Ayan Sadakov

Ayan Sadakov
Personal information
Full name Ayan Fiakov Sadakov
Date of birth (1961-09-26) 26 September 1961
Place of birth Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1989 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 320 (111)
1989–1991 Belenenses 48 (9)
1992–1993 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 31 (6)
1994–1996 Botev Plovdiv 20 (2)
Total 419 (127)
National team
1981–1991 Bulgaria 80 (9)
Teams managed
2006–2007 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2008–2009 Lokomotiv Plovdiv

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Fiakov and the family name is Sadkov.

Ayan Fiakov Sadakov (Bulgarian: Аян Фякoв Садъков) (born 26 September 1961) is a former Bulgarian footballer and a key member of the Bulgarian national team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Sadakov began his club career at the local Lokomotiv Plovdiv. For "The Smurfs" he played eleven seasons, before transferring to Portugal's C.F. Os Belenenses in 1989. Two years later he return in Lokomotiv and played two years, before signed with Botev Plovdiv in summer 1994.

International

Sadakov made 80 appearances for Bulgaria, between 1981 and 1991 and scored 9 goals.[1] He played in four matches for his country at 1986 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Coaching career

Sadakov had been appointed on September 29, 2008 as a manager of Lokomotiv Plovdiv a second time to replace Dragan Kanatlarovski.

Personal life

In 2014, Sadakov announced he was diagnosed with ALS.[3]

References

  1. Mamrud, Roberto (2009-07-16). "Bulgaria - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  2. Anyo SadkovFIFA competition record
  3. Interview with Sadakov in Bulgarian

External links

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