Yordan Hristov

Early career

Hristov started to play football in FC Plovdiv 95 in his home town Plovdiv. His first coaches were Stefan Tahchiev and Petar Dafchev and in 1999 the team won the silver medals in the National Children Football League in Sofia. Then in 2002 he joined Maritsa Plovdiv and had an important role there from 2005 to 2007. In 2007 his former coach brought him to Spartak Plovdiv and after some strong performances he became captain of the team.

Botev Plovdiv

2011–12 season

After Spartak voluntarily relegated in Bulgaria's third division in 2011 he signed with Botev Plovdiv and became momentous part of the team scoring the crucial goals in the 1/16 final and 1/8 final cup matches against Botev Vratsa and Chernomorets Burgas. During this season Hristov played as a midfielder.

2012–13

Hristov was among the few player which were not released by the club after the promotion to A Grupa. The new manager of Botev Plovdiv Ferario Spasov changed his position and started using him as a right-back. Yordan made a debut in A Grupa on 26 August 2012 during the 2–0 win against Chernomorets Burgas. He initially became substitute for Stefan Stanchev but gradually established himself as a regular member of the starting lineup.

2013–14

During season 2013–14 Stanimir Stoilov used Hristov only as a right-back. His good performance in Europa League and A Grupa caught the attention of the Bulgaria head coach Lyuboslav Penev and he earned his…

After some impressing performances during the 2012–13 season Bulgaria head coach Lyuboslav Penev called Hristov for the friendly games against Japan and Kazakhstan on 30 May and 5 June 2013. He made his debut on 30 May against Japan when he came as a substitution for Stanislav Manolev in the 79th minute.

Club

Botev Plovdiv

Bulgarian Cup runner-up: 2014 Bulgarian Supercup runner-up: 2014