Martin Plamenov Stoychev (
Bulgarian: Мартин Стойчев; born 17 October 2003) is a
Bulgaria
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footballer
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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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Career statistics
Club
References
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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
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