 | goals10 = 0 | caps11 = 1 | goals11 = 0 | caps12 = 8 | goals12 = 1 | caps13 = 12 | goals13 = 6 | caps14 = 5 | goals14 = 0 | caps15 = | goals15 = | nationalyears1 = 2003–2005 | nationalteam1 = Bulgaria U21 | nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | pcupdate = 23 May 2014 | ntupdate = }} '''Gerasim Valeriev Zakov''' ({{langx|bg|Герасим Заков}}; born 7 September 1984) is a Bulgarian footballer who most recently played for CSKA 1948 as a striker. Zakov served as the team's captain. He has also played for the Bulgarian U21 squad between 2003 and 2005. He is currently employed as a sports director at Belasitsa Petrich.<ref name="GerasimZakovOfficialCapacityBelasitsaPetrich2023">{{Cite web|author=|publisher=novsport.com|language=Bulgarian|title=Официално: Беласица подписа с Гущеров|url=https://www.novsport.com/transferi/ofitsialno-belasitsa-podpisa-s-gushterov|date=20 December 2023|access-date=30 June 2025}}</ref>
==Club career== Zakov joined CSKA Sofia as an academy player at the age of 13, with his first coach being Angel Rangelov, and signed his professional contract with the first team in 2002.<ref name="zakovgerasim2020">{{cite news|url=https://www.fccska.com/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB/%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2|title=Профил на Герасим Заков|accessdate=25 July 2020 |language=bg|publisher=fccska.com}}</ref> Zakov made his league debut on 30 May 2002, in the 0:1 away loss against Litex Lovech.<ref name="zakovgerasim2020"/> He stayed 4 seasons at CSKA and become 2 times champion of the Bulgaria premier league and 2 times finished in 2nd place in the Bulgarian national cup.<ref name="zakovgerasim2020"/> During the 2011–2012 season he scored 11 goals in the premier league for his team Kaliakra(Kavarna) and took 4th place in the top goalscorers' ranking in the league, 4 goals less than the winner Júnior Moraes from CSKA(Sofia). After this season he moved to Litex (Lovech) who was at the time coached by Bulgarian top football star Hristo Stoichkov.<ref name="zakovgerasim2020"/> Zakov scored 5 goals in 15 games in the league and 3 goals in the Bulgarian national cup. At the half point of the season he moved to China and signed a contract with Chengdu Blades. From 2015 Zakov is a former player of Sisaket FC, a team from the Thai premier league.<ref name="zakovgerasim2020"/>
==Honours== ;CSKA Sofia * A PFG (2): 2002–03, 2004–05
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|gerasim-zakov/51773}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zakov, Gerasim}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Bulgarian men's footballers Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Category:PFC CSKA Sofia players Category:PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo players Category:PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Category:PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Category:PFC Cherno More Varna players Category:FC Kaliakra Kavarna players Category:FC Lovech players Category:Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. players Category:PFC Neftochimic Burgas (2009–2014) players Gerasim Zakov Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Expatriate men's footballers in China Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Gerasim Zakov Category:China League One players Category:21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen
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