Orlin Ognyanov Starokin (Bulgarian: Орлин Старокин; born 8 January 1987) is a former Bulgarian footballer of Russian origin[citation needed] who played mainly as a left wingback.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Orlin Ognyanov Starokin | ||
Date of birth | (1987-01-08) 8 January 1987 (age 35) | ||
Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back / Defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2005 | CSKA Sofia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2008 | Naftex | 54 | (3) |
2006–2007 | → Chernomorets Burgas (loan) | 17 | (1) |
2009–2011 | Chernomorets Burgas | 69 | (1) |
2011–2014 | Levski Sofia | 71 | (4) |
2014 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 10 | (0) |
2015 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 10 | (0) |
2015 | Dinamo București | 1 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Botev Plovdiv | 15 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 25 | (3) |
2017 | Cherno More | 16 | (2) |
2018 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 13 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Alki Oroklini | 24 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 12 | (0) |
2020 | Levski Sofia | 11 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 25 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Starokin began his footballing career with the CSKA Sofia youth team. There he played as an offensive midfielder. He improved his skills at the academy until 2005.
At the age of 18, in 2005, Starokin went to Burgas and signed his first professional contract with Naftex. At Naftex he played at first as a left winger and left back. In his first season in professional football, Starokin earned 19 appearances playing in the top division, scoring one goal.
In the summer of 2006 Starokin was on loan to Chernomorets Burgas, with whom he became champion of the second division. Later he was bought and played there until 2011.
On 14 June 2011, he signed for Levski Sofia.[1] On 2 July 2011, Starokin made his unofficial debut for Levski in the 1:0 win against Loko Sofia in an exhibition match.[2]
In June 2014 Starokin refused to renew his contract with Levski and decided to leave the club after 3 years and 71 appearances in which he scored 4 goals.
Later he signed a contract with FC Irtysh Pavlodar in Kazakhstan.[3] Starokin left Irtysh in November 2014, following the conclusion of the season.[4]
After a short spell at FC Dinamo București, on 31 August 2015, Orlin Starokin joined Botev Plovdiv until the end of the season.[5] He made an official debut on 12 September during the 0–2 home defeat from Litex Lovech.[6]
On 14 June 2017, Starokin joined Cherno More.[7] On 21 July 2017, he made his debut in 4–0 away win over Vereya, playing as defensive midfielder.[8]
On 30 June 2018, Starokin signed a one-year contract with Cypriot club Alki Oroklini.[9]
In late August 2017, Starokin earned his first call-up to the national team, for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Sweden and the Netherlands,[10] but did not debut.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Naftex Burgas | 2005–06 | A Group | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 19 | 1 | |||
Chernomorets Burgas | 2006–07 | B Group | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 1 | |||
Naftex Burgas | 2007–08 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 1 | ||||
2008–09 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 1 | |||||
Total | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
Chernomorets Burgas | 2008–09 | A Group | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |||
2009–10 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 1 | |||||
2010–11 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 32 | 0 | |||||
Total | 69 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 1 | ||
Levski Sofia | 2011–12 | A Group | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 30 | 1 | |
2012–13 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 23 | 1 | |||
2013–14 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 30 | 3 | |||
Total | 71 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 5 | ||
Irtysh Pavlodar | 2014 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
Lokomotiv Sofia | 2014–15 | A Group | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
Dinamo București | 2015–16 | Liga I | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
Botev Plovdiv | 2015–16 | A Group | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
Pirin Blagoevgrad | 2016–17 | First League | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 27 | 3 | |||
Cherno More | 2017–18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 17 | 2 | ||||
Vitosha Bistritsa | 2017–18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 1 | ||||
Alki Oroklini | 2018–19 | Cypriot First Division | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 1 | |||
Enosis Neon Paralimni | 2019–20 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | ||||
Levski Sofia | 2020–21 | First League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |||
Career total | 348 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 368 | 15 |