Trayan Kolev Dyankov ( bg, Траян Дянков; 21 June 1976 – 1 August 2016) was a Bulgarian
football
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defender and manager of
Spartak Varna. He was a right or central defender, and began his career in
Spartak Varna's youth teams.
Career
Born in
Varna
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, Dyankov started to play football in the local club
Spartak Varna. He made his first-team debut on 10 April 1994 in an
A PFG
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match against
Slavia Sofia as an 86th-minute substitute.
After that played in
Velbazhd Kyustendil and
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 ...
. During the 2003/04 season he won the top Bulgarian league, the A PFG, with Loko Plovdiv.
In June 2006, Dyankov joined
Chernomorets Burgas
PSFC Chernomorets Burgas ( bg, ПСФК Черноморец Бургас) or simply Chernomorets ( bg, Черноморец) was a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas. The club never won any major competition, its most notable achie ...
. With the club he played in the matches of
Intertoto Cup 2008
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against Slovenian
ND Gorica and Swiss
Grasshopper Club Zürich
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. On 15 January 2011, it was announced that Chernomorets had renewed the contract of Dyankov, extending it until 30 June 2012.
Personal life
Dyankov married in 2009. He died at the age of 40 on 1 August 2016 in Varna after suffering a suspected
heart attack while exercising.
Honours
;
PFC 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 a ...
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Champion of Bulgaria: 2004
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Bulgarian Supercup: 2004
References
1976 births
2016 deaths
Bulgarian men's footballers
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
FC Spartak Varna players
Velbazhd Kyustendil players
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players
PSFC Chernomorets Burgas players
FC Kaliakra Kavarna players
Men's association football defenders
FC Spartak Varna managers
Bulgarian football managers
FC Dynamo Makhachkala players
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
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