 Yanev in 2024 asBotev Vratsa manager | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hristo Angelov Yanev | ||
| Date of birth | (1979-05-04)4 May 1979 (age 46) | ||
| Place of birth | Kazanlak, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder,Second striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CSKA Sofia (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rozova Dolina | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | Olimpik Teteven | 13 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 27 | (7) |
| 2000–2006 | CSKA Sofia | 146 | (54) |
| 2006–2009 | Grenoble | 50 | (6) |
| 2009–2012 | Litex Lovech | 78 | (16) |
| 2012 | CSKA Sofia | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Panetolikos | 13 | (0) |
| 2013 | Slavia Sofia | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 336 | (84) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2011 | Bulgaria | 11 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015 | Minyor Pernik | ||
| 2015–2016 | CSKA Sofia | ||
| 2016–2017 | Neftochimic Burgas | ||
| 2018–2020 | CSKA Sofia (scout) | ||
| 2020–2022 | Minyor Pernik | ||
| 2022–2023 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | ||
| 2023–2024 | Botev Vratsa | ||
| 2024–2025 | Botev Vratsa | ||
| 2025– | CSKA Sofia | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hristo Yanev (Bulgarian:Христо Янев; born 4 May 1979 inKazanlak) is aBulgarianfootballmanager and former player. Yanev played as amidfielder.
Born inKazanluk, Yanev was picked as a youth to play for local sideRozova Dolina, making his professional debut for Olimpik Teteven during the 1997–98 season. In 1999, he joinedBeroe Stara Zagora, scoring 7 goals in 27 matches.
After playing one season at Beroe, Yanev signed forCSKA Sofia in 2000, when he was only 20 years old and since then he has always played an important role in the team.[1] Yanev plays either as a winger or second striker.
He made his competitive debut for CSKA on 4 August 2000 in a 0–0 home draw againstLitex Lovech. On 25 August, Yanev scored his CSKA's first and first-everUEFA Cup goal in an 8–0 drubbing of MoldovanConstructorul. Two days later, he scored his first league goal for CSKA in a 3–0 home win overBotev Plovdiv.
As a player of CSKA Yanev has been twice champion of Bulgaria (in 2003 and 2005) and has once won the Bulgarian national cup 2006. He spent six seasons of his career at the club, playing in 146 games of theA PFG and scoring 54 goals.
In summer of 2006,Grenoble Foot 38 signed Yanev to a three-year deal. For three years he made 50 appearances in league and scored six goals forGrenoble. With the club he played two seasons inLigue 2 and one inLigue 1.
On 25 June 2009, Yanev returned toBulgaria, signing a three-year contract withLitex Lovech. He established himself as a key figure for the team fromLovech, helping them win the 2010 and 2011A PFG titles.[2] He left the club after the end of the2011/2012 season.[3]
On 7 June 2012, Yanev signed a contract with former clubCSKA Sofia.[4] Yanev's second stay at CSKA turned out to be short-lived, as he was released from the club in the summer of 2012 following the team's elimination from theUEFA Europa League bySlovenian clubMura 05.[5]
On 12 September 2012, Yanev signed with Greek clubPanetolikos F.C. On 8 April 2013, he was released from the team.
In the summer of 2013, he joinedSlavia Sofia after having trained with the team for a number of weeks.
Yanev received his first call-up to the senior team inHristo Stoichkov's first game in charge of Bulgaria in 2004. On 18 August he made his debut, replacingMarian Hristov as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 friendly draw againstIreland atLansdowne Road Stadium. Two weeks later, on 4 September, Yanev scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win overIceland in a2006 World Cup qualifier.[6] On 13 October, he scored the second goal in Bulgaria's 4–1 win overMalta inSofia.
Two years later, on 9 May 2006, Yanev netted his third goal for the senior team as he scored the winning strike in a 2–1 victory overJapan in a game of theKirin Cup.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 4 September 2004 | Reykjavík,Iceland |  Iceland | 1–3 | 1–3 | World Cup 2006 Qual. |
| 2. | 13 October 2004 | Sofia,Bulgaria |  Malta | 2–1 | 4–1 | World Cup 2006 Qual. |
| 3. | 9 May 2006 | Osaka,Japan |  Japan | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2006 Kirin Cup |
During the winter break of the 2014–15 season, Yanev was appointed head coach of Minyor Pernik, whom at that time were participating in the South-West V Group. He officially debuted his coaching career on 1 March 2015 at Minyor's thrashing 4–1 overGermanea Sapareva Banya.
In the summer of 2015, he was approached by the financially troubled CSKA Sofia, who were sent off to theV Group after the club's failure to obtain a license for the upcoming season in the first division. On 25 May 2016, he led CSKA Sofia to winning the2015–16 Bulgarian Cup, becoming the first third-division club to record such an achievement.
On 17 September 2016, Yanev was appointed as manager ofNeftochimic Burgas.[7] He couldn't save the team from relegation and left the team in June 2017 after thefinal relegation play-off againstVitosha Bistritsa.Neftochimic's sporting director questioned his integrity and lack of responsibility.[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Beroe | 1999–00 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 7 |
| Total | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | |
| CSKA Sofia | 2000–01 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 15 |
| 2001–02 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 8 | |
| 2002–03 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| 2003–04 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 18 | |
| 2004–05 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 24 | |
| 2005–06 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 35 | 5 | |
| Total | 146 | 54 | 30 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 201 | 71 | |
| Grenoble | 2006–07 | 27 | 3 | ? | ? | – | – | 27 | 3 |
| 2007–08 | 21 | 3 | ? | ? | – | – | 21 | 3 | |
| 2008–09 | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | – | – | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6 | |
| Litex Lovech | 2009–10 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 6 |
| 2010–11 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 5 | |
| 2011–12 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 9 | |
| Total | 78 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 101 | 20 | |
| CSKA Sofia | 2012-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Panetolikos | 2012-13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | − | 13 | 0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2013-14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | − | − | 8 | 0 |
| Career totals | 321 | 83 | 42 | 15 | 41 | 6 | 404 | 104 | |
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | |||
| Minyor Pernik | 7 January 2015 | 25 June 2015 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 073.33 | 27 | 7 | +20 |
| CSKA Sofia | 26 June 2015 | 21 August 2016 | 46 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 093.48 | 188 | 15 | +173 |
| Neftochimic Burgas | 17 September 2016 | 2 June 2017 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 028.13 | 36 | 47 | −11 |
| CSKA Sofia(caretaker) | 1 May 2018 | 20 May 2018 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 075.00 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
| Minyor Pernik | 4 October 2020 | 14 September 2022 | 68 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 039.71 | 81 | 70 | +11 |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 26 October 2022 | 17 June 2023 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 036.84 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Botev Vratsa | 19 September 2023 | 3 June 2024 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 032.14 | 38 | 48 | −10 |
| Botev Vratsa | 6 September 2024 | 24 September 2025 | 45 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 028.89 | 39 | 61 | -22 |
| CSKA Sofia | 24 September 2025 | Present | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 075.00 | 15 | 5 | +10 |
| Total | 265 | 128 | 57 | 80 | 048.30 | 448 | 273 | +175 | ||