Stanislav Kostov

Stanislav Kostov (Bulgarian: Станислав Костов; born 2 October 1991) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a centre-forward.

Stanislav Kostov
Personal information
Full name Stanislav Yordanov Kostov
Date of birth (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991
Place of birth Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–2009 Pirin 2001
2010 Pirin Blagoevgrad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Pirin Blagoevgrad 12 (2)
2011–2012 CSKA Sofia 21 (3)
2012–2013 Botev Plovdiv 35 (3)
2014–2016 Beroe 42 (4)
2016–2017 Pirin Blagoevgrad 51 (16)
2018–2020 Levski Sofia 62 (27)
National team‡
2010–2012 Bulgaria U21 6 (0)
2018– Bulgaria 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 May 2019

Club career

Pirin Blagoevgrad

Born in Blagoevgrad, Kostov began his career at Pirin 2001 as an important part of their youth team. In January 2010 he was scouted by Pirin Blagoevgrad. Kostov made his first-team debut in the 2010–11 season as a substitute against Sliven 2000 in a 2–1 league win on 7 August 2010. He netted his first goal, as he scored the winning strike in a 2–1 home victory over Lokomotiv Sofia on 11 September. In the game, he also assisted Boris Kondev for the first goal and won the Man of the Match award. On 25 September 2010, in a home match versus Minyor Pernik, Stanislav scored the only goal for Pirin in a 1–1 draw. On 16 October he assisted Boris Kondev for the opening goal in a match against Levski Sofia, but Pirin went on to lose the game 4–1.

CSKA Sofia

After a good first half of the season with Pirin, Kostov caught the eye of the major Bulgarian clubs CSKA Sofia and Levski Sofia. After a tough transfer battle for the youngster, Kostov finally decided to sign with CSKA. He made 21 appearances for CSKA, scoring 3 goals.

Botev Plovdiv

On 22 June 2012, Botev Plovdiv signed Kostov on a season-long loan deal,[1] with the option of making the move permanent. On 10 August, Botev exercised the option to buy 100% of Kostov's contract.[2] He signed a two-year contract. The following day, Kostov made his debut in a 3–0 win over Slavia Sofia, coming on as a substitute for Vander. His first goals came on 24 November, in a 6–1 home win over FC Eurocollege in the Bulgarian Cup, scoring a hat-trick.

Beroe

In February 2014, Kostov signed a contract with Beroe Stara Zagora.[3]

Pirin Blagoevgrad

Kostov returned to his home club in the season 2016/17. Scoring 16 goals in 51 games, he was the team's top striker and an unchangeable starter. In the winter break of season 2017-18 he left for Levski Sofia.

Levski Sofia

After coming to Sofia, Kostov had a disappointing half a season in Levski. But during the second season of his spell there he started the season with 13 goals in just 14 appearances, the likes of which no other Bulgarian striker has done in the past 12 years since Georgi Ivanov. Kostov is now a regular starter for the club. Kostov scored 24 goals in 38 matches with Levski by the end of his second season and became the top scorer of the league.

Career statistics
As of 24 May 2019
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2010–11 12110––––131
CSKA Sofia 3100001041
2011–12 1822010––212
Botev Plovdiv 2012–13 22210––––232
2013–14 1303240––202
Beroe Stara Zagora 6000––––60
2014–15 20231––––233
2015–16 1624110––213
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2016–17 321020––––3410
2017–18 19610––––206
Levski Sofia 1230000––123
2018–19 35241020––3824
2019–20 300020––50
Career totals 209491741001023753

Honours

Club

CSKA Sofia

Botev Plovdiv

Levski Sofia

  • Bulgarian Cup runner-up: 2017–18

Individual

Personal life

Kostov became a father of a daughter in 2019.[4]

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References
  1. "Ботев Пд взе Станислав Костов от ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  2. "Ботев откупи правата на Станислав Костов от ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  3. "Станислав Костов: избрах Берое заради треньора и града" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  4. "Станислав Костов отказал трансфер в тим от Саудитска Арабия" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 2019-08-31. Retrieved 2019-09-02.


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