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Martin Kostadinov (Bulgarian: Мартин Костадинов; born 13 May 1996[2]) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Bulgarian Second League club Dunav Ruse.[3]

Martin Kostadinov

Personal information
Full name	Martin Rosenov Kostadinov
Date of birth	(1996-05-13) 13 May 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth	Varna, Bulgaria
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left-back / Winger
Club information
Current team	Dunav Ruse
Number	77
Youth career
2007–2015	Cherno More
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2019	Cherno More	51	(1)
2019	→ Dunav Ruse (loan)	16	(0)
2020	Arda	20	(0)
2020	→ Botev Vratsa (loan)	7	(0)
2021	→ Botev Vratsa (loan)	3	(0)
2022–	Dunav Ruse	5	(0)
National team‡
2014	Bulgaria U19	2	(0)
2017–2018	Bulgaria U21	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:57, 29 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Career

Cherno More

In January 2014, Kostadinov was included in Cherno More's 25-man squad for their training camp in Turkey.[4] Martin made his full first team début in a 4-0 away win against Lyubimets on 9 March 2014, playing as left back for 60 minutes. On 27 October 2015, he scored his first goal for the club in a 5–0 away win over Vihar Stroevo in the Bulgarian Cup.[5] Kostadinov was used sparingly in the next two years following his début, but made significant progress during the 2016–17 season when he was named in the starting XI for 12 matches. Martin won the Man of the match award in the final two league fixtures, a 1–3 home defeat by Ludogorets Razgrad on 28 May 2017[6] and a 2–2 away draw against Levski Sofia on 31 May 2017,[7] when he scored his first league goal.[8]

Kostadinov started the 2017–18 season as first team regular, playing as left back. He won two consecutive Man of the match awards in the early rounds, a 1–0 home win over Dunav Ruse on 28 July,[9] followed by a 1–1 away draw against Pirin Blagoevgrad on 4 August.[10]

Arda Kardzhali

Kostadinov joined Arda Kardzhali in January 2020.[11]

International career

Martin was included in the Bulgaria U21 squad for the friendly against Macedonia U21 on 28 March 2017.[12] He made his debut for the team, coming on as substitute for Georgi Yomov in the second half.[13]

Career statistics

As of 1 July 2019^[update]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cherno More	2013–14	2	0	0	0	—	—	2	0
	2014–15	1	0	1	0	—	—	2	0
	2015–16	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1
	2016–17	14	1	1	0	—	—	15	1
	2017–18	18	0	1	0	—	—	19	0
	2018–19	15	0	0	0	—	—	15	0
	2019–20	0	0	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Total	51	1	4	1	0	0	55	2

References

External links

• Martin Kostadinov at Soccerway

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