Stanko Yovchev ( bg, Станко Йовчев; born 15 April 1988) is a

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 ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

, who plays as a

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Career

He started his career in the local academy. In 2002 he was transferred to CSKA’s academy where the coach was Alexander Yordanov and the academy was headed by Ivaylo Kotev. From 2007 he was starring in CSKA’s official matches and his first official debut for CSKA took place against

Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...

. During that time CSKA’s coach was

Stoycho Mladenov Stoycho Dimitrov Mladenov ( bg, Стойчо Димитpoв Младенов; born 12 April 1957 in Ploski, Blagoevgrad Province) is a Bulgarian former football player and manager. Career Mladenov started from small teams like Dimitrovgrad and ...

. In 2011 he played in many official CSKA matches and friendlies. In January 2012 he was part of the team led by Dimitar Penev who won a tournament in

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

. He is a Lokomotiv Plovdiv player since the summer of 2013.

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1988 births Living people People from Sandanski Bulgarian footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Expatriate footballers in Greece Association football forwards Sportspeople from Blagoevgrad Province {{Bulgaria-footy-forward-stub