Mariyan Georgiev Ognyanov (; born 30 July 1988) is a Bulgarian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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.
Career
Levski Sofia
Ognyanov played for Levski Sofia from 2004. On 27 September 2006, Ognyanov scored the first goal by a Bulgarian team in the
UEFA Champions League
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group stage during Levski Sofia's 1–3 defeat by
Chelsea at home, and became the sixth youngest goalscorer in the Champions League at that point on 18 years and 58 days.
Until 2007–08, he played mainly as a substitute. After a large number of departures in the winter transfer window of the 2007–08 season, Ognyanov started to play often.
Belasitsa Petrich
He was loaned on 27 January 2009 to
PFC Belasitsa Petrich
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. He played for Belasitsa until the end of 2008–09 season, scoring on 10 May 2009 against
Lokomotiv Sf in a 4–2 home loss. At Belasitsa he played 14 times and scored 3 goals. After the end of 2008–09 season, Ognyanov returned to Levski Sofia.
Return to Levski Sofia
Ognyanov re-debuted for Levski on 21 July 2009 in the second match of the 2nd Qualifying round of
UEFA Champions League
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, where Levski beat the team of
UE Sant Julià
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. The result of the match was 0–5 with an away win for Levski. Ognyanov scored two of the goals in the 23rd and the 39th minute.
Botev Plovdiv
Mariyan Ognyanov joined
Botev Plovdiv
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in the beginning of 2012. In his first three and a half seasons he played in 118 official games (86 -
A Grupa, 10 -
B Grupa
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, 11 -
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
, 10 -
UEFA Europa League
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, 1 -
Bulgarian Super Cup
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), scored 16 goals and made numerous assists.
2011–12
In January 2012, Ognyanov joined
Botev Plovdiv
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and helped the team to get a promotion to
A Grupa. He quickly established himself as a key player and took part in 10 games.
2012–13
Although
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 ...
signed with a lot of new players Ognyanov remained a key player during season
2012–13
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. He participated in 28 matches in
A Grupa and scored 6 goals.
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 ...
finished the season on the 4th place.
2013–14
Botev Plovdiv
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was allowed to participate in the
UEFA Europa League
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despite finishing on 4th place of
A Grupa during the previous season because of the financial troubles at
CSKA Sofia
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. Marian participated in all six games of the team in the
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...
and demonstrated an excellent partnership on the field with
Todor Nedelev
Todor Lyubchev Nedelev (; born 7 February 1993) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Ludogorets Razgrad.
Early life
Nedelev was born on 7 February 1993, and raised in the village of Belozem, ...
. During the European campaign Ognyanov scored two goals in the home wins against
FC Astana
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and
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
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.
On 5 December 2013, Ognyanov came on as a substitute and scored the winning goal for the 2–1 victory over
CSKA Sofia
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.
Botev Plovdiv
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finished again on the 4th place of
A Grupa and lost the final for the
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
. Despite the loss
Botev Plovdiv
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qualified for
UEFA Europa League
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. Ognyanov played in 5 games for the
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
and 27 games in
A Grupa, primary as a defensive midfielder. He scored one goal in each home victories over
Pirin Gotse Delchev and
CSKA Sofia
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.
2014–15
Despite the financial crisis Ognyanov was among the few first team players who did not leave the club in the summer of 2014. He accepted a reduction of his salary and remained for season
2014–15.
Ognyanov scored twice against
A.C. Libertas in the 4–0 home win in the
first qualifying round of 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. He participated again in all four games of
Botev Plovdiv
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in the
UEFA Europa League
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and made three assists. With four goals Marian shares the third place in the list of top goalscorers for
Botev Plovdiv
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in the European football tournaments.
On 23 September, Marian Ognyanov scored the second goal for the 0–4 away win against
Lokomotiv Mezdra
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in the first round of the
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
tournament. In the next round of the
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
Marian assisted for the late equalizer of
Aleksandar Kolev 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 ...
.
Marian Ognyanov scored his first goal of the season in
A Grupa from a free kick on 2 November. Unfortunately his goal was not enough and the team of
Botev Plovdiv
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was defeated with 2–1.
As of 26 November 2014, Mariyan Ognyanov was the player with most assists during the season so far in Bulgaria. He assisted for 6 goals in
A Grupa as well as for 4 goals in other official tournaments.
