- Ilian Stoyanov
Football player infobox| playername= Ilian Stoyanov
fullname = Ilian Stoyanov
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|1|20
cityofbirth =Kyustendil
countryofbirth =Bulgaria
height = 183cm
currentclub =Sanfrecce Hiroshima
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1995-1996
1996-1999
1999-2000
2000-2005
2005-2007
2007-present
clubs =CSKA Sofia Levski Kyustendil Velbazhd 1919 Kyustendil PFC Levski Sofia JEF United Ichihara Chiba Sanfrecce Hiroshima
caps(goals) = 003 00(0)
066 00(2)
022 00(1)
090 00(2)
065 00(2)
035 00(1)
nationalyears = 1998-2005
nationalteam = Bulgaria
nationalcaps(goals) = 032 00(0)
pcupdate =28 August 2008
ntupdate =28 August 2008 Ilian Stoyanov ( _bg. Илиaн Стоянов) (born
January 20 ,1977 ) is aBulgaria n football player. He is a defender. He currently plays forSanfrecce Hiroshima of Japan'sJ. League Division 2.He was part of the Bulgarian
2004 European Football Championship team, who exited in the first round, finishing bottom of Group C, having finished top of Qualifying Group 8 in the pre-tournament phase.He started his professional career with
CSKA Sofia in 1995.He joined
JEF United Ichihara Chiba in 2005 fromLevski 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 managerAmar Osim . On12 August 2007 , he signed with another Japanese clubSanfrecce 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 theEmperor's Cup in 2007, and to win theXerox Super Cup in 2008.Honors
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J. League Best Eleven: 2005Personal life
* He is a friend of Bulgarian sumo wrestler
Kotooshu Katsunori who became the first European to win the top division championship,Makuuchi .External links
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=1168 National Football Teams]
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