Martin Minchev
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martin Yankov Minchev | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Varna, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger / Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cherno More | ||
| Number | 90 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008– | Cherno More | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Cherno More | 34 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Bulgaria U16 | 7 | (0) |
| 2017– | Bulgaria U17 | 5 | (1) |
| 2017– | Bulgaria U18 | 7 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 April 2018 | |||
Martin Minchev (Bulgarian: Мартин Минчев; born 22 April 2001) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Cherno More Varna, a professional Bulgarian football club.
Career
Born in Varna, Minchev joined Cherno More's youth academy at the age of seven in 2008 and progressed through the age groups.[2]
On 23 April 2017, a day after his 16th birthday, Minchev was given his professional debut by manager Georgi Ivanov in a 3–2 league victory over Lokomotiv Plovdiv, replacing Ivan Kokonov in the 76th minute.[3] He became the youngest Cherno More player to feature in the top division.[4]
In the beginning of June 2017 he spent a 5 days trial at Torino training with the U17 team, playing in one friendly match and scoring a hattrick.[5]
Minchev began to establish himself in the Cherno More first team from the 2017–18 season. On 30 March 2018, he scored his first competitive goal for the club, scoring Cherno More's first in a 2–1 league victory against Pirin Blagoevgrad.[6]
International career
On 19 September 2017, Minchev made his debut for Bulgaria U17 in a friendly against Turkey U17, scoring the second consolation goal in a 2–5 home defeat.[7]
Career statistics
As of 15 September 2018[update]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cherno More | 2016–17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
References
- ^ "Профил на Мартин Янков Минчев" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|deadurl=(help) - ^ "Мартин Минчев стъпил на „Тича" с фланелка на Юнайтед с №7 и Роналдо на гърба" (in Bulgarian). petel.bg. 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Cherno More vs. Lokomotiv Plovdiv". soccerway.com. 23 April 2017.
- ^ "16-годишен дебютира за Черно море ден след рождения си ден" (in Bulgarian). varnautre.bg. 23 April 2017.
- ^ "Нападател на Черно море впечатли Торино" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 12 June 2017.
- ^ "Мартин Минчев – за него ще се говори още дълго време" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 1 April 2018.
- ^ "България U17 загуби от Турция U17 в контрола" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 19 September 2017.
External links
- Martin Minchev at Soccerway
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