Kostadin Stoyanov (; born 2 May 1986) is a Bulgarian former professional

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who played as defender.

Career

Stoyanov began his football career playing for

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, before joined Chernomorets Burgas. Stoyanov made his

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debut on 21 August 2004, in Chernomorets's 1–0 defeat to

Vihren Sandanski OFC Vihren () is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sandanski, currently playing in the Second League. Sandanski's home ground is the Sandanski Stadium in Sandanski with a capacity of 6,000. Vihren Sandanski's team colours are green an ...

. In the summer of 2005 he joined Zagorets Nova Zagora. In June 2007 he moved to

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. After a two good seasons in Sliven, on 24 June 2009, he signed a contract for 3 years with

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. He scored his first goal for the team on 20 September 2009 in the 2:0 win against

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of Bulgaria. Kostadin stoyanov

He retired from football in 2013 due to serious injury.Костадин Стоянов: Свалих 20 килограма, за да се върна
/ref> Two years later and after a special intervention, he came back from retirement with

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, but played with the second team most of the time. On 5 June 2016 Stoyanov scored 2 goals for Vereya II in the playoffs for V Group won by Vereya with 2-1. In the summer of 2016 he returned in the professional football by signing with

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. But was released after just 3 games and he returned to play for his local amateur Vereya II. On 25 June 2017 he signed with

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. After 11 matches with the team, he retired once again in the end of the year.

International career

In June 2007 he participated with the team in the European Football Championship for amateurs -

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. On 26 June 2007 Stoyanov played in the final of the tournament, but

lost the match against

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with 1:2. On 2 October 2009 Stoyanov was called by the manager of the

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for the matches against

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and

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* * 1986 births Living people Footballers from Sliven Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Chernomorets Burgas players FC Sliven players PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players FC Vereya players Botev Plovdiv players FC Sozopol players Men's association football defenders 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-defender-stub