Ivan Stoyanov (; born 24 July 1983) is a

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coach and a former player who played as a winger or

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. He is the manager of CSKA 1948.

Career

Sliven & Stuttgart

Stoyanov started his career in his home town

Sliven Sliven ( ) is List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality in Northern Thrace. It is situated in the Sliven Valley at the foothills of th ...

in local team

OFC Sliven 2000 FC Sliven (ФК Сливен) is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Sliven, currently playing in the Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria), Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Hadzhi Dimit ...

. In 2005, he signed a contract with German side

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

, but only played one league game for the club before returning to Sliven in May 2006. In 2007–08 season with his goals Stoyanov helped the team gain promotion to the

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in Bulgaria. He scored 16 goals in 15 matches. In September 2007, Stoyanov was banned for one year from football after an incident with a linesman in a match against

Kaliakra Kavarna FC Kaliakra Kavarna () is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Kavarna, which currently competes in the A RFG Dobrich, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1922 as Kaliakra Sport Club, the club spent most of its history in am ...

following his dismissal from the field by the main official. He subsequently reestablished himself as a key player for Sliven.

CSKA Sofia

After an impressive 2008–09 season with the newly promoted Sliven, on 24 June 2009 Stoyanov signed a 3-year contract with

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia () 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 Sports Club of the Army'' ...

. On 30 July 2009, Stoyanov marked his official debut for the armymen by scoring the goal for the 1:0 home win against Northern Irish side

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in the third qualifying round of the

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. On 9 August 2009, he scored a brace in the 5:0 away win against

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv), Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and ha ...

in a

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game. On 30 August 2009, he scored another double, this time against

Lokomotiv Mezdra FC Lokomotiv Mezdra (ФК Локомотив Мездра) was a Bulgarian football club from the town of Mezdra, which last played in the A RFG Vratsa, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground was the Lokomotiv Stadium i ...

, in a

game. On 20 September 2009, Stoyanov scored the opening goal in the 2:0 home win against

Levski Sofia PFC Levski Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 by a group of high sc ...

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Alania

On 25 February 2010 Russian side

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signed the Bulgarian international from CSKA Sofia, the midfielder agreed to a three-year deal for $1.2 million. Stoyanov scored his first goal for Alania in their 1–0 home win against

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in the

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on 25 April 2010.

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 29 August 2011, Stoyanov signed a contract with newly promoted

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club

Ludogorets Razgrad Professional Football Club Ludogorets 1945 (), commonly known as Ludogorets Razgrad or simply Ludogorets, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Razgrad, which currently competes in the First Professional Football League ...

. His debut for the team came on 11 September 2011, in the 6:0 home win against

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia 1913 () 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 is the Stadion Aleksandar Sh ...

. On 30 September 2011, he scored a

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against

Botev Vratsa Botev () is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Vratsa, that competes in the First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 1921. Si ...

to temporarily propel the team to the top of the

table. On 28 November 2011, Stoyanov scored another last-minute goal, this time against former club

, to help Ludogorets secure a 2:2 away draw and enable the team from

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to finish the first half of the

season in first place in the standings. On 2 April 2012, he netted the only goal for his team in the 1:0 away win over

, helping Ludogorets put an end to a three-game losing streak. Stoyanov eventually finished the 2011–12 A PFG season as joint top scorer with Junior Moraes, while Ludogorets won its first

title. On 24 July 2013, he opened the scoring in the 3:0 home win over Slovak side Slovan Bratislava in a 2nd qualifying round

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match. On 21 August 2013, Stoyanov scored a goal early in the second half to give Ludogorets a 2:1 lead over

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club

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in a first leg match of the playoff round, but the team from

eventually lost by a score of 2:4. Stoyanov saw less first team action during the 2013/2014 A PFG season due to the strong performance of the other forwards and rejoined

in February 2014.

Botev Plovdiv

On 15 June Ivan Stoyanov joined

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professiona ...

. During the preseason friendly games Stoyanov scored twice against

FC Eurocollege FC Eurocollege () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Plovdiv Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490, ...

and once against

FC Oborishte Oborishte () is a Bulgarian association football club based in the town of Panagyurishte, Pazardzhik Province, currently playing in the Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football. History Oborishte was founded in 1925 as ''Aprilski y ...

. Stoyanov scored twice in the final preseason friendly against

FC Vereya Vereya () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Stara Zagora, which currently competes in the Southeast Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. Vereya was founded in 2001. The team made a remarkable rise through the lev ...

. On 30 July 2016 Ivan Stoyanov made an official debut for

and scored for the 1–1 draw with the local rivals

. He also picked up the man of the match award. Ivan Stoyanov made assists in the games against

on 15 August and against

PFC Neftochimic Burgas Neftochimic () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Burgas, which currently competes in Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria), Third League, the third tier of the Bulgarian football league system. The team plays its h ...

on 27 August. He was released in January 2017.

Etar

On 16 January 2017, Stoyanov joined Etar Veliko Tarnovo.

Career statistics

Honours

* Ludogorets **

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International career

Between 2004 and 2005 Stoyanov played in

Bulgaria national under-21 football team The Bulgaria national under-21 football team ()''Mladezhki natsionalen otbor na Balgariya po futbol'', literally ''"Bulgaria national youth football team"''. is considered to be the feeder team for the Bulgaria national football team. This team i ...

. In 2004, he made his debut for the senior side.

Personal life

Stoyanov is the nephew of

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Yordan Lechkov Yordan Letchkov Yankov (also transliterated Jordan, Iordan, Lechkov) (; born 9 July 1967) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer. He is generally regarded as one of the best players to come out of Bulgaria and was a key member of the squ ...

, who also serves as his agent.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stoyanov, Ivan 1983 births Footballers from Sliven Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Men's association football forwards FC Sliven players VfB Stuttgart players VfB Stuttgart II players PFC CSKA Sofia players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players FC Vereya players FC Montana players Botev Plovdiv players SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Russia 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen