Blagoy Makendzhiev ( bg, Благой Макенджиев; born 11 July 1988) 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 Macedo ...

n professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

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for FC Krumovgrad.

Career

Makendzhiev began his professional career at

Pirin Blagoevgrad Futbolen klub Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб „Пирин“), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. Th ...

. He made his competitive debut on 9 November 2005 in a match against

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 ...

. In the next two seasons he played in only 4 games. During the 2009-10 season, he gradually established himself as the first choice goalkeeper for Pirin. In December 2010, Makendzhiev signed a 3-year contract with

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 18 May 2011 he made his official debut for CSKA in a home draw 2–2 against his former club

. In 2011-12 season he spend most of the time on the bench, earning only one league appearance, coming as a substitute when

Raïs M'Bolhi Adi Raïs Cobos Adrien Ouahab M'Bolhi ( ar, عدي رايس كوبوس أدريان وهاب مبولحي; born 25 April 1986), known as Raïs M'Bolhi, is a professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi First Division Leag ...

received a red card in away win 0–2 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 ...

. After the managerial departure of

Stoycho Mladenov Stoycho Dimitrov Mladenov ( bg, Стойчо Димитpoв Младенов; born 12 April 1957 in Ploski, Blagoevgrad Province) is a Bulgarian former football player and manager. Career Mladenov started from small teams like Dimitrovgrad an ...

from CSKA,

Miodrag Ješić Miodrag Ješić ( sr-Cyrl, Миодраг Јешић, ; 30 November 1958 – 8 December 2022) was a Serbian football manager and player. Playing career Born in Osečenica, Ješić played for Partizan between 1974 and 1985, taking part in 342 m ...

was appointed as head coach. Blagoy was not part of the plans of the new manager. In January 2013 he was released by the club. In June 2013, Makendzhiev joined

Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...

as a free agent. He quickly established as first choice goalkeeper, having initially served as an understudy to Ivan Karadzhov. In February 2017, Makendzhiev joined his hometown club

. He immediately established himself as a first choice goalkeeper, contributing to Pirin's improved performances and results. However, at the end of the yеar his contract was terminated by mutual consent. On 18 December 2017, Makendzhiev signed with Cherno More. On 17 February 2018, he made his debut in a 1–4 home defeat by Beroe.

International career

On 27 January 2015, Makendzhiev received his first call-up to the Bulgaria national team for the Friendly game against

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

on 7 February 2015 in

Antalya la, Attalensis grc, Ἀτταλειώτης , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 07xxx , area_code = (+90) 242 , registration_plate = 07 , blank_name = Licence plate ...

from

Ivaylo Petev Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev ( bg, Ивайло Богданов Петев; born 9 July 1975) is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He spent his whole caree ...

. He played over the course of the entire second half, keeping a clean sheet in the non-official friendly match that ended with a score of 0:0. He was named as part of Bulgaria's 2016

Kirin Cup The is an association football tournament organised in Japan by the Kirin Brewery Company. The host, Japan, is a participant in every edition. The tournament was founded in 1978 then known as Japan Cup (International competition which nationa ...

squad.

Career statistics

''As of 14 December 2018''

References

External links

Player Profile
at Soccerway * {{DEFAULTSORT:Makendzhiev, Blagoy 1988 births Living people People from Petrich Bulgarian footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players PFC Cherno More Varna players FC Dunav Ruse players FC Montana players FC Krumovgrad players Association football goalkeepers Sportspeople from Blagoevgrad Province 21st-century Bulgarian people