Radostin Lyubomirov Stanev (; born 11 July 1975) is a Bulgarian former professional

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who played as a

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. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia 1913 () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground is the Stadion Aleksandar Sh ...

Career

In Bulgaria

Stanev started his career in

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in the local Spartak. In 1998, he played for six months in

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'' ...

. After that, he signed with

Lokomotiv Sofia FC Lokomotiv Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refounded in 2015, following ...

. Between January 2008 and May 2008, Stanev played again in

Spartak Varna FC Spartak Varna () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Varna, which currently competes in the First League, the top level of Bulgarian football league system. Spartak plays its home matches at the local Stadion Spartak. Founded ...

. In June 2008, he signed with newly promoted

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 ...

Foreign clubs

In January 2002, Stanev signed with Polish club

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

. The next year, he went to Russia and played one season for Shinnik Yaroslavl. In 2004, he signed with the Romanian Progresul București. In his first months in Romania, he grew at odds with his coach, and for two years played only in 14 matches. In June 2006, his contract with Progresul was terminated and he signed with

Aris Limassol Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a professional Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the A ...

Honours

Legia Warsaw *

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

: 2001–02 * Polish League Cup: 2001–02

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* * 1975 births Living people Footballers from Varna, Bulgaria Men's association football goalkeepers Bulgarian men's footballers 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen FC Spartak Varna players PFC CSKA Sofia players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players Legia Warsaw players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Progresul București players Aris Limassol FC players FC Lokomotiv Mezdra players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Ekstraklasa players Russian Premier League players Liga I players Cypriot First Division players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Association football goalkeeping coaches {{Bulgaria-footy-goalkeeper-stub