Bulgarian defender Stanislav Manolev

Stanislav Manolev is a Bulgarian football player who plays for Sofia "CSKA". Most recently, he turned 31, so that the player is gradually approaching the end of his career. Stanislav Manolev acts in the position of the right-back, but can also play the flanking midfielder.

Carier start

Stanislav Manolev was born on December 16, 1985 in Bulgaria, where he began to be fond of football from childhood and began to study at the football academy at the Pirin club, which was then called "Macedonian Slavia", from his native city. As a result, it was with this club that he signed a professional contract when he turned eighteen. He debuted, however, at the age of seventeen, having played in the season 02/03 ten matches. For two and a half years in the club Stanislav Manolev played 26 games, scoring one goal, after which for sixty thousand euros was sold to another Bulgarian club "Litex".

Transfer to Litex and rent to Pirin

Stanislav Manolev - a football player who could not leave Pirin so easily. He spent a year in "Litex", but he could not settle there, coming out on the field only five times. As a result, he was rented back to "Pirin" for six months, played 12 much more impressive matches and scored a scoring goal. In the summer of 2006, he returned to "Litex" - and then he already got a place in the starting lineup. For three years, Manolev played for this club, becoming a very important part of the team and revealing himself as a very strong flank player. During these three years he played 81 matches and scored 12 goals. Naturally, such indicators attracted the attention of clubs from more serious championships, and in the summer of 2009 Manolev moved to the Dutch PSV Eindhoven for three million euros.

Playing in PSV

It was in the Dutch club that Stanislav reached the peak of his career. In the first season he spent 30 matches, scoring two goals, and in the next two - another 44 matches. However, in season 12/13, the 27-year-old defender had practically not received any practice in practice - for half a year he only appeared on the field twice. As a result, in January 2013 he was leased to English "Fulham", where he played five more matches.

Moving to Russia

In the summer of 2013 Manolev's contract with "PSV" came to an end, and he moved to Russia, where he entered into a contract with the Krasnodar "Kuban". There he spent ten matches, after which he moved to the Moscow "Dynamo". There he played even less - only eight matches, and in the winter of 2015 he was sold for 800 thousand euros back to "Kuban". Returning, Manolev became more often in the base and played 18 games already, but in the summer of 2016 he decided not to renew the contract with the club, but to return to his homeland. In the current season for the Sofia "CSKA" football player played 11 matches, giving two assists.