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Yanis Karabelyov
Bulgarian footballer
Yanis Danielov Karabelyov (Bulgarian: Янис Даниелов Карабельов; born 23 January 1996) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bulgarian club Botev Plovdiv and the Bulgarian national team.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yanis Danielov Karabelyov[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botev Plovdiv | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2014 | Slavia Sofia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2020 | Slavia Sofia | 138 | (9) |
| 2017 | → Tsarsko Selo (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Kisvárda | 74 | (3) |
| 2023– | Botev Plovdiv | 29 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Bulgaria U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2014 | Bulgaria U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Bulgaria U21 | 14 | (0) |
| 2019– | Bulgaria | 12 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2023 | |||
Slavia Sofia
Karabelyov joined Slavia Sofia at the age of seven. He made his senior debut for the club on 28 September 2013, replacing Fernando Silva for the final 12 minutes of an A Group match against Levski Sofia at Ovcha Kupel Stadium. On 17 May 2014, Karabelyov scored his first goal in a 2–0 home win over Pirin Gotse Delchev. One year later, he started in the A Group for first time in a 3–1 home loss against Cherno More Varna on 22 May 2015.
Karabelyov began to establish himself in the Slavia first team from the 2015–16 season.
Tsarsko Selo (loan)
On 6 September 2017, he was loaned to Tsarsko Selo until the end of the year,[3] but on 8 January 2018 Slavia shorted his loan and he returned in train with the team.[4]
Kisvárda
On 19 December 2020 he joined the Hungarian team Kisvárda.[5]
Botev Plovdiv
On 1 July 2023 he joined the Bulgarian team Botev Plovdiv.[6]
Karabelyov was called up to the Bulgaria U21 squad in August 2015, aged 19. He made his debut on 9 October 2015 against Armenia U21. In that match, he came as a substitute in the 81st minute, and Bulgaria won the match 2–0.
On 7 March 2016, Karabelyov was called up for the first time to the senior Bulgarian squad for friendly matches against Portugal and against Macedonia.[7]
He made his debut on 7 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Czech Republic, as a 64th-minute substitute for Kristiyan Malinov.[8]
As of 23 September 2022
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
| Slavia Sofia | A Group | 2013–14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2014–15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 2015–16 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | |||||
| First League | 2016–17 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 1 | |||||
| 2018–19 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 3 | |||
| 2019–20 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 4 | |||||
| 2020–21 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Slavia Total | 138 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 9 | |||
| Tsarsko Selo (loan) | Second League | 2017–18 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| Kisvárda | NB I | 2020–21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 2 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Career statistics | 199 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 228 | 13 | |||
- Slavia Sofia
- Bulgarian Cup (1): 2017–18
- "UEFA Nations League 2021: Booking List before League phase Matchday 6" (PDF). UEFA. 16 November 2020. p. 8. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- Yanis Karabelyov at Soccerway
- "Янис Карабельов е преотстъпен в Царско село" (in Bulgarian). pfcslavia.com. 6 September 2017.
- "Ивайло Петев вика Тони Тасев от Пирин в националния" (in Bulgarian). utre.bg. 7 March 2016.
- "Czech Republic v Bulgaria game report". UEFA. 7 June 2019.
- Yanis Karabelyov at FootballDatabase.eu
- Yanis Karabelyov at National-Football-Teams.com