Vladislav Stoyanov

Early career

Born in Pernik, Stoyanov began his career with the local club Metalurg, but joined the CSKA Sofia Academy in 2000, when he was 13. Stoyanov played four seasons for CSKA, but before he signed his first professional contract with the club, he decided to join Naftex Burgas.

Naftex Burgas

Stoyanov started his first 2005–06 season in the senior squad as third-choice goalkeeper, behind Svilen Simeonov and Ivan Čvorović. He kept a clean sheet in his league debut in a 1–0 victory over Cherno More Varna on 15 October 2005.

Chernomorets Burgas

In June 2006 Stoyanov joined Chernomorets Burgas in the East B PFG. He made his debut on 19 August, in a 1–1 home draw against Nesebar. After Chernomorets's promotion to the A PFG, he became a first-choice goalkeeper for the 2007–08 season. He earned 28 appearances and kept ten clean sheets during the season. In July 2008, Dinamo Kyiv officially invited Stoyanov to join the training sessions for a week. He was the first choice goalkeeper for the team from Burgas during most of the 2008–09 season, but lost his place after the arrival of Pascal Borel.

Sheriff Tiraspol

In January 2010 Stoyanov signed for Sheriff Tiraspol. He made his Moldovan National Division debut on 7 March, in a 2–0 home win against Tiraspol. Stoyanov started his time with Sheriff great, keeping clean sheets in his first nine matches. On 4 August 2010, he saved three penalty shootout, in an eventual 6–5 win after penalty…

Stoyanov earned his first call-up to the Bulgarian squad in 2010 while at Sheriff Tiraspol. On 12 October, he made his international debut in a friendly match against Saudi Arabia, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 victory. On 25 March 2016, Stoyanov made close to a dozen important saves, including one penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo, to help Bulgaria secure an unexpected 1–0 away win in a friendly game against Portugal. It was Bulgaria's first win against the Portuguese since December 1981, when they beat them 5–2 in Haskovo. It was also Stoyanov's second career penalty save against Cristiano Ronaldo.

Club

As of 24 December 2020

International

As of match played 6 September 2016.

Club

Sheriff Tiraspol

Divizia Naţională (2): 2009–10, 2011–12 Moldovan Cup: 2009–10 Ludogorets

Bulgarian First Professional League (6): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020-21 Bulgarian Cup: 2013–14 Bulgarian Supercup: 2014

Individual

Moldovan National Division Goalkeeper of the Year: 2010 A Group Goalkeeper of the season: 2012–13, 2013–14 Best XI Goalkeeper in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage Bulgarian Footballer of the Year: 2014 Lionheart Award Trifon Ivanov: 2019