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Radostin Svetoslavov Stoychev ( bg, Радостин Светославов Стойчев;) (born September 25, 1969) is a former
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volleyball player and head coach.


Personal life

Radostin Stoychev was born in the Bulgarian capital Sofia into the family of volleyball coach Svetoslav Stoychev, whose achievements include a world championship title with the junior Bulgarian national team. He owns a restaurant chain and several laundries, and also holds a volleyball academy for children in Bulgaria together with
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.


Career as player

As a player, Radostin Stoychev represented CSKA Sofia, Minyor
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(with whom he won the national title) as well as teams from Portugal, Spain, Austria, Serbia and France (
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). He played as a setter.


Career as coach

Stoychev's managerial career began at Slavia Sofia, whom he coached from 2003 to 2005, winning the Bulgarian Volleyball Cup in 2003. From 2005 to 2007, Stoychev was with
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as their assistant manager. In Russia, he won the national championship in 2006 and the national cup in 2007. In 2007, Stoychev was appointed the manager of Trento-based Italian Volleyball League team Trentino Volley. Stoychev attracted several of Bulgaria's top volleyball players to the club, such as
Matey Kaziyski Matey Kaziyski ( bg, Матей Казийски) (born 23 September 1984) is a Bulgarian volleyball player, member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team during 2003–2012 and Italian club Trentino Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games ...
, Vladimir Nikolov,
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. In his debut 2007–08 season, he won the Italian national championship, an achievement comparable to the feats of Julio Velasco and Paulo Roberto de Freitas. In the following 2008–09 season, Trentino Volley's first season in the
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, Stoychev led the club to the title in Europe's premier volleyball competition. The Bulgarian coach would sit on the bench of Trentino Volley until 2013. Stoychev in the season 2010-11 with Trentino won the FIVB Club World Championship,
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and the Italian Scudetto. In 2011, Radostin Stoychev replaced
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and became head coach of the
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. He was released from his duties in May 2012, following a 1:3 loss against Germany during one of the qualification tournaments for the
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. Nevertheless, Stoychev was reinstated as head coach a few days later following a heavily publicized media cross-fire between him, also supported by several of the team's star players, and the
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's Administration, which prompted the personal involvement of
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himself, the then Prime Minister of Bulgaria, in order to resolve the critical situation. Stoychev succeeded in qualifying the team for the
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on his second attempt, but subsequently decided to step down due to a conflict of interest with the
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. Stoychev in three consecutive years named Best coach of the year in Bulgaria 2010, 2011 and 2012. In the season 2012 he won the FIVB Club World Championship with Trentino club. In 2013 year he moved to Turkiah club
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. He brought the Super league, SuperCup and cup champions. Stoychev returned to Italy in the next season, again on the bench of Trentino Volley, winning the Italian Championship and losing the final of the
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.


Achievements

* 2005 Bulgarian Cup, with Slavia Sofia * 2006 Russian Cup, with
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* 2006 Russian Championship - with
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* 2009
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- with
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* 2009 Italian Championship, with
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* 2009 FIVB Club World Championship - with
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* 2010
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- with
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* 2010 Italian Cup Serie A, with
Itas Diatec Trentino Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento, in northern Italy. It plays in the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 2000. It has won four times the Italian Volleyball League, the Italian Cup, the Ita ...
* 2010 Italian Championship, with
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* 2010 FIVB Club World Championship - with
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* 2011
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- with Itas Diates Trentino * 2011 Italian Championship, with
Itas Diatec Trentino Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento, in northern Italy. It plays in the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 2000. It has won four times the Italian Volleyball League, the Italian Cup, the Ita ...
* 2011 FIVB Club World Championship - with
Itas Diatec Trentino Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento, in northern Italy. It plays in the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 2000. It has won four times the Italian Volleyball League, the Italian Cup, the Ita ...
* 2012
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- with
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* 2012 Italian Cup Serie A, with
Itas Diatec Trentino Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento, in northern Italy. It plays in the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 2000. It has won four times the Italian Volleyball League, the Italian Cup, the Ita ...
* 2012 Italian Championship, with
Itas Diatec Trentino Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento, in northern Italy. It plays in the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 2000. It has won four times the Italian Volleyball League, the Italian Cup, the Ita ...
* 2012 FIVB Club World Championship - with
Itas Diatec Trentino Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento, in northern Italy. It plays in the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 2000. It has won four times the Italian Volleyball League, the Italian Cup, the Ita ...
* 2013 Italian Cup Serie A, with
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* 2013 Italian Championship, with
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* 2014 Turkish SuperCup 2013, with
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* 2014 Turkish Cup, with
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* 2014 Turkish Championship, with
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* 2015 Italian Cup Serie A, with Trentino Volley * 2015 Italian Championship, with Trentino Volley * 2016
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- with
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Individual awards

* 2010 - Best coach of the year in Bulgaria 56.23% * 2011 - Costa-Aderlini Award for Best coach of the Serie A1 * 2011 - Panchina D.o.c. Award the Triveneto * 2011 - Best coach of the year in Bulgaria 62.81% * 2012 - Best coach of the year in Bulgaria 49.49% * 2012 - Best coach of the year in Italy * 2015 - Costa-Aderlini Award for Best coach of the Serie A1Awards 2014/15 crown Trentino Volley
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stoychev, Radostin 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Sofia Bulgarian men's volleyball players Bulgarian volleyball coaches Bulgarian expatriates in Portugal Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Bulgarian expatriates in Russia Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Bulgarian expatriates in Italy