Yordan Minev

Yordan Minev

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Personal information
Full name	Yordan Milchev Minev
Date of birth	(1980-10-15) 15 October 1980
Place of birth	Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Height
Position(s)	Right back / Left back
Team information
Current team	Ludogorets Razgrad
Number	25
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2001	Hebar Pazardzhik	5	(1)
2001–2003	Belasitsa Petrich	41	(1)
2004	Rodopa Smolyan	10	(0)
2004	Hebar Pazardzhik	15	(1)
2005–2008	Botev Plovdiv	105	(4)
2009–2011	CSKA Sofia	42	(1)
2011	Botev Plovdiv	10	(1)
2011–	Ludogorets Razgrad	101	(0)
2015–	Ludogorets Razgrad II	1	(0)
International career‡
2008–	Bulgaria	24	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:07, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Yordan Milchev Minev (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Йордан Милчев Минев; born 14 October 1980) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays for Ludogorets Razgrad and the Bulgarian national team as a defender.

Career

Yordan Minev started his career in home town Pazardzhik for local team Hebar. Between 2001 and 2003, Minev played in PFC Belasitsa from Petrich. Then, from January 2004 until June 2004 he played in Rodopa from Smolyan. In 2005 he joined Botev Plovdiv.

CSKA Sofia

In January 2009, Minev signed with CSKA Sofia. He gradually established himself as the first choice right back in the team after Luboslav Penev's appointment as manager. On 23 May 2009, Minev received a second yellow card in the redmen's match against Lokomotiv Sofia.

Minev was released from CSKA in March 2011, as he was unable to stake a claim to first choice defender status under head coach Milen Radukanov.

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 30 May 2011, Minev signed a contract with newly promoted Ludogorets Razgrad. He made his competitive debut for Ludogorets on 6 August, in a 0–0 home league draw against Lokomotiv Plovdiv. In his first season playing for Ludogorets, Minev made 28 appearances in the A group and ended the season winning his first league golden medal.

On 26 September 2013, he was alleged to have failed a doping test by FIFA (in reality the medical substances had been legally administered by a doctor due to a shoulder injury of the player and there had been a misunderstanding with regard to the terminology used), but was almost immediately cleared of any wrongdoing.

On 22 October 2014, Minev scored his first goal for Ludogorets, scoring a crucial last-minute winning goal in a 1–0 home win over Basel in the group stage of the Champions League.

Notable accomplishments

Minev is currently in the "top 20 footballer" club when it comes to the number of matches played for Bulgarian clubs in European competitions. As of 22 July 2015, he has appeared in 39 games in total - 13 for CSKA Sofia and 26 for Ludogorets Razgrad.

International career

Yordan Minev made his debut for the national side on 19 November 2008 in the 1–6 loss against Serbia in a friendly match, which was also Savo Milošević's farewell appearance. He played over the course of the last 20 minutes of the game, during which Bulgaria did not concede.

In October 2011, Minev was recalled to the national team by caretaker manager Mihail Madanski for the Euro 2012 qualifier against Wales, but remained an unused substitute for the match. He played as a starter for the first time on 26 May 2012 (alongside his twin brother Veselin Minev), in the 2–1 away win over the Netherlands in an exhibition game. He was an everpresent part of the Bulgarian defense during the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, appearing in 8 of the 10 matches.

Career statistics

National team

Bulgaria national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2008	1	0
2009	0	0
2010	0	0
2011	0	0
2012	7	0
2013	7	0
2014	3	0
2015	6	0
Total	24	0

Family

He has a twin brother, Veselin who is also a footballer.

Honours

Club

Ludogorets

• A PFG (4): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–2015
• Bulgarian Cup (2): 2011–12, 2013–14
• Bulgarian Supercup (1): 2012

External links

• Yordan Minev at National-Football-Teams.com
• Sportal.bg