Yanis Danielov Karabelyov ( bg, Янис Даниелов Карабельов; born 23 January 1996) is a Bulgarian professional

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who plays as a

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for Bulgarian club

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 ...

and the

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Career

Slavia Sofia

Karabelyov joined

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 ...

at the age of seven. He made his senior debut for the club on 28 September 2013, replacing Fernando Silva for the final 12 minutes of an

A Group 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 ...

match against Levski Sofia at

Ovcha Kupel Stadium Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov ( bg, Стадион „Александър Шаламанов“) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Slavia district of Sofia, Bulgaria named after the football legend Aleksandar Shalamanov. It is currently used fo ...

. On 17 May 2014, Karabelyov scored his first goal in a 2–0 home win over Pirin Gotse Delchev. One year later, he started in the

for first time in a 3–1 home loss against Cherno More Varna on 22 May 2015. Karabelyov began to establish himself in the Slavia first team from the 2015–16 season.

Tsarsko Selo (loan)

On 6 September 2017, he was loaned to Tsarsko Selo until the end of the year, but on 8 January 2018 Slavia shorted his loan and he returned in train with the team.

Kisvárda

On 19 December 2020 he joined the Hungarian team Kisvárda.

Botev Plovdiv

On 1 July 2023 he joined the Bulgarian team

International career

Karabelyov was called up to the Bulgaria U21 squad in August 2015, aged 19. He made his debut on 9 October 2015 against Armenia U21. In that match, he came as a substitute in the 81st minute, and Bulgaria won the match 2–0. On 7 March 2016, Karabelyov was called up for the first time to the senior Bulgarian squad for friendly matches against Portugal and against Macedonia. He made his debut on 7 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Czech Republic, as a 64th-minute substitute for

Kristiyan Malinov Kristiyan Aleksandrov Malinov ( bg, Кристиян Александров Малинов; born 30 March 1994) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian First Division A club OH Leuven and the Bulgarian nation ...

Statistics

''As of 23 September 2022''

Honours

Slavia Sofia *

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: 2017–18 Botev Plovdiv *Bulgarian Cup: 2023–24

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Karabelyov, Yanis 1996 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers PFC Slavia Sofia players FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia players Kisvárda FC players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Botev Plovdiv players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Footballers from Sofia