Metodi Petrov Tomanov ( bg, Методи Петров Томанов; born 29 July 1959) is a

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n former international

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player and current manager.

Career

His most successful period, while a player, was when he won three Bulgarian national championships and two national cups, all with

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. In that period he played four times for the Bulgaria national team. After leaving CSKA, he played few years more in Bulgaria before emigrating to Portugal and Yugoslavia, where he represented

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and Radnički Niš, respectively. He came to Radnički Niš after a spell with

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. Soon after retiring, he began his coaching career. Following his retirement as an active player, he began his coaching career after obtaining a UEFA A License.

Director career

On 15 March 2014 he became sport director of PFC Ludogorets Razgrad.

Honours

CSKA Sofia *3 times

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 ...

Champion: 1979-80, 1980-81 and 1981-82 *2 times

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winner: 1981 and 1985 *1 time Cup Of the Soviet Army winner: 1985

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* * 1956 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers FC Hebar Pazardzhik players PFC CSKA Sofia players FC Sliven players OFC Spartak Pleven players FC Minyor Pernik players FK Timok players FK Radnički Niš players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Yugoslav First League players Expatriate men's footballers in Yugoslavia Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia and Montenegro Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Bulgarian football managers Men's association football midfielders Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia People from Pazardzhik Province {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub