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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yasen Petrov | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-06-23)23 June 1968 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Plovdiv,Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Botev Plovdiv | 27 | (11) |
| 1991–1992 | Levski Sofia | 26 | (1) |
| 1992–1994 | Botev Plovdiv | 37 | (10) |
| 1994–1997 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 58 | (12) |
| 1997 | Wuhan Yaqi | 11 | (3) |
| 1998 | Jiangsu Sainty | 14 | (4) |
| 1998–1999 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 16 | (0) |
| 1999 | Alki Larnaca | 12 | (4) |
| 2000 | Slavia Sofia | 11 | (0) |
| 2000 | SV Meppen | 6 | (0) |
| 2001 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 10 | (0) |
| 2001 | Chengdu Wuniu | 4 | (1) |
| Total | 305 | (73) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993 | Bulgaria | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Lokomotiv Sofia | ||
| 2004–2006 | Botev Plovdiv | ||
| 2006–2007 | Cherno More Varna | ||
| 2007–2008 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
| 2008 | Naftex Burgas | ||
| 2010–2011 | Levski Sofia | ||
| 2013 | Botev Vratsa | ||
| 2014–2016 | Shijiazhuang Yongchang | ||
| 2017 | Beijing Enterprises | ||
| 2017 | Henan Jianye | ||
| 2018–2019 | Shijiazhuang Yongchang | ||
| 2021–2022 | Bulgaria | ||
| 2023–2025 | Qingdao Hainiu | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Yasen Petrov Petrov (Bulgarian:Ясен Петров Петров; born 23 June 1968) is aBulgarian former football player. His nickname isGiannini fromPlovdiv.
Born inPlovdiv,Bulgaria, Petrov played for thePFC Botev Plovdiv,PFC Levski Sofia,PFC Slavia Sofia andPFC Lokomotiv Sofia. He also played for theBulgaria national team.[1]
He has managedPFC Lokomotiv Sofia,PFC Botev Plovdiv, andPFC Cherno More Varna. His most famous achievement as a coach is his debut forLokomotiv Plovdiv, beating his old team and eternal city rivalsBotev Plovdiv 4–0.
On 20 May 2010, Yasen Petrov was presented as a new head coach ofLevski Sofia.[2] He started great after a win inthe Eternal Derby. Then after series of good matches, Levski qualified forUEFA Europa League after eliminatingDundalk F.C.,Kalmar FF andAIK Fotboll. Levski was drawn inGroup C, facingGent,Lille andSporting CP. At the end of the season, Levski Sofia finished 2nd and Petrov was released from the club.
Petrov has also worked as manager of teams inChina.
In January 2021, Petrov was appointed as manager ofBulgaria.[3] His first match in charge of the team was a March 2021 World Cup qualifier againstSwitzerland, which Bulgaria lost by a score of 1:3.[4] On 5 June 2022, Petrov resigned after a 2:5 loss againstGeorgia in a Nations League match.[5]
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C.:
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | ||||
| Lokomotiv Sofia |  | 1 November 2002 | 15 August 2004 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 027.59 | 36 | 49 | -13 |
| Botev Plovdiv | | 30 August 2004 | 27 November 2005 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 016.67 | 10 | 22 | -12 |
| Cherno More Varna | | 13 March 2006 | 30 June 2007 | 39 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 051.28 | 53 | 42 | 11 |
| Lokomotiv Plodiv | | 24 September 2007 | 14 March 2008 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 050.00 | 18 | 9 | 9 |
| Levski Sofia | | 1 July 2010 | 28 May 2011 | 45 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 068.89 | 95 | 44 | 51 |
| Levski Sofia | | 7 April 2012 | 30 May 2012 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 071.43 | 24 | 7 | 17 |
| Botev Vratsa | | 1 July 2013 | 23 September 2013 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 028.57 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright |  | 12 December 2013 | 14 July 2016 | 68 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 035.29 | 80 | 79 | 1 |
| Beijing Enterprises | | 30 December 2016 | 23 April 2017 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 000.00 | 4 | 16 | -12 |
| Henan Jianye | | 13 June 2017 | 28 September 2017 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 033.33 | 18 | 22 | -4 |
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | | 8 September 2018 | 19 July 2019 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 048.15 | 54 | 39 | 15 |
| Bulgaria | | 14 January 2021 | 5 June 2022 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 017.65 | 17 | 31 | -14 |
| Qingdao Hainiu | | 25 December 2023 | 17 January 2025 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 028.13 | 33 | 60 | -27 |
| Total | 319 | 129 | 68 | 122 | 040.44 | 450 | 428 | +22 | |||