Hristo Yanev

Hristo Yanev

Personal information
Full name	Hristo Angelov Yanev
Date of birth	4 May 1979 (1979-05-04)
Place of birth	Kazanluk, Bulgaria
Height	1.77 m
Playing position	Midfielder, Second striker
Club information
Current club	Litex Lovech
Number	7
Youth career
	Rozova Dolina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1999	Olimpik Teteven	13	(1)
1999–2000	Beroe Stara Zagora	27	(7)
2000–2006	CSKA Sofia	146	(54)
2006–2009	Grenoble	50	(6)
2009–	Litex Lovech	66	(13)
National team‡
2004–	Bulgaria	11	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 14, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 9, 2011

Hristo Angelov Yanev (Bulgarian: Христо Янев) (born May 4, 1979 in Kazanluk) is a Bulgarian football player, currently playing for Litex Lovech as a midfielder.

Career

Early years

Born in Kazanluk, Yanev was picked as a youth to play for local side Rozova Dolina, making his professional debut for Olimpik Teteven during the 1997–98 season. In 1999 he joined Beroe Stara Zagora, scoring 7 goals in 27 matches.

CSKA Sofia

After playing one season at Beroe, Yanev signed for CSKA Sofia in 2000, when he was only 20 years old and since then he has always played an important role in the team. Yanev plays either as a winger or second striker.

He made his competitive debut for CSKA on 4 August 2000 in a 0–0 home draw against Litex Lovech. Оn 25 August Yanev scored his CSKA's first and first-ever UEFA Cup goal in a 8–0 drubbing of Moldovan Constructorul. Two days later, he scored his first league goal for CSKA in a 3–0 home win over Botev Plovdiv.

As a player of CSKA Yanev has been twice champion of Bulgaria (in 2003 and 2005) and has once won the Bulgarian national cup 2006. He spent 6 seasons of his career at the club, playing in 146 games of the A PFG and scoring 54 goals.

Grenoble

In summer of 2006, Grenoble Foot 38 signed Yanev to a three-year deal. For three years he made 50 appearances in league and scored six goals for Grenoble. With the club he played two seasons in Ligue 2 and one in Ligue 1.

Litex Lovech

On 25 June 2009, Yanev returned to Bulgaria, signing a three-year contract with Litex Lovech.

International career

Yanev playing for Bulgaria in 2010

Yanev received his first call-up to the senior team in Hristo Stoichkov's first game in charge of Bulgaria in 2004. On 18 August he made his debut, replacing Marian Hristov as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 friendly draw against Ireland at Lansdowne Road Stadium. Two weeks later, on 4 September, Yanev scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win over Iceland in a 2006 World Cup qualifier. On 13 October, he scored the second goal in Bulgaria's 4–1 win over Malta in Sofia.

Two years later, on 9 May 2006, Yanev netted his third goal for the senior team as he scored the winning strike in a 2–1 victory over Japan in a game of the Kirin Cup.

Hristo Yanev: International Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 September 2004	Reykjavík, Iceland	Iceland	1–3	1–3	World Cup 2006 Qual.
2.	13 October 2004	Sofia, Bulgaria	Malta	2–1	4–1	World Cup 2006 Qual.
3.	9 May 2006	Osaka, Japan	Japan	1–2	1–2	2006 Kirin Cup

Career statistics

As of 12 June 2011

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Beroe	1999–00	27	7	2	0	–	–	29	7
	Total	27	7	2	0	0	0	29	7
CSKA Sofia	2000–01	26	12	3	1	4	2	33	15
	2001–02	25	5	6	3	3	0	34	8
	2002–03	16	1	6	0	3	0	25	1
	2003–04	28	11	8	7	4	0	40	18
	2004–05	29	22	2	1	4	1	35	24
	2005–06	22	3	5	1	8	1	35	5
	Total	146	54	30	13	25	4	201	71
Grenoble	2006–07	27	3	?	?	–	–	27	3
	2007–08	21	3	?	?	–	–	21	3
	2008–09	2	0	?	?	–	–	2	0
	Total	50	6	0	0	0	0	50	6
Litex Lovech	2009–10	26	6	2	0	2	0	30	6
	2010–11	27	5	4	0	6	0	37	5
	2011–12	13	2	0	0	6	2	19	4
	Total	66	13	6	0	14	2	80	13
Career totals		289	80	38	13	39	6	341	99

Awards

• Litex Lovech
  • Bulgarian A PFG 2010, 2011
  • Bulgarian Supercup 2010
• CSKA Sofia
  • Bulgarian A PFG 2003, 2005
  • Bulgarian Cup 2006

External links

• Profile at national-football-teams