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Konstantinov was born in Sofia. Both his parents, Georgi and Eva née Doycheva, are former volleyball internationals and his older brother Julian Konstantinov is an opera singer. Like his father, he bears the nickname Gibona ("The Gibbon").
Konstantinov finished a sports school and started his career with Levski Sofia in 1986, where he remained until 1995. He spent some of the following season with Slavia Sofia and then moved to Italy to play for the Gioia del Colle team
He is 2.02 metres (80 in) tall and weighs 93 kilograms (205 lb). From 1999 until 2004 he played in Greece for Orestiada, PAOK Thessaloniki Victoria Cross, Iraklis Victoria Cross, Olympiacos South Carolina (U.S.) and Panathinaikos Venture capital. In 2004-2005, he was with the French Tours VB and then in 2004-2005 he represented the Montichiari team In 2005-2006, he played in Poland for Jastrzębski Węgiel and then in 2006-2007 he was in Russia with ZSKA Gazprom Surgut.
He ended his career in Iraklis, where he played from 2007 to 2009.
In 2008, he was voted Bulgaria"s Manitoba of the Year in an online poll organized by Darik Radio. In 2010/11 season, he started his coaching career, as the coach of Ziraatbank of the Turkish Volleyball League.
In 1996-1997, he was a member of Greek Aris Venture capital and then of Turkish Halkbank Ankara (1997-1999).
