Yanaki Smirnov
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yanaki Valentinov Smirnov | ||
| Date of birth | 20 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Varna, Bulgaria | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Ludogorets Razgrad II | ||
| Number | 71 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Panathinaikos | ||
| 1999–2005 | Spartak Varna | ||
| 2005–2006 | Vilafranca | ||
| 2006–2012 | Litex Lovech | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2012–2014 | Spartak Varna | 39 | (3) |
| 2013 | → Neftochimic Burgas (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Lokomotiv GO | 26 | (23) |
| 2015– | Ludogorets Razgrad II | 24 | (9) |
| 2015– | Ludogorets Razgrad | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Bulgaria U15 | 6 | (8) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:46, 30 April 2016 (UTC). | |||
Yanaki Smirnov (Bulgarian: Янаки Валентинов Смирнов; born 20 December 1992) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a winger for Ludogorets Razgrad II.[1]
Career
Early career
Yanaki moved to Greece with his family where he started in the local Panathinaikos. A year later his family returned to his hometown of Varna, where he joined Spartak Varna's academy. He spent one year in Hristo Stoichkov's academy at the Vilafranca football club. After that he joined Litex Lovech academy.[2][3] He later moved again to Spartak Varna.
Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
In the summer of 2014, Smirnov signed with the B Group team Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa. He scored a goal in his debut for Loko against Loko Mezdra. [4] He scored 13 goals in his first 9 matches. He become thetop goalscorer of B Group with 23 goals scored in 26 matches.[5]
Ludogorets Razgrad
On 7 July 2015, Smirnov signed a contract with Ludogorets Razgrad II, the B team of Bulgarian champions Ludogorets, who are playing in Bulgarians 2nd league B Group. He chose Ludogorets team over CSKA Sofia.[6] He made his debut for Ludogorets II on 25 July 2015 in match agnist Dunav Ruse. [7]
On 23 September 2015 he made his debut for Ludogorets Razgrad in match for the Bulgarian Cup agnist Lokomotiv 1929 Mezdra scoring a goal in 5:0 win. [8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 25 December 2015 [9]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||||
| Spartak 1918 | B Group | 2011–12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2012–13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Neftochimic Burgas (loan) | 2012–13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Spartak 1918 | 2013–14 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2 | |||
| Lokomotiv GO | B Group | 2014–15 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 31 | 24 | |||
| Total | 26 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 24 | |||
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | B Group | 2015–16 | 17 | 4 | – | – | – | 17 | 4 | ||||
| Ludogorets Razgrad | A Group | 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Career statistics | 83 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 32 | |||
- ↑ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
Honours
Club
Litex Lovech
Neftochimic Burgas
Individual
- Bulgarian B Football Group – Top scorer: 2014–15 (23 goals)[5]
References
- ↑ "Yanaki Smirnov Facts". soccerway.com.
- ↑ Стоичков поема обучението на четири деца в школата си
- ↑ Янаки Смирнов замина за Испания чрез кастинга на Христо Стоичков
- ↑ Loko GO vs Loko Mezdra
- 1 2 Янаки Смирнов стана голмайстор на "Б" група
- ↑ Голаджия избра Лудогорец "Б" пред ЦСКА
- ↑ С гол на национал откри сезона „Лудогорец II“, но загуби мача си с „Дунав“
- ↑ Лудогорец заби пет шамара на аматьорите от Мездра
- 1 2 3 "Yanaki Smirnov". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
External links
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- Yanaki Smirnov profile at Soccerway
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