Kostadin Yanchev

Kostadin Yanchev
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-03-19) 19 March 1963
Place of birth Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1984 Pirin Blagoevgrad
1984–1990 CSKA Sofia 159 (13)
1991–1992 Las Palmas 39 (3)
1993 Yantra Gabrovo
1993 Montana
1994 CSKA Sofia 17 (0)
National team
1983–1989 Bulgaria 16 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Kostadin Yanchev (Bulgarian: Костадин Янчев; born 19 March 1963) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder. He earned 16 caps for the Bulgarian national side between 1983 and 1989.

Career

Born in Blagoevgrad, Yanchev started his career at hometown club Pirin Blagoevgrad before transferring to CSKA Sofia in June 1984.[1]

Yanchev spent six and a half seasons with CSKA, where he won three A Group titles, four Bulgarian Cups and one Bulgarian Supercup. He played 159 league matches for the club, scoring 13 goals.[2]

In early 1991, Yanchev joined Spanish side Las Palmas. After leaving Las Palmas in January 1993, he joined Yantra Gabrovo. He spent six months with Montana, before finishing his career with CSKA in 1994.[3]

References


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