Ognyanov started 2015 with a fabulous goal and an assist for the 3–0 home win over
PFC Marek Dupnitsa
FC Marek () is a Bulgarian football club based in Dupnitsa, currently playing in the Second League, the second level of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded in 1947 following the unification of four local clubs. Home matches take ...
. On 10 March Mariyan was again among the best players on the pitch in the next round of
A Grupa. Ognyanov prove his creativity and passing abilities and was involved in both goals for the 0–2 away win in the derby match against the local rivals
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 ...
. Ognyanov missed the game with
CSKA Sofia
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due to a ban, and on 22 March he was again in the starting lineup for 0–0 draw with
Ludogorets Razgrad
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. On 18 April, Ognyanov scored a goal for the 1–1 draw with
Beroe Stara Zagora.
The contract of Mariyan Ognyanov with
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 ...
expired at the end of the season and he left the team. In an interview Ognyanov stated that he is grateful for everything and he hopes one day to play again for
Botev Plovdiv
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. On 17 June, Mariyan joined the Romanian professional football club
Târgu Mureș
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on a free transfer, but he left a week later for personal reasons and returned to
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 ...
.
2015–16
Ognyanov started his 5th season at
Botev Plovdiv
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with a game against his ex-team
Levski Sofia
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in the first round of
A Grupa. He missed a penalty and the game ended in a 1–1 tie. After the game Mariyan Ognyanov apologized to
Botev Plovdiv
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supporters.
Ognyanov missed the second round in
A Grupa and returned in the starting lineup for the 1–1 draw against the local rivals
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
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. He was the captain of the team due to the absence of
Yordan Hristov who received a red card in the previous match. Ognyanov made a brilliant assist for the goal scored by
Aleksandar Kolev.
On 22 November, Ognyanov made the assist for the winning goal scored by
Nico Varela
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Club career
Spain
Born in Montevideo, Varela moved to Spain in 2003, a ...
during the away game against
Cherno More Varna
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. A week later, on 29 November, Ognyanov provided the assist for the second goal of
Gregory Nelson during the 4–2 away defeat from
Litex Lovech
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.
On 7 April 2016,
Botev Plovdiv
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announced that the expiring contracts of Ognyanov and the goalkeeper
Valentin Galev
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Career
Valentin Galev earned his first p ...
will not be renewed for the next season. A week later
Nikolay Kostov
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Career
Much of his coaching career has taken place in Cyprus. His first coaching role in the country was at Anorthosis, where he won the Cyprio ...
, the head coach and manager of
Botev Plovdiv
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at that time, explained that he expected better performance and more engagement to the development of the younger players from Mariyan. On 18 April, the contacts of Ognyanov and Galev were terminated on mutual agreements. On 19 April Ognyanov received a medal of honor and special t-shirt to celebrate his 133 appearances in official games for
Botev Plovdiv
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.
Mariyan Ognyanov spent almost 5 seasons in
Botev Plovdiv
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. He played in 100 games in
A Grupa, 10 in
B Grupa
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, 12 for the
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
, 1 for the
Bulgarian Supercup
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and 10 games in
UEFA Europa League
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.
Cherno More
On 14 June 2017, Ognyanov joined
Cherno More. On 15 July, he made his debut in a 1–0 home win over
Vitosha Bistritsa. On 21 July, he scored a brace in a 4–0 away win over
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which earned him the
Man of the match
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award.
International career
Ognyanov made his debut for
Bulgaria
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on 15 August 2013, after coming on as a substitute during the 0–2 defeat from
Macedonia
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in a
friendly match
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.
Career statistics
Honours
Levski Sofia
*
Champion of Bulgaria: 2006, 2007, 2009
*
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
: 2005, 2007
*
Bulgarian Supercup
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: 2005, 2007, 2009
Botev Plovdiv
*
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
Runner-up: 2014
*
Bulgarian Supercup
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Runner-up: 2014
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References
External links
Ognyanov career statistics
at levskisofia.info
*
at FuPa
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1988 births
Living people
Bulgarian people of Romani descent
People from Lom, Bulgaria
Footballers from Montana Province
Bulgarian men's footballers
Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers
Bulgaria men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
PFC Levski Sofia players
OFC Belasitsa Petrich players
Botev Plovdiv players
PFC Neftochimic Burgas players
PFC Cherno More Varna players
FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players
OFC Spartak Pleven players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen