Kostadin Stoyanov ( bg, Костадин Стоянов; born 2 May 1986) is a

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n retired

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who played as defender. Stoyanov is a central defender.

Career

Stoyanov began his football career playing for

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, before joined Chernomorets Burgas. Stoyanov made his

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debut on 21 August 2004, in Chernomorets's 1–0 defeat to

Vihren Sandanski OFC Vihren ( bg, ОФК Вихрен) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sandanski, currently playing in the Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria), South-West Third League. Sandanski's home ground is the Sandanski Stadium in Sandan ...

. In the summer of 2005 he joined

Zagorets Nova Zagora FC Zagorets (ФК Загорец) is a Bulgarian football club based in Nova Zagora, currently playing in the Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1922 as ''FC Trakiets''. They play their ho ...

. In June 2007 he moved to

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. After a two good seasons in Sliven, on 24 June 2009, he signed a contract for 3 years 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 ...

. He scored his first goal for the team on 20 September 2009 in the 2:0 win against

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

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of Bulgaria. Kostadin stoyanov

He retired from football in 2013 due to serious injury.Костадин Стоянов: Свалих 20 килограма, за да се върна
/ref> Two years later and after a special intervention, he came back from retirement with

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, but played with the second team most of the time. On 5 June 2016 Stoyanov scored 2 goals for Vereya II in the playoffs for V Group won by Vereya with 2-1. In the summer of 2016 he returned in the professional football by signing with

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 ...

. But was released after just 3 games and he returned to play for his local amateur Vereya II. On 25 June 2017 he signed with

Sozopol Sozopol ( bg, Созопол , el, Σωζόπολη, translit=Sozopoli) is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Today it is one of the major seaside resorts in the country, known for the ...

. After 11 matches with the team, he retired once again in the end of the year.

International career

In June 2007 he participated with the team in the European Football Championship for amateurs -

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. On 26 June 2007 Stoyanov played in the final of the tournament, but

lost the match against

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with 1:2. On 2 October 2009 Stoyanov was called by the manager of the

Bulgarian national football team The Bulgaria national football team ( bg, Български национален отбор по футбол, Bǎlgarski natsionalen otbor po futbol) represents Bulgaria in men's international football and is administered by the Bulgarian F ...

Stanimir Stoilov for the matches against

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and

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References

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* 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Sliven Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Chernomorets Burgas players OFC Sliven 2000 players PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players FC Vereya players Botev Plovdiv players FC Sozopol players Association football defenders {{Bulgaria-footy-defender-stub