Martin Plamenov Stoychev ( Bulgarian: Мартин Стойчев; born 17 October 2003) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

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who plays as a full back for

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sports Club of the Army'' ...

Career

Stoychev began his career in the local FC Dragoman at the age of 11, before moving to

Septemvri Sofia Septemvri () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. Its home ground is the Septemvri Stadium, but due to its poor condition the ...

academy in 2018. He made his professional debut for the club in 2020 on his 17th birthday, in a league match against

Litex Lovech FC Lovech (; formerly Litex Lovech) is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Lovech, that competes in the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Spor ...

. On 17 October 2022, in a league match against

Levski Sofia PFC Levski Sofia () 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 by a group of high sc ...

, he received an injury that ruled him out until end of the season. Ironically, before this, Levski had contacted him and expressed a desire to sign him during the winter break, but the transfer failed. After Septemvri were relegated to the Second League, in July 2023 he signed a year-long loan deal with First League team Arda Kardzhali.Мартин Стойчев подписа едногодишен договор с Арда Кърджали
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* 2003 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers PFC Septemvri Sofia players FC Arda Kardzhali players PFC CSKA Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Men's association football defenders 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-defender-stub