Zhivko Stoyanov Petkov ( bg, Живко Стоянов Петков; born 15 February 1993) 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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who plays as a

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for Chernomorets 1919.

Career

On 27 June 2012, Petkov joined Neftochimic Burgas. At Neftochimic, he became a member of the first team and his goals helped the "Sheiks" gain promotion to the

A PFG 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 ...

during

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season. He made 23 appearances, finishing as the club's top scorer with 14 goals. Petkov made his A PFG debut on 21 July 2013, when he came on as a half-time substitute in a 4–1 away loss against

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

. Petkov joined Cherno More in the summer of 2014. He scored his first goal for the team from

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on 13 September 2014, netting a late equalizer in a league match against

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

. On 6 July 2017, Petkov signed with

Pomorie Pomorie ( bg, Поморие ), historically known as Anchialos (Greek: Αγχίαλος), is a town and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, located on a narrow rocky peninsula in Burgas Bay on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is si ...

Honours

Club

;Cherno More *

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: 2014–15 *

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and ...

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* * 1993 births Living people Footballers from Burgas Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers OFC Pomorie players PSFC Chernomorets Burgas players PFC Neftochimic Burgas (2009–2014) players PFC Cherno More Varna players FC Hebar Pazardzhik players FC Sozopol players F.C. Kafr Qasim players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Liga Leumit players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Men's association football forwards {{Bulgaria-footy-forward-stub