Blagoy Makendzhiev

Blagoy Makendzhiev
Personal information
Full name Blagoy Georgiev Makendzhiev
Date of birth (1988-07-11) 11 July 1988
Place of birth Petrich, Bulgaria
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Beroe Stara Zagora
Number 22
Youth career
Pirin Blagoevgrad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2010 Pirin Blagoevgrad 49 (0)
2011–2013 CSKA Sofia 3 (0)
2013– Beroe Stara Zagora 54 (0)
National team
2015- Bulgaria 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2016.

† Appearances (goals)

Blagoy Georgiev Makendzhiev (Bulgarian: Благой Георгиев Макенджиев; born 11 July 1988 in Petrich) is a Bulgarian footballer, who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Beroe Stara Zagora.

Career

Makendzhiev began his professional career in 2005-2006 season at Pirin Blagoevgrad. He made his competitive debut on 9 November 2005 in a match against Lokomotiv Sofia. In the next two seasons he played in only 4 games. During the 2009-10 season, he gradually established himself as the first choice goalkeeper for Pirin. In December 2010 Makendzhiev signed a contract for three years with CSKA Sofia.[1][2][3] On 18 May 2011 he made his official debut for CSKA in a home draw 2–2 against his former club Pirin Blagoevgrad.[4][5] In 2011-12 season he spend most of the time on the bench, earning only one league appearance, coming as a substitute when Raïs M'Bolhi received a red card in away win 0–2 against Litex Lovech.[6] After the managerial departure of Stoycho Mladenov from CSKA, Miodrag Ješić was appointed as head coach. Blagoy was not part of the plans of the new manager. In January 2013 he was released by the club.[7] In June 2013 he signed with Beroe Stara Zagora for free.[8] He is currently the first choice goalkeeper, having initially served as an understudy to Ivan Karadzhov.

International career

On 27 January 2015, Makendzhiev received his first call-up to the Bulgaria national team for the Friendly game against Romania on 7 February 2015 in Antalya from Ivaylo Petev. He played over the course of the entire second half, keeping a clean sheet in the non-official friendly match that ended with a score of 0:0.[9]

Career statistics

As of 2 July 2015

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2005–06 001010
2006–07 301040
2007–08 000000
2008–09 11020130
2009–10 20010210
2010–11 15020170
CSKA Sofia 2010–11 200020
2011–12 101020
2012–13 000000
Beroe Stara Zagora 2013–14 502070
2014–15 22020240
2015–16 00001010
Career totals 79012010920

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