Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hristo Angelov Yanev | ||
Date of birth | 4 May 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Kazanlak, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder, Second striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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(manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Rozova Dolina | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–1999 | Olimpik Teteven | 13 | (1) |
1999–2000 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 27 | (7) |
2000–2006 | CSKA Sofia | 146 | (54) |
2006–2009 | Grenoble | 50 | (6) |
2009–2012 | Litex Lovech | 78 | (16) |
2012 | CSKA Sofia | 2 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Panetolikos | 13 | (0) |
2013 | Slavia Sofia | 7 | (0) |
Total | 336 | (84) | |
National team | |||
2004–2011 | Bulgaria | 11 | (3) |
Teams managed | |||
2015 | Minyor Pernik | ||
2015–2016 | CSKA Sofia | ||
2016– | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Hristo Yanev (Bulgarian: Христо Янев; born 4 May 1979 in Kazanlak) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player who currently manages . Yanev played as a midfielder.
Born in Kazanluk, Yanev was picked as a youth to play for local side Rozova Dolina, making his professional debut for Olimpik Teteven during the 1997–98 season. In 1999, he joined Beroe Stara Zagora, scoring 7 goals in 27 matches.
After playing one season at Beroe, Yanev signed for CSKA Sofia in 2000, when he was only 20 years old and since then he has always played an important role in the team. Yanev plays either as a winger or second striker.
He made his competitive debut for CSKA on 4 August 2000 in a 0–0 home draw against Litex Lovech. Оn 25 August, Yanev scored his CSKA's first and first-ever UEFA Cup goal in an 8–0 drubbing of Moldovan Constructorul. Two days later, he scored his first league goal for CSKA in a 3–0 home win over Botev Plovdiv.
As a player of CSKA Yanev has been twice champion of Bulgaria (in 2003 and 2005) and has once won the Bulgarian national cup 2006. He spent six seasons of his career at the club, playing in 146 games of the A PFG and scoring 54 goals.
In summer of 2006, Grenoble Foot 38 signed Yanev to a three-year deal. For three years he made 50 appearances in league and scored six goals for Grenoble. With the club he played two seasons in Ligue 2 and one in Ligue 1.