Diyan Donchev Angelov ( bg, Диян Дончев Ангелов) is a retired Bulgarian

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player who played professionally in Bulgaria, Spain and the United States.

Football career

In 1981, Angelov became a professional with

FC Dunav Ruse FC Dunav ( bg, Дунав, officially named ''"Дунав от Русе"'') is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Ruse, which currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. Part ...

. Over the years, he played for several teams in Bulgaria. On October 1991,

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El ...

paid 20 million pesetas for Angelov. His time with Osasuna was a disappointment and on November 1993, he received a free transfer to

PFC Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) 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 b ...

. In 1997, he moved to the United States and signed with the

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in the

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. He was an All Star that season.Battery aims to extend win streak
/ref> In 1998, he finished his career with the

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Honours

;Levski Sofia * Bulgarian League: 1993–94 *

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: 1993–94 ;Lokomotiv Sofia *

: 1994–95 ;Slavia Sofia * Bulgarian League: 1995–96 *

: 1995–96

References

External links

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Profile at Levskisofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angelov, Dian Living people 1964 births Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers FC Dunav Ruse players PFC Slavia Sofia players CA Osasuna players PFC Levski Sofia players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players Virginia Beach Mariners players Richmond Kickers players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players La Liga players A-League (1995–2004) players Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Men's association football midfielders People from Razgrad