Svetoslav Barkanichkov ( bg, Светослав Бърканичков; born 1 March 1974) 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 ...

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Club career

Born in

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, Barkanichkov has been a squad member of numerous clubs in the top division of Bulgarian football, most notably becoming champion of Bulgaria twice - in 2001 (with

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) and in 2004 (with

Loko 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 ...

). In the mid to late 2000s, he also donned the shirt of teams from

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International career

In 2001, after having impressed Uzbek scouts during an Albena Cup match between

and

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

, Barkanichkov received a lucrative financial offer to represent the Central Asian country's national team, but refused it, as he was at the time on then manager of

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 an ...

's radar. Eventually he never got to play international football, as he was plagued by injury problems during the year 2001.

Personal

Barkanichkov is presently employed as a fitness instructor in

in addition to continuing to play football at the amateur level in Bulgaria. In 2009 and 2014, he was a participant in the

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and 5th seasons of Survivor, receiving praise for his performance. Barkanichkov is married and has a son. He is a fan of

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team

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, with

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being one of his football idols. Barkanichkov is a huge enthusiast regarding

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References

External links

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Profile at LevskiSofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barkanichkov, Svetoslav 1974 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Pleven PFC Levski Sofia players OFC Spartak Pleven players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players PFC Cherno More Varna players PFC Neftochimic Burgas (2009–2014) players PFK Svetkavitsa 1922 players Korona Kielce players ŁKS Łódź players Radomiak Radom players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers