Stanislav Manolev

Stanislav Manolev (Bulgarian: Станислав Манолев; born 16 December 1985) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Pirin Blagoevgrad and the Bulgarian national team as a right back.

Stanislav Manolev
Manolev with Kuban in 2014
Personal information
Full name Stanislav Lyubenov Manolev
Date of birth (1985-12-16) 16 December 1985
Place of birth Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Pirin Blagoevgrad
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Pirin 1922 26 (1)
2005–2009 Litex Lovech 92 (17)
2006 → Pirin 1922 (loan) 12 (1)
2009–2014 PSV Eindhoven 95 (4)
2013 → Fulham (loan) 5 (0)
2013–2014 → Jong PSV 10 (1)
2014 Kuban Krasnodar 10 (1)
2014 Dynamo Moscow 8 (1)
2015–2016 Kuban Krasnodar 21 (0)
2016–2018 CSKA Sofia 65 (5)
2017 → CSKA II 1 (0)
2019–2020 Ludogorets Razgrad 20 (1)
2019–2020 → Ludogorets II 2 (2)
2020– Pirin Blagoevgrad 12 (1)
National team‡
2006 Bulgaria U21 4 (0)
2008– Bulgaria 51 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2017

Club career

Pirin 1922

Manolev started to play football for Pirin 1922.

Litex Lovech

In early 2005 he moved to Litex. Manolev won The National Cup in 2008 with Litex. In the final on 21 May 2008 against Cherno More Varna, Manolev scored the only goal after 53 minutes. Next year, Litex won the cup again. The event took place on 26 May 2009.

PSV Eindhoven

On 25 July 2009, Manolev signed a 3+2 years contract with the Dutch club PSV Eindhoven,[2] to fend competitions from Aston Villa. On 6 August 2009, Manolev made his official debut for PSV Eindhoven. He was selected as a starter against Bulgarian club Cherno More in the UEFA Europa League 3rd qualification round. Unluckily for him he was sent off for a second bookable offense in the 44th minute of the game, but his team went on to repeat its 1–0 win from the first leg.[3]

On 9 August 2009, Manolev made his full debut for PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie. He played 69 minutes before being substituted for Jan Kromkamp, assisting Balázs Dzsudzsák's equalizing goal and earning himself a booking.[4] On 16 August 2009, Manolev played the full 90 minutes of PSV's 4–3 home win against AFC Ajax and assisted Otman Bakkal's decisive goal in the 75th minute of the game.[5] On 23 August 2009, Manolev had another fine display, assisting two PSV goals in the 3–1 home win against NAC Breda.[6] On 12 September 2009, he scored his first goal in the 3–0 home win against Roda JC. On 28 October 2009, Manolev scored his second goal for PSV against Roda JC for a match from the KNVB Cup. On 14 April 2010, Manolev scored his second league goal in the 2–2 draw with Heerenveen.

In the 2011–12 season, Manolev signed a new contract with PSV until 2014.[7] In the summer transfer window in 2012, Manolev was linked around Europe, with VfB Stuttgart[8] and Sporting Lisbon.[9]

Subsequently, his performance at PSV led to him being branded as "the worst right back in Europe" by RTL pundits, such as René van der Gijp, having become his outspoken critics since his arrival.[10] Despite this, Manolev refused to bow down to the careless criticism he received, being quoted as saying: "I do not look at it and I do not make me worry about," said Manolev then. "This man (ed. Van der Gijp) is paid to give his opinion, fine. I look good at the Bulgarian television."[11]

Upon his loan spell ended from Fulham, having lost a first team place to Santiago Arias and Joshua Brenet.[12] PSV would allow Manolev to leave the club on free transfer,[13] as well leaving on cheap basis.[14] After a failed move in the summer transfer window, Manolev was then sent to the reserve team and went on to make ten appearances, scoring once.[15]

In the January transfer window, Manolev left the club by mutual consent, with just six month left to his contract after the club did not display an interest to extend his contract.[16][17]

Fulham (loan)

Manolev signed for Premier League side Fulham on loan until the end of the season on 31 January 2013.[18]

On 9 February 2013, Manolev made his debut in a 0–0 draw against Norwich City. In the 1–0 loss against Arsenal on 20 April 2013, Manolev was fouled by Olivier Giroud, who later got sent-off in the 85th minute.[19] At the end of the season, Manolev made five league appearance and returned to PSV despite hopes of joining Fulham on a permanent basis.[20] After loan spell finished, Manolev says he expressed "delighted to be given a chance to play for Fulham".[21]

Kuban Krasnodar
Manolev playing for Kuban in 2014

After being released by PSV, Manolev moved to Russia by joining Kuban Krasnodar, where he will join up teammate Ivelin Popov.[22][23] Manolev made his debut in a 1–1 draw against Dynamo Moscow.[24] He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win against Krylia Sovetov, netting the first goal of the game. The assist came from fellow Bulgarian teammate Ivelin Popov.

Dynamo Moscow

On 18 June 2014, Manolev signed a contract with Dynamo Moscow as a free agent.[25]

CSKA Sofia

Manolev played for CSKA Sofia between September 2016[26] and February 2019.[27]

International career

Manolev started his career for the Bulgarian national football team during the World Cup 2010 qualifiers. In August 2008, the Bulgarian national coach Plamen Markov called Stanislav in Bulgaria national football team in a match against Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team. Manolev made his official debut and Bulgaria won the match as a guest. Manolev was a part of the Bulgaria national football team in the World Cup 2010 qualifiers against Italy and Montenegro, but remained an unused substitute. He played 45 minutes in the second half of the friendly between Bulgaria and Serbia in November 2008. He was in the starting 11 in the next two games against the Republic of Ireland and Cyprus. He scored his first goal for Bulgaria in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Italy that finished 2–2.

