Yordan Stoykov

Yordan Ivanov Stoykov (Bulgarian: Йордан Иванов Стойков; born 6 November 1951) is a Bulgarian professional football player and manager.

Yordan Stoykov
Personal information
Full name Yordan Ivanov Stoykov
Date of birth (1951-11-06) 6 November 1951
Place of birth Bulgaria
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1971 ZHSK Slavia 9 (0)
1971–1983 Lokomotiv Sofia 326 (13)
National team
19??–1973 Bulgaria U23 27 (?)
1973–1979 Bulgaria 9 (?)
Teams managed
1983–1985 Lokomotiv Sofia (assistant)
1985–1986 Balkan Botevgrad
1986–1989 Bulgaria U18
1991–1992 Al-Ittihad Tripoli
1992–1993 Pirin Gotse Delchev
1993–1995 Malindi
1995–1996 Shumen
1996–1997 Shanghai Shenhua
1997–1998 Kremikovtsi Sofia
1998 Hebar Pazardzhik
1999 Maldives
2002 DPMM FC
2004–2005 New Radiant
2005–2007 Maldives
2007–2008 DPMM FC
2010 Chavdar Byala Slatina
2010–2014 EEPCO
2015 Mahibadhoo
2016 New Radiant
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Yordan Stoykov played as a defender in Lokomotiv Sofia from 1970 to 1983, as record 336 appearances for his home club. With it he became champion in 1978 and has won the Bulgarian Cup in 1982. He played in UEFA tournaments. For the youth national team has 27 games and for the Bulgaria national football team - 9 matches.[1]

In 1979, he graduated the National Sports Academy "Vassil Levski" and began his coaching career as an assistant coach in PFC Lokomotiv Sofia from 1983 to 1985. In season 1985/1986 he was a senior coach of the PFC Balkan Botevgrad. From 1986 to 1991 he was scary coach of the youth national team. Lead the team of Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli) in 1991/1992 and he was a senior coach of the PFC Pirin Gotse Delchev in 1992/1993, and then for two years in Tanzania (1993-1995), where local Malindi F.C. won the Tanzanian Cup and Super Cup and led the team at the seventh place at the African Club Tournaments. He was head coach of the PFC Shumen 2010 (1995/1996) and of the Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. (China) in 1996-1997 and Kremikovtsi Sofia in 1997-1998.

In 1999, he became of the head coach of the Maldives national football team. In 2004, he worked at the New Radiant SC[2] Since January 2005 until October 2007 he again coached the Maldives national team.[3] Since July until September 2010 he trained PFC Chavdar Byala Slatina.[4] On September 15, 2010 he named of the EEPCO F.C. head coach.[5]

Honours
1978
1982

References
  1. "Iordan Stoykov". National-Football-Teams.com.
  2. HaveeruOnline - My heart is still with New Radiant: Boyko Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 550
  4. Йордан Стойков е новият старши треньор на Чавдар (Бяла Слатина) | Футбол 24
  5. EEPCo FC names Yordan Stoikov of Bulgaria as Head Coach | Ethiosports
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