Kosta Yanev

Kosta Yanev
Personal information
Full name	Kosta Georgiev Yanev
Date of birth	27 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Burgas, Bulgaria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	FC Sliven
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2004	Pomorie
2004–2006	Naftex Burgas
2006–2007	Chernomorets Burgas
2008–2009	Sliven
2009–2011	CSKA Sofia
2011	Lokomotiv Sofia
2012	CSKA Sofia
2013	Cherno More
2013–2014	Neftochimic 1986
2014	Spartak Varna
2014–2022	Zagorets
2022–	FC Sliven
International career‡
2008–2009	Bulgaria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:14, 10 October 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 February 2012

Kosta Yanev (Bulgarian: Коста Янев; born 27 April 1983 in Burgas) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Sliven.

He is a defensive midfielder who plays in the holding midfield role or as an attacking midfielder. Despite often being used in a defensive position he is mainly an attacking player. He has been capped for the Bulgarian national team.

Career

Born in Burgas, Yanev started to play football in local club Naftex. In 2004, he was loaned to Pomorie. In 2005, Yanev returned to Naftex Burgas. After that the midfielder played for the other club from Burgas –– Chernomorets.

In January 2008, Yanev signed with OFC Sliven 2000 and five months later joined the club champion of Bulgarian second division. Next season in the top division Kosta left excellent impressions in the football specialists with his good play. In November 2008, the national coach Plamen Markov called Yanev in Bulgaria national football team for a friendly match with Serbia.

On 24 June 2009, Yanev signed a contract for 3 years with CSKA Sofia. On 15 August 2009, he scored his first goal for the "armymen" in the 3–0 home win against Beroe Stara Zagora in a league match.