Career
Yakimov started to play football in local club Pirin. During 2007/2008 season he played with Pirin in Bulgarian amateur division. On 9 August 2008 Yakimov made his debut in professional football in a match against Botev Krivodol.
In October 2008 the Bulgarian national under-21 coach Ivan Kolev called Yakimov up for Bulgaria national under-21 football team for a friendly matches with Greece U21 and Macedonia U21.
