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Bulgarian footballer
Ilian Stoyanov
(
Bulgarian
:
Илиaн Стоянов
; born 20 January 1977) is a former
Bulgarian
football defender
. In Bulgaria he is also known as
Collovati
, because of his haircut in the past, reminiscent of that of former Italian midfielder
Fulvio Collovati
.
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Career
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He was part of the Bulgarian
2004 European Football Championship
team,
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who exited in the first round, finishing bottom of Group C, having finished top of Qualifying Group 8 in the pre-tournament phase. In the beginning of his career, he played as left-back.
He started his professional career with
CSKA Sofia
in 1995. However, Stoyanov made a name for himself with
Velbazhd Kyustendil
and
Levski Sofia
, appearing in more than 150 matches in the top division. During his time in Bulgarian football, he established himself as a capable defender, but was also notable for displaying a fiery temper on occasions and was involved in a number of controversial incidents, including an altercation with a referee
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and remarks uttered at black footballers, which invited accusations of
racism
.
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He joined
JEF United Chiba
in 2005 from
Levski Sofia
and enjoyed a reasonably successful first season, helping them lift the
Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
(the Japanese League Cup), the club's first ever trophy ? and also to repeat the achievement the following season, 2006. The club released him in July 2007 after he criticised manager
Amar Osim
. On 12 August 2007, he signed with another Japanese club
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
. He could not help the team to avoid relegation to J2 in the same season. However, he helped his new team to get to the final of the
Emperor's Cup
in 2007, and to win the
Xerox Super Cup
in 2008.
In 2009, he returned to
Bulgaria national team
and started 7 games in
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
.
After his retirement, Stoyanov has started his own business in Japan and is also involved in a football academy.
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Club statistics
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National team statistics
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Bulgaria national team
|
Year
|
Apps
|
Goals
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1998
|
2
|
0
|
1999
|
5
|
0
|
2000
|
4
|
0
|
2001
|
2
|
0
|
2002
|
1
|
0
|
2003
|
5
|
0
|
2004
|
9
|
0
|
2005
|
3
|
0
|
2006
|
0
|
0
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2007
|
0
|
0
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2008
|
0
|
0
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2009
|
6
|
0
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2010
|
3
|
0
|
Total
|
40
|
0
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Honors
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- Levski Sofia
- JEF United Chiba
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Personal life
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- He is a friend of Bulgarian sumo wrestler
Kotooshu Katsunori
who became the first European to win the top division championship,
Makuuchi
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References
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