Stoycho Mladenov (born 12 April 1957 in Chernokonevo

Chernokonevo

Chernokonevo is a neighbourhood of Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria. Many people call Chernokonevo "Karatli" . Its population is about 3500 people....

, Dimitrovgrad

Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria

Dimitrovgrad is a town in Haskovo Province, South-central Bulgaria, located close to the province capital - Haskovo. It is a newly founded settlement, built in the end of the 1940s. and named after the communist leader Georgi Dimitrov. The town is the administrative centre of the homonymous...

) is a Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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n former football player and as of recently the manager of ENPPI Club.

Career

Mladenov started from small teams like Dimitrovgrad and gradually moved to bigger teams like CSKA Sofia. From there he went all around the world, however best moments of winning were in Portugal and also with his National Team. His best years were spent as a striker for CSKA Sofia. He also served the club as a manager and head coach. Mladenov's nickname is "Liverpool's Executor" in honor of his winning goals against the European champion Liverpool FC in UEFA European Champions Cup 1/4 finals in season 81/82. Mladenov's finest game as a player was on 17 March 1982, when he scored both of CSKA's goals as they beat Liverpool 2-0 in Sofia to knock the English giants out of the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

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 quarter-finals. He was honoured as Bulgarian Footballer of the Year

Bulgarian Footballer of the Year

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 in 1983. He played also in Portugal

Portugal

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 in several clubs like V.Setúbal, GD Estoril-Praia, Olhanense, but was in C.F. Os Belenenses where he achieved one third place in Portuguese football league and won a Portuguese Cup beatting Benfica in the final, after winning in the prior stages teams like FC Porto and Sporting CP. He was also responsible for the victory that Belenenses had over Barcelona

Barcelona

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 in the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

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 of 1988 , when he stole the ball from Barcelona's defender Shuster

Shuster

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 and made a perfect assistance for Mapuata's goal. Nowadays he trains the most successful Bulgarian team CSKA Sofia. Financial problems at his favourite club CSKA Sofia pushed him away after a series of compromises he had done during his time there. He was recently fired as manager of Al-Ettifaq FC after the team failed to win in 4 consecutive games. His son Alexandar Mladenov

Alexandar Mladenov

Aleksandar Stoychev Mladenov is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo. He is the son of Stoycho Mladenov....

 is a professional footballer.

International career

Mladenov made 59 appearances for Bulgaria, between 1978 and 1988 and scored 15 goals. He played in four matches for his country at 1986 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup

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.

Player

CSKA Sofia

• • Bulgarian League: 4 times - 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
  • Bulgarian Cup
    Bulgarian Cup
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    : 2 times - 1983, 1985

C.F. Os Belenenses

• • Portuguese Cup: 1 time - 1989