Stoyan Yordanov

Stoyan Yordanov
Personal information
Full name Stoyan Ivanov Yordanov
Date of birth (1944-01-29)29 January 1944
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of death 14 November 2025(2025-11-14) (aged 81)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1954–1961 Akademik Sofia
1961–1963 CSKA Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1977 CSKA Sofia 241 (0)
1977–1978 Sliven 28 (0)
1978–1979 Cherno More 3 (0)
Total 272 (0)
International career
1968–1977 Bulgaria 25 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stoyan Ivanov Yordanov (Bulgarian: Cтоян Иванов Йорданов; 29 January 1944 – 14 November 2025) was a Bulgarian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

At international level, Yordanov represented the Bulgaria national team on 25 occasions between 1968 and 1975, and participated at the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1968 Olympics, where he won a silver medal.[1] After his retirement, he worked in a coaching capacity with CSKA Sofia and also managed the Bulgaria U21 team.[1]

Yordanov died on 14 November 2025, at the age of 81.[2]

Honours

CSKA Sofia

References