Hristo Yanev ( bg, Христо Янев; born 4 May 1979 in

Kazanlak Kazanlak ( bg, Казанлък , Thracian and Greek Σευθόπολις (''Seuthopolis''), tr, Kazanlık) is a Bulgarian town in Stara Zagora Province, located in the middle of the plain of the same name, at the foot of the Balkan mountain ...

) is a

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and former player. Yanev played as a

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Career

Early years

Born in Kazanluk, Yanev was picked as a youth to play for local side Rozova Dolina, making his professional debut for Olimpik Teteven during the 1997–98 season. In 1999, he 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 ...

, scoring 7 goals in 27 matches.

CSKA Sofia

After playing one season at Beroe, Yanev signed for

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 ...

in 2000, when he was only 20 years old and since then he has always played an important role in the team. Yanev plays either as a winger or second striker. He made his competitive debut for CSKA on 4 August 2000 in a 0–0 home draw 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 ...

. On 25 August, Yanev scored his CSKA's first and first-ever

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goal in an 8–0 drubbing of Moldovan Constructorul. Two days later, he scored his first league goal for CSKA in a 3–0 home win over

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv ( bg, „Ботев“ Пловдив, ) or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that competes ...

. As a player of CSKA Yanev has been twice champion of Bulgaria (in 2003 and 2005) and has once won the Bulgarian national cup 2006. He spent six seasons of his career at the club, playing in 146 games of the

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and scoring 54 goals.

Grenoble

In summer of 2006,

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signed Yanev to a three-year deal. For three years he made 50 appearances in league and scored six goals for

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. With the club he played two seasons in

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and one in

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Litex Lovech

On 25 June 2009, Yanev returned to

, signing a three-year contract with

. He established himself as a key figure for the team from

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, helping them win the 2010 and 2011

titles. He left the club after the end of the 2011/2012 season.

Return to CSKA Sofia

On 7 June 2012, Yanev signed a contract with former club

. Yanev's second stay at CSKA turned out to be short-lived, as he was released from the club in the summer of 2012 following the team's elimination from the

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n club Murа 05.

Panetolikos

On 12 September 2012, Yanev signed with Greek club Panetolikos F.C. On 8 April 2013, he was released from the team.

Slavia Sofia

In the summer of 2013, he joined

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after having trained with the team for a number of weeks.

International career

Yanev received his first call-up to the senior team in

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's first game in charge of Bulgaria in 2004. On 18 August he made his debut, replacing

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as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 friendly draw against

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at Lansdowne Road Stadium. Two weeks later, on 4 September, Yanev scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win over

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in a 2006 World Cup qualifier. On 13 October, he scored the second goal in Bulgaria's 4–1 win over

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. Two years later, on 9 May 2006, Yanev netted his third goal for the senior team as he scored the winning strike in a 2–1 victory over

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in a game of the

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Coaching career

During the winter break of the 2014–15 season, Yanev was appointed head coach of Minyor Pernik, whom at that time were participating in the South-West V Group. He officially debuted his coaching career on 1 March 2015 at Minyor's thrashing 4–1 over Germanea Sapareva Banya. In the summer of 2015, he was approached by the financially troubled CSKA Sofia, who were sent off to the V Group after the club's failure to obtain a license for the upcoming season in the first division. On 17 September 2016, Yanev was appointed as manager of Neftochimic Burgas. He couldn't save the team from relegation and left the team in June 2017 after the final relegation play-off against Vitosha Bistritsa. Neftochimic's sporting director questioned his integrity and lack of responsibility.

Career statistics

Manager statistics

Honours

Player

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* Bulgarian A PFG: 2009–10, 2010–11 *

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* Bulgarian A PFG: 2002–03, 2004–05 *

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: 2005–06

Manager

;

: 2015–16 *

V AFG The Bulgarian Third Amateur Football League ( bg, Трета аматьорска футболна лига, Treta Amat'orska Futbolna Liga), commonly referred to as Third League ( bg, Трета лига) or Treta liga, is the third level of the ...

: 2015–16

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