Blagoy Makendzhiev ( bg, Благой Макенджиев; born 11 July 1988) is a
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
n professional
footballer
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who plays as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
for
FC Krumovgrad.
Career
Makendzhiev began his professional career at
Pirin Blagoevgrad
Futbolen klub Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб „Пирин“), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football.
Th ...
. He made his competitive debut on 9 November 2005 in a match against
Lokomotiv Sofia
Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football.
Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...
. In the next two seasons he played in only 4 games. During the 2009-10 season, he gradually established himself as the first choice goalkeeper for Pirin.
In December 2010, Makendzhiev signed a 3-year contract with
CSKA Sofia
CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...
. On 18 May 2011 he made his official debut for CSKA in a home draw 2–2 against his former club
Pirin Blagoevgrad
Futbolen klub Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб „Пирин“), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football.
Th ...
. In 2011-12 season he spend most of the time on the bench, earning only one league appearance, coming as a substitute when
Raïs M'Bolhi
Adi Raïs Cobos Adrien Ouahab M'Bolhi ( ar, عدي رايس كوبوس أدريان وهاب مبولحي; born 25 April 1986), known as Raïs M'Bolhi, is a professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi First Division Leag ...
received a red card in away win 0–2 against
Litex Lovech
Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club.
The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...
. After the managerial departure of
Stoycho Mladenov
Stoycho Dimitrov Mladenov ( bg, Стойчо Димитpoв Младенов; born 12 April 1957 in Ploski, Blagoevgrad Province) is a Bulgarian former football player and manager.
Career
Mladenov started from small teams like Dimitrovgrad an ...
from CSKA,
Miodrag Ješić
Miodrag Ješić ( sr-Cyrl, Миодраг Јешић, ; 30 November 1958 – 8 December 2022) was a Serbian football manager and player.
Playing career
Born in Osečenica, Ješić played for Partizan between 1974 and 1985, taking part in 342 m ...
was appointed as head coach. Blagoy was not part of the plans of the new manager. In January 2013 he was released by the club.
In June 2013, Makendzhiev joined
Beroe Stara Zagora
Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...
as a free agent. He quickly established as first choice goalkeeper, having initially served as an understudy to
Ivan Karadzhov.
In February 2017, Makendzhiev joined his hometown club
Pirin Blagoevgrad
Futbolen klub Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб „Пирин“), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football.
Th ...
. He immediately established himself as a first choice goalkeeper, contributing to Pirin's improved performances and results. However, at the end of the yеar his contract was terminated by mutual consent.
On 18 December 2017, Makendzhiev signed with
Cherno More. On 17 February 2018, he made his debut in a 1–4 home defeat by
Beroe.
International career
On 27 January 2015, Makendzhiev received his first call-up to the
Bulgaria national team for the Friendly game against
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
on 7 February 2015 in
Antalya
la, Attalensis grc, Ἀτταλειώτης
, postal_code_type = Postal code
, postal_code = 07xxx
, area_code = (+90) 242
, registration_plate = 07
, blank_name = Licence plate
...
from
Ivaylo Petev
Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev ( bg, Ивайло Богданов Петев; born 9 July 1975) is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
He spent his whole caree ...
. He played over the course of the entire second half, keeping a
clean sheet in the non-official friendly match that ended with a score of 0:0. He was named as part of Bulgaria's 2016
Kirin Cup
The is an association football tournament organised in Japan by the Kirin Brewery Company. The host, Japan, is a participant in every edition. The tournament was founded in 1978 then known as Japan Cup (International competition which nationa ...
squad.
Career statistics
''As of 14 December 2018''
References
External links
Player Profileat Soccerway
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1988 births
Living people
People from Petrich
Bulgarian footballers
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players
PFC CSKA Sofia players
PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players
PFC Cherno More Varna players
FC Dunav Ruse players
FC Montana players
FC Krumovgrad players
Association football goalkeepers
Sportspeople from Blagoevgrad Province
21st-century Bulgarian people