Radostin Kishishev

Kishishev, born in the Bulgarian city of Burgas, began his career with local sides Chernomorets Burgas and Neftochimic Burgas. He then played as a central midfielder in Turkish side Bursaspor between 1997–98 with another Bulgarian footballer, Kostadin Vidolov. He returned to Bulgaria with Litex Lovech, and won the Bulgarian league title with them in 1998 and 1999. During the 1997-98 A PFG season, he was found to have been ineligible for two of Litex's games - an away fixture against PFC Velbazhd Kyustendil and a home one vs. Levski Sofia - due to not being properly registered following his transfer from Bursaspor, but despite suffering 3-0 default losses, the team from Lovech won their first title.

Charlton Athletic

In the summer of 2000 Kishishev was purchased by newly promoted English Premier League side Charlton Athletic. Initially utilised as a right back, manager Alan Curbishley moved him into the midfield position where Kishishev would establish himself in the team. An almost constant presence throughout most of Charlton's seven-year spell in the Premier League, he had a reputation as a hard worker, a warrior and often topped the team on the distance he ran during games, as shown by the Pro Zone statistics system. Kishishev scored two goals during his time at Charlton, with both coming in the 2002/03 season. He netted in games against West Ham, which made him a local hero, and Everton.

Leeds United loan spell

After Curbishley left The Valley in…

Kishishev was part of the Bulgaria national team that qualified for Euro 96 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup. On 5 September 2009, he scored his first international goal in a World Cup qualifier against Montenegro, tying the scoring in the 4–1 home win.

International goals

Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Kishishev goal.

Between October 2014 and March 2015, Kishishev managed Vereya. In August 2023, he was appointed as operational manager at Botev Plovdiv.

Litex Lovech

Bulgarian A Professional Football Group: 1997–98, 1998–99, 2009–10 Bulgarian Cup: 2009 Brighton & Hove Albion

Football League One: 2010–11