Yordan Todorov
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Yordan Valkov Todorov (born 27 July 1981) is a Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n footballer
Football (soccer)
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, who plays for Lokomotiv Plovdiv
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv, which competes in Bulgaria's top football league, the A PFG. The club was founded on July 25, 1926 when two of the oldest Plovdiv clubs - Atletic and Karadzha united into a new club named Sports Club Plovdiv...

 as a midfielder.

Youth career

Todorov was raised in Maritsa Plovdiv's youth teams. He stayed there for 7 years, before he left in 2000.

Chernomorets Burgas

Between 2000 and 2003 played for Chernomorets Burgas
Chernomorets Burgas
Chernomorets Burgas may refer to:* PFC Chernomorets Burgas* PFC Chernomorets Burgas Sofia...

. He capped 56 times and scored 8 goals.

CSKA Sofia

Because of his good displays he caught the eye of CSKA scouts and signed for "The red" in the early 2003 for a fee of 150 000 €. With CSKA, Todorov became a champion in 2003, 2005 and 2008, and a national cup winner in 2004. Yordan also won the Bulgarian Supercup
Bulgarian Supercup
The Bulgarian Supercup is an annually held football match between the football club that has won the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group and the club that has won the Bulgarian Cup...

 in 2006 and 2008. In July 2008 a media information appeared that Yordan is wanted by German side TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and Israel champions Beitar Jerusalem F.C. but the transfers collapsed in the last moment.
After a series of bad relationships with its coaches, Todorov left CSKA in 2010.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

In the beginning of 2010, Todorov signed with Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He relaunched his career, scoring 5 goals in 13 matches and making 3 assists until the end of 2009/2010 season.

Steaua Bucureşti

On 10 June 2010 signed a contract with Steaua Bucureşti.

On 29 August 2010, he makes debut for Steaua's second team
FC Steaua II Bucuresti
FC Steaua II Bucureşti was a Romanian professional football club from Bucharest, Romania, founded in 2004 and dissolved in 2011. It was the reserve team of Steaua Bucureşti.-Honours:Liga III:*Winners : 2008-09...

 in Liga II against Otopeni
CS Otopeni
CS Otopeni is a Romanian professional football club from Otopeni, Ilfov county. They currently play in Liga II, after finishing 17th last season in their first Liga I season in history.-Getting Started:...

.

On 30 August 2010, after only 2 months and a 20 days to Steaua, Romnanian team announced release of Todorov, because Victor Piţurcă
Victor Piturca
Victor Piţurcă is a Romanian football manager and former player.-Club career:Piţurcă was one of the prolific strikers of Steaua Bucureşti, being one of the team's top scorers – he scored 137 goals in 174 league games...

 coach who take him to Steaua resigned on round 3 of new season and the new manager
Ilie Dumitrescu
Ilie Dumitrescu is a former Romanian football player and current coach, he last managed Steaua Bucureşti. A tricky forward, he shot to fame when his frontline partnership with Gheorghe Hagi and Florin Răducioiu led the Romania national football team to the 1994 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal,...

 no longer need his services.

Playing style

Todorov plays as a right winger or a right fullback. Todorov plugs in successfully in the attack on the wingside. He is a fast and creative player with good leadership skills.

International career

Todorov has nine matches and two goals for Bulgaria national football team
Bulgaria national football team
The FIFA Bulgaria national football team is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Luboslav Penev is in charge manager after replacement of Lothar Matthäus...

.

Awards

Champion of Bulgaria - 3 times - 2003, 2005, 2008 (with CSKA Sofia) Bulgarian Supercup
Bulgarian Supercup
The Bulgarian Supercup is an annually held football match between the football club that has won the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group and the club that has won the Bulgarian Cup...

 - 2 times - 2006, 2008
2008 Bulgarian Supercup
The 2008 Bulgarian Supercup was the 6th Bulgarian Supercup match, a football match which was contested between the "A" professional football group champion, CSKA Sofia, and the winner of Bulgarian Cup, Litex Lovech. The match was held on 3 August 2008 at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia,...

 (with CSKA Sofia) Bulgarian Cup
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....

 - 1 time - 2006 (with CSKA Sofia)

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