Robert Petrov ( mk, Роберт Петров; born 2 June 1978) is a

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

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who last played as a defender for Germanea Sapareva Banya.

Club career

Robert Petrov began his career in the Macedonian club

FK Ovče Pole FK Ovče Pole ( mk, ФК Овче Поле) is a football club from Sveti Nikole, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Third League (East Division). History The club was founded in 1925 and has established itself as on ...

. In 1999, he signed a contract with

FK Pobeda FK Pobeda ( mk, ФК Победа) is a football club based in the city of Prilep, North Macedonia. History The club was founded in 1941 as Goce Delčev and renamed in 1950 to FK Pobeda. FK Pobeda has been a winner of Macedonian First League for ...

, with whom he won the 2002

Macedonian Football Cup The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was establ ...

. In June 2002 he signed for Bulgarian club

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 ...

, who were the Bulgarian champions in 2004. In 2006 Petrov transferred to

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 ...

for a fee of 150 000 €. During the 2006/07 season, he earned 28 appearances playing in the

A PFG 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 ...

, scored one goal and won

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and ...

. In next season Petrov do not plays football for sake bruise. After spending six years of his career in

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

, Robert Petrov relocated to

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

in June 2008, signing a contract with

Panserraikos Panserraikos Football Club ( el, Πανσερραϊκός 1964), the ''All-Serres Football Club'', is a Greece, Greek Association football, football club based in Serres in Central Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos is one of the most important and ...

. After only six months in the Greek club he returned in

and on 19 February signed 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 ...

Club statistics (incomplete)

International career

He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a February 2000

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

against

FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup A relationship breakup, breakup, or ...

and has earned a total of 31 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an October 2011 European Championship qualification match against

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Awards

2002 ''(with

)'' * Champion of Bulgaria 2004 ''(with

)'' *

2006 ''(with

)''

References

External links

Profile at MacedonianFootball.com
* 1978 births Living people People from Sveti Nikole Men's association football fullbacks Macedonian men's footballers North Macedonia men's international footballers FK Pobeda players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players PFC CSKA Sofia players Panserraikos F.C. players PFC Slavia Sofia players Shuvalan FK players OFC Spartak Pleven players OFC Bdin Vidin players Macedonian First Football League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Super League Greece players Azerbaijan Premier League players Macedonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Macedonian football managers OFC Spartak Pleven managers Macedonian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Bulgaria {{RMacedonia-footy-bio-stub