Ilian Stoyanov

Ilian Stoyanov
Personal information
Full name Ilian Stoyanov
Date of birth (1977-01-20) 20 January 1977
Place of birth Kyustendil, Bulgaria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Centre-back
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 Chiba 65 (2)
2007–2010 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 85 (6)
2011 Fagiano Okayama 26 (2)
Total 357 (15)
National team
1998–2010 Bulgaria 40 (0)

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


Ilian Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Илиaн Стоянов) (born 20 January 1977) is a former Bulgarian football defender. In Bulgaria he is also known as Collovati, because of his haircut in the past.[1]

Career

He was part of the Bulgarian 2004 European Football Championship team,[2] 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 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

Club statistics

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
1995–96CSKA SofiaBulgarian A PFG30-
1996–97Velbazhd Kyustendil170-
1997–98271-
1998–99221-
1999-00221-
2000–01Levski Sofia20150-40291
2001–0225050-70370
2002–0319180-70341
2003–0418000-70250
2004–058010-30120
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
2005JEF United ChibaJ1 League3012080-401
200626000100-360
2007910040-131
2007Sanfrecce Hiroshima1305000-180
2008J2 League32240--362
2009J1 League2340031-265
2010170102031231
2011Fagiano OkayamaJ2 League26200--262
Total Bulgaria 1815--
Japan 1761012027103121812
Career total 35713

National team statistics

[3]

Bulgaria national team
YearAppsGoals
199820
199950
200040
200120
200210
200350
200490
200530
200600
200700
200800
200960
201030
Total400

Honors

Personal life

References

  1. ↑ "Stats Centre: Ilian Stoyanov Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Blagoeva, Sonya (1 June 2004). "Бербатов вкарва два на лекция" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Ilian Stoyanov at National-Football-Teams.com
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