Yanko Petrov Sandanski (; born 23 November 1988) is a

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n professional

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who plays as a

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Career

He is defensive midfielder. Yanko was raised 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'' ...

's youth teams. He is a grandson of

Yane Sandanski Yane Ivanov Sandanski (, ; Originally spelled in Reforms of Bulgarian orthography, older Bulgarian orthography as (Yane Ivanov Sandanski); 18 May 1872 – 22 April 1915) was a Macedonian Bulgarians, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary and leader ...

. In January 2017, Sandanski joined

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

Honours

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup () 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 the holder of the Bulgarian Cup at that time. ...

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* 1988 births Living people People from Kresna Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players FC Marek Dupnitsa players PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players FC Montana players PFC Slavia Sofia players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players PFC Septemvri Sofia players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players FC Vitosha Bistritsa players FC Minyor Pernik players Men's association football midfielders Macedonian Bulgarians Footballers from Blagoevgrad Province 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub