Stanislav Angelov ( bg, Станислав Ангелов; born 12 April 1978), also known as Peleto ( bg, Пелето), is a former

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and currently owner and manager of Levski-Rakovski. Angelov played as a defensive midfielder, sometimes as a fullback or centre back.

Career

CSKA Sofia

Born in

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, Angelov started his career at

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, where he played as a left back. He made his first appearance for the club during the 1998–99 season and has been a regular player since the 1999–2000 season. He made his debut on 17 April 1999, in a 0–2 home loss against Metalurg Pernik. Angelov scored his first career goal in a 4–0 win over

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on 6 May 2000. In June 2001, Stanislav made a hugely controversial move to CSKA's bitter rivals

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) 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 ...

. He left CSKA on a free transfer after his contract with the club had expired.

Levski Sofia

Angelov spent six seasons of his career at Levski. During that period, he won three

A PFG The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

titles, became a four times holder of the

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and two times of the

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and ...

. With Levski he reached the quarter finals of

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in 2005–06. In the next season, Levski Sofia reached the group-stage of

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, becoming the first Bulgarian team that reached the groups.

Energie Cottbus

On 13 June 2007, the German club

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officially announced they have signed the player for three years until 2010. That was followed by an immediate reaction from Levski, who denied any such deal, and stated that Angelov was still their player and that he had acted incongruently with the terms of his current contract. After the end of his contract on 30 June 2010 he left

because he wanted a new challenge.

Steaua București

On 9 July 2010, it was officially announced that Angelov had signed with Steaua. On 19 August 2010, he made his debut for Steaua in the

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against Grasshopper. His first match in

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was played on 29 August 2010, against

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. His contract was ended after only half a season.

Anorthosis

On 4 January 2011, Angelov signed a one-a-half-year deal with Cyprus side

Anorthosis Famagusta Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club f ...

. On the same day he made his team début, in a 2–0 friendly win against Othellos Athienou. Angelov made his competitive debut for Anorthosis on 8 January in a 2–0 home win against

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

. He played 90 minutes as a centre back. On 13 February 2011, Angelov scored his first goal for Anorthosis in a 4–1 win against Doxa Katokopias.

Levski Sofia

Angelov returned to Levski during the summer of 2012 and was soon given the captain's armband. On 19 May 2013, he scored a

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against Ludogorets Razgrad in a crucial derby encounter to put the "bluemen" temporarily in first place in the

standings, but Levski Sofia subsequently failed to win the title, as they were held to a 1–1 draw in their next match against

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. Angelov played for one more season with Levski before retiring from professional football. His last game was a friendly match organised for the 100th anniversary of Levski against

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Managing career

In 2014 Angelov become head director of Levski-Rakovski Academy whose parent club was

. In 2017, the club split from Levski Sofia and was run by Angelov as a new club. In 2019, the team joined 4th level of Bulgarian football.

International career

Angelov's debut with the

Bulgarian national team The Bulgaria national football team ( bg, Български национален отбор по футбол, Bǎlgarski natsionalen otbor po futbol) represents Bulgaria in men's international football and is administered by the Bulgarian Fo ...

was at the 2006

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in Japan.

International goal

:''Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Angelov goal.''

Career statistics

Honours

Levski Sofia *

Bulgarian Championship The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

: 2002, 2006, 2007 *

: 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007 *

: 2005, 2007

References

External links

* *
Profile at Levskisofia.info
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