Tsvetan Nikolov Yotov (; born 3 June 1989, in

Stamboliyski Stamboliyski ( ) is a town in Plovdiv Province, southern Bulgaria. It is located on the Maritsa river. Stamboliyski was founded in 1873–75, when the Istanbul-Belovo, Bulgaria, Belovo railway was built. It was initially called Gara Krichim ('K ...

) is a

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n football player who currently plays for Gigant Saedinenie as a

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Career

On 5 July 2011, Yotov signed with the

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club Cherno More after a successful trial period. He couldn't break into the team and was released in July 2012. He went on trial at

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 ...

and later re-joined his old club

Spartak Plovdiv PFC Spartak Plovdiv () is a Bulgarian football club based in Plovdiv, which plays in the third tier of Bulgarian football, the Third League. The club was established in 1947 and folded its senior team in 2016, before being 'refounded' in 2017. ...

in 2013. On 26 January 2014, Yotov left

, joining Rakovski in

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. On 27 February 2015, following Rakovski's dissolution, Yotov signed with Gigant Saedinenie. On 12 June 2017, he moved to his hometown club Maritsa Plovdiv.

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* Living people 1989 births Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Maritsa Plovdiv players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players PFC Spartak Plovdiv players PFC Cherno More Varna players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-defender-stub