Martin Toshev ( bg, Мартин Тошев; born 17 April 1990) is a Bulgarian professional

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who plays as a forward for

Etar Veliko Tarnovo Etar ( bg, Етър) is a Bulgarian sports football club based in Veliko Tarnovo, that plays in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football. Etar is the official successor of Etar 1924, which was dissolved for financial reasons ...

Career

CSKA Sofia

He was raised in CSKA Sofia's youth teams. In January 2008 Toshev went to

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and trained at 1. FC Köln's Youth Academy. However, after six months he returned to

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and signed his first professional three-year contract with CSKA. On 6 December 2008, Toshev scored his first goals for the "armymen" - he secured a brace in the 5:0 away rout against

PFC Balkan Botevgrad FC Balkan Botevgrad ( bg, ФК Балкан Ботевград, FK Balkan Botevgrad) is a Bulgarian football club, playing in the city of Botevgrad. The stadium of the club is "Hristo Botev" in Botevgrad with capacity of 8,000 people. History Th ...

in the 1/8 final of the

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Chernomorets Burgas

Toshev transferred to Chernomorets Burgas, after the end of the 2008-09 season. On 12 July he signed a four-year deal for a €100,000. On 17 August 2009, Toshev made his debut for the team from

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after coming on as a substitute for

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in the 2:1 home win against

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

. On 21 August 2009, he assisted Kostadin Dyakov's equalizing goal in the 1:1 away draw against Beroe. On 12 September 2009, he scored his first goal for Chernomorets, opening the scoring in the 5:0 away win against

Lokomotiv Mezdra FC Lokomotiv Mezdra (ФК Локомотив Мездра) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Mezdra, which currently playing in the Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium ...

. His last match for Chernomorets Burgas was on 11 April 2011 against

OFC Sliven 2000 FC Sliven (ФК Сливен) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sliven, currently playing in the Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium in Sliven with a capacity of 1 ...

, when he was seriously injured. In January 2012 he was released from Chernomorets Burgas.

Slavia Sofia

In March 2012 Toshev signed a contract with

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground ...

, playing 9 games for the club during the 2011/12 season.

Septemvri Sofia

On 8 July 2017, after spending the first half of the 2016–17 season in

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and the second on loan in

VfR Aalen Verein für Rasenspiele 1921 Aalen e.V., known simply as VfR Aalen, is a German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg. The football team is part of a larger sports club which also offers its members gymnastics, table tennis, and cheer ...

, Toshev returned to Bulgaria signing with the newly promoted to the

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

team of

Septemvri Sofia Septemvri ( bg, Септември) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the First League, the first tier of Bulgarian football. Its home ground is the Septemvri Stadium, but due to i ...

. He made his debut for the team on 17 July 2017 in match against

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. He left the club at the end of 2017–18 season when his contract expired.

Ahed

In June 2018, Toshev signed with Lebanese champions

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.He became the first ever Bulgarian player to play for

and for the Lebanese premier league.

CSKA 1948 and Zhetysu

Toshev joined CSKA 1948 in June 2019, but spent only a few weeks with the team before being signed by

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for 5 years.

International career

Toshev has been capped for the Bulgaria U21 national team.

Career statistics

Honours and achievements

Club

CSKA Sofia *

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Al Ahed *

AFC Cup The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying s ...

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Lebanese Premier League The Lebanese First Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الأولى), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. There are 12 teams competing in the league, ...

: 2018–19 *

Lebanese FA Cup The Lebanon Cup (), commonly known as the Lebanese FA Cup, is a Lebanese football annual cup competition. The first edition, held in 1937, was won by Nahda. The most successful club in the competition is Ansar with 15 titles, followed by Nejmeh ...

: 2018–19 *

Lebanese Super Cup The Lebanese Super Cup () is Lebanese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Lebanese Premier League season and the holders of the Lebanese FA Cup. If the Lebanese Premier League champions also won the Lebanese FA ...

: 2018

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Toshev, Martin 1990 births Living people People from Blagoevgrad Province Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria under-21 international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Lebanese Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Liga I players PFC CSKA Sofia players 1. FC Köln II players PFC Chernomorets Burgas players PFC Slavia Sofia players FC Septemvri Simitli players OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players FC Erzgebirge Aue players VfR Aalen players FC Septemvri Sofia players Al Ahed FC players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players FC Zhetysu players LPS HD Clinceni players FC Shakhter Karagandy players Bulgarian expatriate footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Lebanon Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate footballers in Romania Association football forwards Sportspeople from Blagoevgrad Province