Ilian Stoyanov

Ilian Stoyanov

Personal information
Full name	Ilian Stoyanov
Date of birth	January 20, 1977 (1977-01-20)
Place of birth	Kyustendil, Bulgaria
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Centre-back
Club information
Current club	Fagiano Okayama
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1996	CSKA Sofia	3	(0)
1996–2000	Velbazhd Kyustendil	88	(3)
2000–2005	Levski Sofia	90	(2)
2005–2007	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	65	(2)
2007–2010	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	85	(6)
2011–	Fagiano Okayama	26	(2)
National team‡
1998–2010	Bulgaria	40	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 December 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 December 2010

Ilian Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Илиaн Стоянов) (born January 20, 1977) is a Bulgarian football player, defender. In Bulgaria he is also known as Collovati, because of his haircut in the past. He recently plays for Fagiano Okayama of Japan's J. League Division 2.

Career

He was part of the Bulgarian 2004 European Football Championship team, who exited in the first round, finishing bottom of Group C, having finished top of Qualifying Group 8 in the pre-tournament phase. In the beginning of his career, he played as left-back.

He started his professional career with CSKA Sofia in 1995.

He joined JEF United Ichihara Chiba in 2005 from Levski Sofia and enjoyed a reasonably successful first season, helping them lift the Yamazaki Nabisco Cup (the Japanese League Cup), the club's first ever trophy- and also to repeat the achievement the following season, 2006. The club released him in July 2007 after he criticised manager Amar Osim. On 12 August 2007, he signed with another Japanese club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He could not help the team to avoid relegation to J2 in the same season. However he helped his new team to get to the final of the Emperor's Cup in 2007, and to win the Xerox Super Cup in 2008.

In 2009, he returned to Bulgaria national team and started 7 games in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Ilian Stoyanov wearing the jersey of Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Career statistics

Last update: 15 December 2010

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bulgaria			League		Bulgarian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1995-96	CSKA Sofia	TBI A Football Group	3	0			-	-
1996-97	Velbazhd Kyustendil		17	0			-	-
1997-98			27	1			-	-
1998-99			22	1			-	-
1999-00			22	1			-	-
2000-01	PFC Levski Sofia		20	1			-	-
2001-02			25	0			-	-
2002-03			19	1			-	-
2003-04			18	0			-	-
2004-05			8	0			-	-
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2005	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	J. League Division 1	30	1	2	0	8	0	-		40	1
2006			26	0	0	0	10	0	-		36	0
2007			9	1	-		4	0	-		13	1
	Sanfrecce Hiroshima		13	0	5	0	-		-		18	0
2008		J. League Division 2	32	2	4	0	-		-		36	2
2009		J. League Division 1	23	4	0	0	3	1	-		26	5
2010			17	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	23	1
2011	Fagiano Okayama	J. League Division 2					-		-
Total	Bulgaria		181	5			-	-
	Japan		150	8	12	0	27	10	3	1	192	10
Career total			331	13

International career statistics

Bulgaria national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1998	2	0
1999	5	0
2000	4	0
2001	2	0
2002	1	0
2003	5	0
2004	9	0
2005	3	0
2006	0	0
2007	0	0
2008	0	0
2009	6	0
2010	3	0
Total	40	0

Honors

• Bulgarian A Professional Football Group - 2001,2002
• Bulgarian Cup - 2002, 2003, 2005
• J. League Cup - 2005, 2006
• J. League Best Eleven - 2005
• Xerox Super Cup - 2008
• J. League Division 2 - 2008

Personal life

• He is a friend of Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kotooshu Katsunori who became the first European to win the top division championship, Makuuchi.

External links

• FIFA Statistics
• National Football Teams