Rumen Trifonov

Rumen Trifonov (Bulgarian: Румен Трифонов; born 21 February 1985) is a former Bulgarian professional footballer who played as a defender.[2] He is currently working as a youth coach for CSKA Sofia.

Rumen Trifonov
Personal information
Full name Rumen Tsvetanov Trifonov
Date of birth (1985-02-21) 21 February 1985
Place of birth Kozloduy, Bulgaria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back / Left midfielder
Club information
Current team
 CSKA Sofia (youth coach)
Youth career
1997–2003 CSKA Sofia[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 CSKA Sofia 0 (0)
2004–2006 Conegliano 30 (0)
2007 Vihren Sandanski 1 (0)
2007–2009 Minyor Pernik 63 (4)
2010–2012 CSKA Sofia 57 (3)
2012 Chernomorets Burgas 3 (0)
2013–2015 Lokomotiv Sofia 65 (2)
2015–2017 Miedź Legnica 31 (0)
2017 Septemvri Sofia 13 (0)
2018 Spartak Pleven 0 (0)
2018–2019 Montana 8 (0)
2019 Pirin Blagoevgrad 5 (0)
Total 276 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Trifonov earned his first call-up to the Bulgaria national side in March 2011 for the Euro 2012 qualifier against Switzerland and the friendly match versus Cyprus, but did not feature in these games.[3]

On 22 February 2018, Trifonov joined Third League club Spartak Pleven.[4] In June 2018, he moved to Second League side Montana.[5]

Later career

Missing the most of the 2019-20 season due to an injury in the autumn 2019, 35-year old Trifonov decided to retire at the end of the year.[6] In February 2020 he returned to PFC CSKA Sofia as a youth coach, where he became head coach of the players from 2004 and would also help the U17 team.[7]

Awards

References
  1. http://sport.burgas24.bg/373870.html
  2. "Stats Centre: Rumen Trifonov Facts". Cskasofia.com. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  3. "Матеус извади Гаджев и Трифонов от групата за мача с Англия". dnevnik.bg. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  4. "Спартак (Плевен) с трансферен удар, взе играл в ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. 22 February 2018.
  5. "Монтана започна подготовка с група от 27 футболисти" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 18 June 2018.
  6. Румен Трифонов ще става треньор, gong.bg, 4 January 2020
  7. Румен Трифонов се завърна на "Българска армия", viasport.bg, 14 February 2020


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.