Yordan Petkov ( bg, Йордан Петков) (born 11 March 1976 in

Veliko Tarnovo Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...

) is a former

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 ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

defender who also used to be assistant coach of

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 groun ...

under

Martin Kushev Martin Miroslavov Kushev ( bg, Мартин Мирославов Кушев, born 25 August 1973 in Troyan) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player who is currently an assistant coach at Slavia Sofia. During his football career, Kush ...

. As a player, he spent most of his career at

, with a short spell at Turkish

Samsunspor Samsunspor is a Turkish professional Association football, football club located in the city of Samsun. The club was formed through a merger of five clubs: 19 Mayıs, Akınspor, Fener Gençlik, Samsunspor, and Samsunspor Galatasaray.

and Cyprus

Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1958, and currently plays in the Cypriot Second Division. Ermis' greatest success came ...

before retirement. In his first years as a footballer, he also played for Etar Veliko Tarnovo, Vorskla Poltava and

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 ...

. On 31 July 2011, Petkov played his farewell game for Slavia, appearing for 10 minutes in the 2:2 draw with

Cypriot Cypriot (in older sources often "Cypriote") refers to someone or something of, from, or related to the country of Cyprus. * Cypriot people, or of Cypriot descent; this includes: **Armenian Cypriots **Greek Cypriots **Maronite Cypriots **Turkish C ...

side

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...

in an

exhibition match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

. Petkov was

capped In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of rugby football and association football. In the ea ...

four times for

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* * 1976 births Living people Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) players FC Vorskla Poltava players FC Vorskla-2 Poltava players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players PFC Slavia Sofia players Samsunspor footballers Ermis Aradippou FC players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian Second League players Süper Lig players Cypriot First Division players Bulgarian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Turkey Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Sportspeople from Veliko Tarnovo {{Bulgaria-footy-defender-stub