On 28 March 2015, Manolev made an assist for the Bulgarian national team during a 2–2 draw with Italy.[28] On 31 August 2017 he scored his first international goal in more than four years for the historical 3–2 home win against Sweden.[29]

Career statistics

Club
As of 30 June 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League[lower-alpha 1] Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pirin 1922 2002–03 B Group 100??–100
2003–04 A Group 80??–80
2004–05 B Group 172??–172
Total 35200352
Litex Lovech 2004–05 A Group 20??0020
2005–06 30??1040
2006–07 2844060384
2007–08 2535140344
2008–09 2855040375
Total 861214115011513
Pirin 1922 (loan) 2005–06 A Group 131??–131
PSV 2009–10 Eredivisie 3022190413
2010–11 2103080320
2011–12 23141121393
2012–13 20214081
Total 7631133311207
Fulham (loan) 2012–13 Premier League 5000–50
Jong PSV 2013–14 Eerste Divisie 10100–101
Kuban Krasnodar 2013–14 Russian Premier League 1010000101
Dynamo Moscow 2014–15 Russian Premier League 811050141
Kuban Krasnodar 2014–15 Russian Premier League 6010–70
2015–16 17010–180
Total 2302000250
CSKA Sofia 2016–17 First League 24000–240
2017–18 30420–324
2018–19 1112010141
Total 6554010705
Ludogorets Razgrad 2018–19 First League 50100060
2019–20 1511010171
Total 2012010231
Career total 3512734455144032
  1. Includes appearances in play-offs as well.
  2. Includes appearances in League Cup and Super Cup games as well.

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bulgaria 200830
200960
201040
201160
201292
201372
201460
201540
201751
201810
Total515
Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Manolev goal.[30]
List of international goals scored by Stanislav Manolev
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 September 2012Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria Italy1–02–22014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.11 September 2012Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria Armenia1–01–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.26 March 2013Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark Denmark1–01–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.30 May 2013Toyota Stadium, Nagoya, Japan Japan1–02–0Friendly
5.31 August 2017Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria Sweden1–03–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

References
  1. "Българите с половин сантиметър по-високи" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. 1 September 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  2. "PSV complete signing of Manolev". psv.nl. 25 July 2009. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  3. "PSV advances to the next round". Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  4. "Twente and PSV settle for a 1:1 draw". psv.nl. 9 August 2009. Archived from the original on 12 August 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  5. "Dzsudzsak And Bakkal Bring Victory To Red White Army". goal.com. 16 August 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  6. "PSV show resilience in 3–1 win over NAC Breda". 23 August 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  7. "Manolev contract extended to 2014" [Contract Manolev verlengd tot 2014] (in Dutch). psv.nl. 30 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  8. "Stuttgart asks Manolev" [Stuttgart vraagt naar Manolev] (in Dutch). Goal.com. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  9. "PSV intervenes in departure Manolev '" ['PSV grijpt in bij vertrek van Manolev'] (in Dutch). Goal.com. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  10. August #28 - 2009 - Voetbal Rene van der Gijp Manolev is blind paard on YouTube
  11. "'Manolev influenced by Van der Gijp jokes'" ['Manolev beïnvloed door grappen Van der Gijp'] (in Dutch). Goal.com. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  12. "Transfer is difficult to resume Manolev" [Transfer is lastig met cv van Manolev] (in Dutch). Goal.com. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  13. "'Manolev running on a free transfer from PSV door'" ['Manolev loopt transfervrij de deur uit bij PSV'] (in Dutch). Goal.com. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  14. "Manolev may PSV 'cheap' leave" [Manolev mag PSV 'goedkoop' verlaten] (in Dutch). Goal.com. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  15. "Transfer news: PSV Eindhoven defender Stanislav Manolev released". Sky Sports. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  16. "Manolev immediately away at PSV" [Manolev per direct weg bij PSV] (in Dutch). ED.nl. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  17. "Manolev finally put back to PSV" [Manolev definitief teruggezet naar Jong PSV] (in Dutch). ED.nl. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  18. "Fulham Sign Manolev". Fulham FC. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  19. "Fulham 0-1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  20. "PSV defender Stanislav Manolev hopes to make loan move to Fulham permanent". Sky Sports. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  21. "Manolev Pleased To Play". Fulham FC. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  22. "Manolev signs for Kuban". Soccer News. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  23. "Stanislav Manolev became teammate Ivelin Popov in Cuba" [Станислав Манолев става съотборник на Ивелин Попов в Кубан] (in Bulgarian). Focus Sport. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  24. "Manolev plays equal to debut Kuban" [Manolev speelt gelijk bij debuut Kuban] (in Dutch). Elf Voetbal. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  25. "Manolev sign with russian grand" [Изненада! Манолев изпревари Ивелин Попов и подписа с руски гранд] (in Bulgarian). Sportal. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  26. "Станислав Манолев подписа с ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). trud.bg. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  27. "Пенев обясни за изгонения Станислав Манолев, разкри за проблем (ВИДЕО)" (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. 9 February 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  28. Italy debutant Éder thwarts Bulgaria
  29. Хубчев преобрази България, натрихме ноcа на шведите
  30. "Marolev, Stanislav". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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