Valentin Yoskov (; born 5 June 1998) is a

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who plays as a

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Pirin Blagoevgrad Football club Pirin (), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the Second League, the second division of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 2008, after a merger ...

Career

Born in

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, Yoskov joined Cherno More's youth team at the age of 13, having arrived from

Chernomorets Burgas PSFC Chernomorets Burgas () or simply Chernomorets () was a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas. The club never won any major competition, its most notable achievement being a second-place finish in the UEFA Intertoto Cup competitio ...

. In the 2014–15 season, he scored 28 goals for the U-17 squad. Yoskov made his senior debut for the club in a 1–0 league loss against

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on 23 October 2015, playing the final seven minutes in place of Todor Palankov. Four days later, he scored his first goal in a 5–0 away win over Vihar Stroevo for the

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. On 17 June 2017, Yoskov was loaned to Second League club

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. On 22 July, he made his debut for the club in a 2–3 away defeat by Tsarsko Selo, coming on as substitute for Stamen Angelov. He scored the last goal in the game. Yoskov returned to his parent club for pre-season training in preparations for the 2018–19 season.

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* 1998 births Living people Footballers from Burgas Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards PFC Cherno More Varna players OFC Nesebar players FC Chernomorets Balchik players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo players PFC Septemvri Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-forward-stub