Martin Toshev (; born 17 April 1990) is a Bulgarian professional

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who plays as a forward.

Career

CSKA Sofia

He was raised in CSKA Sofia's youth teams. In January 2008 Toshev went to

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and trained at

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's Youth Academy. However, after six months he returned to

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and signed his first professional three-year contract with CSKA. On 6 December 2008, Toshev scored his first goals for the "armymen" - he secured a brace in the 5:0 away rout against

PFC Balkan Botevgrad FC Balkan Botevgrad () is a Bulgarian football club based in the city of Botevgrad. The stadium of the club is " Hristo Botev" in Botevgrad with capacity of 8,000 people. History The club was established in 1929 with the name "Stamen Panchev". ...

in the 1/8 final of the

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Chernomorets Burgas

Toshev transferred to

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, after the end of the 2008-09 season. On 12 July he signed a four-year deal for a €100,000. On 17 August 2009, Toshev made his debut for the team from

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after coming on as a substitute for Michel Mesquita in the 2:1 home win 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 ...

. On 21 August 2009, he assisted

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's equalizing goal in the 1:1 away draw against Beroe. On 12 September 2009, he scored his first goal for Chernomorets, opening the scoring in the 5:0 away win against

Lokomotiv Mezdra FC Lokomotiv Mezdra (ФК Локомотив Мездра) was a Bulgarian football club from the town of Mezdra, which last played in the A RFG Vratsa, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground was the Lokomotiv Stadium i ...

. His last match for

was on 11 April 2011 against

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, when he was seriously injured. In January 2012 he was released from

Slavia Sofia

In March 2012 Toshev signed a contract with

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, playing 9 games for the club during the 2011/12 season.

Septemvri Sofia

On 8 July 2017, after spending the first half of the 2016–17 season in

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and the second on loan in

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, Toshev returned to Bulgaria signing with the newly promoted to the

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team of

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 ...

. He made his debut for the team on 17 July 2017 in match against

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. He left the club at the end of 2017–18 season when his contract expired.

Ahed

In June 2018, Toshev signed with Lebanese champions

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.He became the first ever Bulgarian player to play for

and for the Lebanese premier league.

CSKA 1948 and Zhetysu

Toshev joined CSKA 1948 in June 2019, but spent only a few weeks with the team before being signed by

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for 5 years.

International career

Toshev has been capped for the Bulgaria U21 national team.

Career statistics

Honours and achievements

Club

CSKA Sofia *

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Al Ahed *

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Lebanese Premier League The Lebanese First Division (), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. Established in 1934 and organized by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA), the Lebanese Premier Leagu ...

: 2018–19 *

Lebanese FA Cup The Lebanon Cup (), commonly known as the Lebanese FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in domestic Lebanese football. In the first FA Cup final, held on 26 June 1938, Nahda beat Hilmi-Sport 3–2 in the replay (after drawing 1� ...

: 2018–19 *

Lebanese Super Cup The Lebanese Super Cup () is Lebanese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Lebanese Premier League season and the holders of the Lebanese FA Cup. If the Lebanese Premier League champions also won the Lebanese FA ...

: 2018

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Toshev, Martin 1990 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Lebanese Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Liga I players PFC CSKA Sofia players 1. FC Köln II players PSFC Chernomorets Burgas players PFC Slavia Sofia players FC Septemvri Simitli players OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players FC Erzgebirge Aue players VfR Aalen players PFC Septemvri Sofia players Al Ahed FC players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players FC Zhetysu players LPS HD Clinceni players FC Shakhter Karagandy players SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Men's association football forwards Footballers from Blagoevgrad Province 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen