Svetoslav Barkanichkov (; born 1 March 1974) is a Bulgarian

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and former

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Club career

Born in

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, Barkanichkov was a squad member of numerous clubs in the top division of Bulgarian football, most notably becoming champion of Bulgaria twice - in 2001 with

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 ...

and in 2004 with

Loko 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 ...

. In the mid to late 2000s, he also donned the shirt of teams from

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International career

In 2001, after having impressed Uzbek scouts during an Albena Cup match between Levski Sofia and

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, Barkanichkov received a lucrative financial offer to represent the Central Asian country's national team, but refused it, as he was at the time on then manager of

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Stoycho Mladenov Stoycho Dimitrov Mladenov (; born 12 April 1957 in Ploski, Blagoevgrad Province) is a Bulgarian former football player and manager. He has 212 matches and 107 goals for CSKA. With the club he won the national title 6 times, 4 as a player and ...

's radar. Eventually he never got to play international football, as he was plagued by injury problems during the year 2001.

Personal

Following retirement, Barkanichkov was employed as a fitness instructor in

in addition to continuing to play football at the amateur level in Bulgaria. In 2009 and 2014, he was a participant in the

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and 5th seasons of Survivor, receiving praise for his performance. Barkanichkov is married and has a son. He is a fan of

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team

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, with

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being one of his football idols. Barkanichkov is a huge enthusiast regarding

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Honours

Levski Sofia *

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: 2000–01 Loko Plovdiv * First Professional Football League: 2003–04 Korona Kielce *

II liga II liga (Druga liga, ), currently named Betclic II liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, ''II Liga'' referre ...

: 2004–05

References

External links

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Profile at LevskiSofia.info
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