Kosta Yanev

Kosta Yanev

Personal information
Full name	Kosta Georgiev Yanev
Date of birth	(1983-04-27) 27 April 1983
Place of birth	Burgas, Bulgaria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Zagorets Nova Zagora
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	Pomorie	8	(0)
2004–2006	Naftex Burgas	19	(0)
2006–2007	Chernomorets Burgas	21	(2)
2008–2009	Sliven	36	(0)
2009–2011	CSKA Sofia	32	(1)
2011	Lokomotiv Sofia	15	(0)
2012	CSKA Sofia	6	(0)
2013	Cherno More	0	(0)
2013–2014	Neftochimic Burgas	26	(0)
2014	Spartak Varna	0	(0)
2014–	Zagorets Nova Zagora	?	(?)
International career‡
2008–2009	Bulgaria	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 February 2012

Kosta Yanev (Template:Lang-bg; born 27 April 1983 in Burgas) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Zagorets Nova Zagora.

He is a defensive midfielder who plays in the holding midfield role or as an attacking midfielder. Despite often being used in a defensive position he is mainly an attacking player. He has been capped for the Bulgarian national team.

Career

Born in Burgas, Yanev started to play football in local club Naftex. In 2004, he was loaned to Pomorie. In 2005, Yanev returned to Naftex Burgas. After that the midfielder played for the other club from Burgas –– Chernomorets.

In January 2008, Yanev signed with OFC Sliven 2000 and five months later joined the club champion of Bulgarian second division. Next season in the top division Kosta left excellent impressions in the football specialists with his good play. In November 2008, the national coach Plamen Markov called Yanev in Bulgaria national football team for a friendly match with Serbia.

On 24 June 2009, Yanev signed a contract for 3 years with CSKA Sofia. On 15 August 2009, he scored his first goal for the Armymen in the 3–0 home win against Beroe Stara Zagora in a league match.

External links

• Kosta Yanev at National-Football-Teams.com