Radostin Stoychev

Radostin Stoychev
Personal information
Full name Radostin Stojčev
Nationality Bulgarian
Born (1969-09-25) September 25, 1969
Sofia, Bulgaria
Coaching information
Current team Italy Trentino Volley
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2003–2005
2005–2007
2007–2013
2010–2012
2013–2014
2014–		Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
Russia VC Dynamo Moscow
Italy Itas Diatec Trentino
 Bulgaria
Turkey Halkbank Ankara
Italy Trentino Volley
Volleyball information
Position Setter
Career
YearsTeams
1988–1990
1990–1991
1991–1992
1992–1992
1992–1993
1993–1994
1994–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1998
1999–2000
2000–2001		Bulgaria VC CSKA Sofia
Bulgaria Georesurs Buhovo
Portugal Benfica Lisboa
Bulgaria VC CSKA Sofia
Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
Spain San Lucar
Bulgaria Balkan Car
Bulgaria Neftohimik Burgas
Austria Aon hotVolleys Vienna
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Smederevo Volley
France Chaumont VB
France Tours VB
National team
 Bulgaria
Last updated: May 13, 2015

Radostin Svetoslavov Stoychev (Bulgarian: Радостин Светославов Стойчев;[1])(born September 25, 1969) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player, head coach of Italian club Trentino Volley.

Personal life

Radostin Stoychev was born in the Bulgarian capital Sofia to the family of volleyball coach Svetoslav Stoychev, whose achievements include a world championship title with the junior Bulgarian national team.

Career as player

As a player, Radostin Stoychev represented CSKA Sofia, Minyor Buhovo (with whom he won the national title) as well as teams from Portugal, Spain, Austria, Serbia and France (Tours VB). He played as a setter.

Career as coach

Stoychev's managerial career began at Slavia Sofia, whom he coached from 2003 to 2005, winning the Bulgarian Volleyball Cup in 2003. From 2005 to 2007, Stoychev was with VC Dynamo Moscow as their assistant manager. In Russia, he won the national championship in 2006 and the national cup in 2007.

In 2007, Stoychev was appointed the manager of Trento-based Italian Volleyball League team Trentino Volley. Stoychev attracted several of Bulgaria's top volleyball players to the club, such as Matey Kaziyski, Vladimir Nikolov, Smilen Mlyakov. In his debut 2007–08 season, he won the Italian national championship, an achievement comparable to the feats of Julio Velasco and Paulo Roberto de Freitas. In the following 2008–09 season, Trentino Volley's first season in the CEV Champions League, Stoychev led the club to the title in Europe's premier volleyball competition.

In 2011, Radostin Stoychev replaced Silvano Prandi and became head coach of the Bulgarian national team.[2] He was released from his duties in May 2012, following a 1:3 loss against Germany during one of the qualification tournaments for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Nevertheless, Stoychev was reinstated as head coach a few days later following a heavily publicized media cross-fire between him, also supported by several of the team's star players, and the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation's Administration, which prompted the personal involvement of Boyko Borisov himself, the then Prime Minister of Bulgaria, in order to resolve the critical situation.[3] Stoychev succeeded in qualifying the team for the 2012 London Olympics on his second attempt, but subsequently decided to step down due to a conflict of interest with the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation.

References

  1. ↑ Family name also transliterated as Stoytchev or Stojčev.
  2. ↑ Bulgaria’s Radostin Stoychev to Coach National Volleyball Team - novinite.com - 23-11-2010
  3. ↑ Stoychev Snubs Bulgarian PM, Says He Won't Come Back as National Coach - novinite.com - 16-05-2012
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