Yordan Ivanov Stoykov ( bg, Йордан Иванов Стойков; born 6 November 1951) 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

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and

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Career

Yordan Stoykov played as a defender in

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 ...

from 1970 to 1983, as record 336 appearances for his home club. With it he became champion in 1978 and has won the Bulgarian Cup in 1982. He played in UEFA tournaments. For the youth national team has 27 games and for the

Bulgaria national football team The Bulgaria national football team ( bg, Български национален отбор по футбол, Bǎlgarski natsionalen otbor po futbol) represents Bulgaria in men's international Association football, football and is administere ...

- 9 matches. In 1979, he graduated the

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and began his coaching career as an assistant coach in

PFC Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at th ...

from 1983 to 1985. In season 1985/1986 he was a senior coach of the

PFC Balkan Botevgrad FC Balkan Botevgrad ( bg, ФК Балкан Ботевград, FK Balkan Botevgrad) is a Bulgarian football club, playing in the city of Botevgrad. The stadium of the club is "Hristo Botev" in Botevgrad with capacity of 8,000 people. History Th ...

. From 1986 to 1991 he was scary coach of the youth national team. Lead the team of

Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli) Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club ( ar, نادي الاتحاد الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) famously known as Al-Ittihad Tripoli, or simply Al-Ittihad, is a Libyan football club based in Bab Ben Gashier, Tripoli, Lib ...

in 1991/1992 and he was a senior coach of the

PFC Pirin Gotse Delchev Football Club Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб Пирин) is a Bulgarian football club, based in Gotse Delchev. The club currently plays in the South-West Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football league system. The team's bigg ...

in 1992/1993, and then for two years in Tanzania (1993-1995), where local Malindi F.C. won the Tanzanian Cup and Super Cup and led the team at the seventh place at the African Club Tournaments. He was head coach of the

PFC Shumen 2010 Football Club Volov 1929 Shumen ( bg, Футболен Клуб Волов 1929 Шумен) is a Bulgarian football club, playing in the city of Shumen, which currently competes in the North-East Third League. The club was established in 1929 un ...

(1995/1996) and of the

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(China) in 1996-1997 and

Kremikovtsi Sofia Kremikovtsi ( bg, Кремиковци ) is an industrial district of Sofia, Bulgaria. It is located to the northeast of the capital. The Kremikovtsi Steel Complex which is close to the neighbourhood is one of the largest industrial enterprises i ...

in 1997-1998. In 1999, he became of the head coach of the

Maldives national football team The Maldives national football team (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭ ގައުމީ ފުޓްބޯލް ޓީމް) represents the Maldives in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives. It is a member of the Asi ...

. In 2004, he worked at the

New Radiant SC New Radiant Sports Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Henveiru – Malé, Maldives. The club was founded on 19 August 1979 by Ahmed Waheed and his friend Ahammadhanik. New Radiant has won all domestic competitions bei ...

Since January 2005 until October 2007 he again coached the Maldives national team. Since July until September 2010 he trained PFC Chavdar Byala Slatina. On September 15, 2010 he named of the EEPCO F.C. head coach.EEPCo FC names Yordan Stoikov of Bulgaria as Head Coach , Ethiosports
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Honours

Bulgarian A Football 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 ...

: ::1978 *

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 ...

: ::1982

References

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Yordan Stoykov
!--name as spelled at this link--> at Soccerpunter.com * * 1951 births Living people Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria international footballers Association football defenders FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Bulgarian football managers Maldives national football team managers Place of birth missing (living people) DPMM FC managers {{Bulgaria-footy-defender-stub