Stefan Stanchev ( bg, Стефан Станчев; born 26 April 1989) 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 ...

n professional

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 defender for

Rodopa Smolyan FC Rodopa (ФК Родопа) is a Bulgarian football club based in Smolyan, which currently plays in the South-East Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football league system. The team was named after the Rhodope Mountains and plays it ...

Career

Levski Sofia

Stanchev comes directly from

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

's youth academy. After the establishment of the second team of Levski, he became a part of the new-formed

PFC Levski Sofia B Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

. During the first season of the Doubles League, Levski became a champion. Stanchev made his official debut for Levski's senior team at 13 June 2009 in a match against

Pirin Blagoevgrad Futbolen klub Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб „Пирин“), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. Th ...

. The result of the match was 1:1 with a guest draw for Levski. On 7 January 2010, Stanchev started training with Levski again. On 20 March 2010, he was in the starting line-up for Levski and played the full 90 minutes, earning praise for his performance in the 3:0 home win against

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 ...

. On 27 March 2010, he played in his first Eternal Derby against

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 ...

, but was withdrawn in the 39th minute after sustaining an injury.

Pirin loan

On 2 August 2009, Stanchev was loaned out for one year to

together with his team-mate

Ivan Tsachev Ivan Tsachev (Bulgarian: Иван Цачев; born 18 January 1989) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a forward for Chernomorets Balchik. Career Youth career As a young, Tsachev trained at Spartak Varna's youth academy. Levski Sofia Tsa ...

. However, after half a season, Stanchev returned to Levski. For Pirin he earned 10 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 ...

Botev Plovdiv

On 28 June 2012, he signed a contract with

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv ( bg, „Ботев“ Пловдив, ) or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that competes ...

for 1+1 years. His first appearance in an official match came on 11 August 2012, in the 3:0 home win over

. Stanchev had difficulties securing a starting spot for himself. In January he was released.

Cherno More Varna

On 5 June 2013, Stanchev signed with

Cherno More Varna Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an assoc ...

Career Stats

Honours

Club

;Levski Sofia * Bulgarian A Group: 2008–09 ;Cherno More *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament ...

: 2014–15 *

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 ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

References

External links

Stanchev at Levski's site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stanchev, Stefan 1989 births Living people People from Smolyan Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football defenders PFC Levski Sofia players PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players Botev Plovdiv players FC Minyor Pernik players PFC Cherno More Varna players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players