Daniel Ventsislavov Mladenov (Bulgarian: Даниел Венциславов Младенов; born 25 May 1987) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a winger and is currently a playing manager at Kyustendil.
 Mladenov playing for CSKA 1948 in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Ventsislavov Mladenov | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Kyustendil, PR Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kyustendil (player-manager) | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Velbazhd Kyustendil | 20 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | Marek Dupnitsa | 27 | (5) |
| 2008–2010 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 43 | (6) |
| 2010–2012 | Levski Sofia | 44 | (7) |
| 2012 | Chernomorets Burgas | 6 | (0) |
| 2013 | Montana | 14 | (2) |
| 2013 | Marek Dupnitsa | 1 | (1) |
| 2013 | Cherno More | 9 | (1) |
| 2014 | Marek Dupnitsa | 4 | (0) |
| 2014 | Trikala | 10 | (5) |
| 2014–2015 | Oborishte | 16 | (16) |
| 2015 | Septemvri Simitli | 16 | (6) |
| 2016–2017 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 39 | (12) |
| 2017–2019 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 56 | (20) |
| 2019–2021 | CSKA 1948 | 17 | (3) |
| 2021–2023 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 70 | (21) |
| 2023–2024 | Yantra Gabrovo | 34 | (14) |
| 2024– | Kyustendil | 17 | (14) |
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Bulgaria U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Bulgaria | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2024– | Kyustendil (player-manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:28, 18 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Career
editYouth career
editMladenov started his career in his home town Kyustendil in the local team, Velbazhd.
Marek Dupnitsa
editIn June 2007, Mladenov signed a contract for three years with Marek Dupnitsa.
Pirin Blagoevgrad
editOne year later, in 2008, Daniel signed with PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad.
Levski Sofia
editOn 9 June 2010, he signed his 3-year contract. On 30 June 2010, he made his unofficial debut for Levski in a match against FCM Târgu Mureş. Mladenov entered the match as a substitute and scored 2 goals.
Mladenov officially debuted for Levski in a Europa League match against Dundalk F.C. The Blues won the first match and the result was 6:0. Mladenov scored two of the goals.
On 16 December 2010, Mladenov netted the only goal (right at the end of the first half) for Levski Sofia in the 1:0 home win against Sporting CP in the final UEFA Europa League match of the group phase. However, the team from Sofia had already been eliminated from the competition.
Chernomorets Burgas
editOn 3 August 2012, he signed a 2-year contract with Chernomorets Burgas for free.[1] On 13 December, he was arrested for illegal betting.[2] Three days later he was released from the club.[3] However, he did not face any legal charges.
PFC Montana
editIn February 2013, Montana acquired the services of Mladenov until the end of the 2012/13 A PFG season.[4] At the end of season his contract had expired.
Marek Dupnitsa
editOn 2 June 2013 Mladenov played one match for Marek Dupnitsa in the amateur V Group against Slivnishki geroi and scored a goal.[5]
Cherno More Varna
editOn 5 June 2013 he was signed by Cherno More.[6]
International career
editMladenov earned his first cap for Bulgaria on 7 September 2019, coming on as a late second-half substitute for Galin Ivanov in the 0:4 away loss against England in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier.[7]
Career statistics
edit- Updated 30 May 2012.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Levski Sofia | 2010–11 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | — | 42 | 10 | |
| 2011–12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 2 | ||
| Chernomorets | 2012–13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Montana | 2012–13 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||
| Marek Dupnitsa | 2012–13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cherno More | 2013–14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| Marek Dupnitsa | 2013–14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Trikala | 2014–15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 5 | ||
| Oborishte | 2014–15 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 16 | ||
| Marek Dupnitsa | 2015–16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 6 | ||
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 2015–16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 29 | 13 | |||
| 2017–18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Etar | 2017–18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 1 | 14 | 2 | |
| 2018–19 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 33 | 11 | ||
| 2019–20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 7 | |||
| Career totals | 44 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 61 | 12 | |
References
edit- ^ "научи: Дани Младенов подписа с Черноморец". novsport.com (in Bulgarian). 23 August 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Soccer-Bulgarians held for illegal betting, not match-fixing". yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ "Черноморец се разделя с арестант".
- ^ "Дани Младенов подписа с Монтана, идва от Черноморец". topsport.bg. 3 February 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ "Марек влезе в "Б" група за сметка на отбора на Бойко Борисов". sportal.bg. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ^ "Гонзо взе четирима, освободи Идалго" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
- ^ Dimitrov, Ivaylo (7 September 2019). "Англия – България, на живо". topsport.bg. Retrieved 9 September 2019.