Kristiyan Malinov

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Kristiyan Malinov
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Malinov playing for Litex in 2015
Personal information
Full name Kristiyan Aleksandrov Malinov
Date of birth (1994-03-30) 30 March 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Petrich, Bulgaria
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 OH Leuven
Number 4
Youth career
2004–2007 Belasitsa Petrich
2007–2008 Pirin 2001
2008–2013 Litex Lovech
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Litex Lovech 44 (4)
2013–2014 → Dobrudzha (loan) 26 (4)
2016 Litex Lovech II 11 (0)
2016–2020 CSKA Sofia 105 (6)
2016–2017 CSKA Sofia II 9 (1)
2020– OH Leuven 41 (2)
National team‡
2010 Bulgaria U17 3 (0)
2014–2016 Bulgaria U21 12 (1)
2015– Bulgaria 26 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:43, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2021

Kristiyan Malinov (Bulgarian: Кристиян Малинов; born 30 March 1994) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian First Division A club OH Leuven and the Bulgarian national team.[2][3]

Born in Petrich, Malinov began his youth career with Belasitsa and spent three years in the academy before moving to Pirin 2001. In 2008, he joined Litex Lovech, where he developed in their academy and became a professional in 2013. Malinov made his senior debut while on loan at Dobrudzha in the 2013–14 season, before he broke into Litex's first team during following campaign. In June 2016, he joined CSKA Sofia.

In 2015, Malinov won his first cap for Bulgaria, having previously played for the under-21 team.

Career[]

Litex Lovech[]

Malinov joined Litex Lovech's Academy as a fourteen-year-old after playing junior football for his home-town club Belasitsa Petrich and Pirin 2001. He progressed through the club's youth system and made his first appearance in a senior match day squad in November 2011, sitting on the bench for an A Group match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[4]

Loan to Dobrudzha[]

In July 2013, Malinov was loaned to B Group team Dobrudzha Dobrich for the 2013–14 season.[5] He made his debut in a 1–0 home win over Akademik Svishtov on 3 August 2013. Coached by former Litex's forward Svetoslav Todorov, Malinov made an immediate impact, appearing in all 26 league matches, scoring four goals. He was substituted only once during the entire league season in the second division.

Return to Litex[]

Malinov returned to Litex at the end of the season. He made his debut in the team's opening league match of the 2014–15 campaign against CSKA Sofia on 20 July 2014, playing the full 90 minutes in the centre of midfield. On 14 September, he scored his first goal in a 2–0 home win over Haskovo. On 29 November 2014, Malinov opened the scoring against Levski Sofia at Georgi Asparuhov Stadium. Later in the match Litex went 2–1 down, but Malinov created Litex's second goal, which was scored by Kiril Despodov for a 2–2 draw.

CSKA Sofia[]

In June 2016 Malinov and a big part of the Litex squad moved to CSKA Sofia since the team took the license of Litex for Bulgarian First League.[6] For four seasons he played a total of 129 games with the club in all competitions, in which he scored 7 goals and recorded 14 assists.

OH Leuven[]

Malinov joined Belgian club Oud-Heverlee Leuven on 19 August 2020"Malinov went to the Belgian elite". mbs.news. 19 August 2020.</ref> On 22 August, he made his debut in a 3–1 home defeat against Charleroi, playing the full 90 minutes.[7]

International career[]

On 7 February 2015, Malinov made his first appearance for Bulgaria, in the 0–0 draw with Romania in a non-official friendly match, being replaced in the 63rd minute by Stefan Velev.[8] He earned his first cap on 8 June 2015, in the 0–4 loss against Turkey in another exhibition game, after coming on as a substitute during the second half.[9]

Statistics[]

Club[]

As of 18 April 2021[3]
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Litex Lovech 2011–12 A Group 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012–13 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Dobrudzha (loan) 2013–14 B Group 26 4 4 0 – 30 4
Litex Lovech 2014–15 A Group 30 2 4 0 1 0 35 2
2015–16 14 2 3 1 2 0 19 3
Total 44 4 7 1 3 0 54 5
Litex Lovech II 2015–16 B Group 11 0 – – 11 0
CSKA Sofia II 2016–17 Second League 9 1 – – 9 1
CSKA Sofia 2016–17 First League 17 0 1 0 – 18 0
2017–18 29 3 3 0 – 32 3
2018–19 31 1 5 0 3 0 39 1
2019–20 27 2 6 0 6 1 39 3
2020–21 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 105 6 15 0 9 1 129 7
OH Leuven 2020–21 First Division A 27 2 1 0 – 28 2
Career Total 222 17 27 1 12 1 261 19

International[]

As of match played 12 October 2021[10]
Bulgaria national team
Year Apps Goals
2015 1 0
2016 0 0
2017 0 0
2018 2 0
2019 8 0
2020 7 0
2021 8 0
Total 26 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Профил на Кристиян Малинов" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Kristiyan Malinov Facts". footballdatabase.eu.
  3. ^ a b Malinov Stats
  4. ^ "Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–1 Litex". soccerway.com. 27 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Добруджа взе още един талант от Литекс" (in Bulgarian). football24.bg. 18 July 2013.
  6. ^ Манолев и петима чужденци от Литекс започнаха подготовка с ЦСКА
  7. ^ "OH Leuven vs. Sporting Charleroi". soccerway.com. 22 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Romania vs. Bulgaria 0–0". flashscore.com. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Turkey vs. Bulgaria 4–0 (MatchCast)". topsport.bg. 8 June 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  10. ^ Malinov, Kristiyan at National-Football-Teams.com

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