Anton Karachanakov

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Anton Karachanakov
Karachanakov in 2012
Personal information
Full name Anton Atanasov Karachanakov
Date of birth (1992-01-17) 17 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Novo Delchevo, Bulgaria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Makedonija GP
Number 71
Youth career
2006–2010 Pirin Blagoevgrad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Pirin Blagoevgrad 14 (4)
2011–2014 CSKA Sofia 53 (13)
2015 Baltika Kaliningrad 7 (0)
2015–2016 Slavia Sofia 19 (6)
2016–2018 Cracovia 5 (0)
2017–2018 → Beroe (loan) 38 (5)
2018–2019 Panachaiki 4 (0)
2019 Botev Plovdiv 12 (0)
2019–2020 Tsarsko Selo 13 (2)
2020–2022 Pirin Blagoevgrad 55 (13)
2022 Politehnica Iași 3 (0)
2023 Montana 12 (5)
2023– Makedonija GP 4 (0)
International career
2011–2014 Bulgaria U21 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2024

Anton Karachanakov (Bulgarian: Антон Карачанаков; born 17 January 1992) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Makedonija GP.[1]

Career[edit]

Pirin Blagoevgrad[edit]

Born in Novo Delchevo, near Sandanski, Karachanakov progressed through Pirin Blagoevgrad's youth system, having joined the club at the age of 14 in 2006.[2]

He made his first team debut on 26 February 2011 in a 1–0 A PFG loss against Cherno More, coming on as a substitute for Anton Kostadinov. On 12 March, he scored his first goal in his first start, netting Pirin's only goal in their 2–1 loss against Litex Lovech.

Karachanakov finished the 2010–11 season with 16 appearances and four goals in all competitions, helping Pirin to secure their status in the top-flight of Bulgarian football league system. Finally, Pirin was relegated to fourth division, after the license necessary to play in the A PFG was denied by Bulgarian Football Federation.

CSKA Sofia[edit]

On 18 June 2011, Karachanakov joined CSKA Sofia on a free transfer.[3] He scored his first league goal for CSKA on 22 March 2012, in the 4–0 home win over Lokomotiv Sofia.[4] He scored in his next two games as well, against Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 25 March and against Beroe Stara Zagora three days later.

On 31 August 2012, Karachanakov scored his first brace for the club, scoring twice in a 4–1 away win against Minyor Pernik. In October 2012, he sustained an injury during The Eternal Derby and was ruled out until the end of the season.[5]

Karachanakov made a full recovery by June 2013.[6] On 14 December 2013, he scored his first two goals (and second brace for the club) after coming back from injury in a 7–0 thrashing of Lyubimets 2007.

On 27 July 2014, Karachanakov scored the opening goal and assisted Sergiu Buș' second in the 2–0 win over Levski Sofia in The Eternal Derby. For his performance he won the Man of the Match award.[7] In January 2015, he left the "armymen" due to a combination of financial reasons (unreceived salaries) and not being granted sufficient playing time.[8]

Botev Plovdiv[edit]

Karachanakov signed with Botev Plovdiv in January 2019. He left the team by mutual consent in August 2019 and joined Tsarsko Selo.[9]

International career[edit]

His first goal for the Bulgarian U21 squad came in his second match on 29 February 2012 as he scored the only goal in a 1–0 friendly win against Poland U21.[10]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 14 April 2021
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2010–11 14 4 2 0 – – 16 4
CSKA Sofia 2011–12 13 4 2 0 0 0 15 4
2012–13 9 3 0 0 2 0 11 3
2013–14 16 2 2 0 0 0 18 2
2014–15 15 4 1 0 1 1 17 5
Baltika Kaliningrad 2014–15 7 0 0 0 – – 7 0
Slavia Sofia 2015–16 19 6 1 0 – – 20 6
Cracovia 2015–16 5 0 0 0 – – 5 0
2016–17 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
Beroe Stara Zagora (loan) 2016–17 12 4 0 0 0 0 12 4
2017–18 26 1 2 0 – – 28 1
Panachaiki 2018–19 4 0 2 0 – – 6 0
Botev Plovdiv 2018–19 11 0 1 0 – – 12 0
2019–20 1 0 0 0 – – 1 0
Tsarsko Selo 13 2 1 0 – – 14 2
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2020–21 25 7 1 0 0 0 26 7
Career total 190 37 16 0 5 1 211 38

Honours[edit]

CSKA Sofia

References[edit]

  1. ^ Anton Karachanakov at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Антон Карачанаков: Баща ми е левскар, но се радва за мен и ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  3. ^ "ЦСКА подписа с Карачанаков" (in Bulgarian). cska-bg.info. Retrieved 19 June 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Anton Karachanakov match log". soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Възстановяването на Карачанаков върви по план, крилото се готви в София". topsport.bg. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Карачанаков готов за старта на сезона, Грънчов също се възстанови". topsport.bg. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  7. ^ "CSKA Sofia vs. Levski Sofia 2:0". flashscore.com. 27 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Стойчо отрязал Карачанаков, треньорът бил недоволен от футболиста". topsport.bg. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  9. ^ ""Антон Карачанаков вече не е футболист на Ботев (Пловдив)". topsport.bg. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Дебютен гол на Карачанаков носи победа на младежите над Полша" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. Retrieved 29 February 2012.

External links[edit]

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