Kaloyan Krastev
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kaloyan Ivaylov Krastev | ||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Belasitsa Petrich | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2010 | CSKA Sofia | ||
| 2010–2016 | Slavia Sofia | ||
| 2018–2019 | Bologna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Slavia Sofia | 53 | (3) |
| 2018–2020 | Bologna | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Slavia Sofia (loan) | 21 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | Slavia Sofia | 34 | (5) |
| 2021–2023 | CSKA Sofia | 22 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Beroe (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 29 | (1) |
| 2024 | Hebar | 15 | (1) |
| 2025 | CSKA 1948 II | 11 | (2) |
| 2025–2026 | Chernomorets Burgas | 13 | (2) |
| 2026– | Belasitsa Petrich | 2 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Bulgaria U17 | 5 | (1) |
| 2017 | Bulgaria U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Bulgaria U19 | 15 | (8) |
| 2017–2020 | Bulgaria U21 | 20 | (2) |
| 2021 | Bulgaria | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 October 2020 | |||
Kaloyan Krastev (Bulgarian: Калоян Кръстев; born 24 January 1999) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Belasitsa Petrich.
Slavia Sofia
Krastev made his senior debut for Slavia on 7 December 2015, coming on as a substitute for Daudet N'Dongala in a 3–0 win against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[2]
On 3 April 2017 he signed a professional contract with the team until 31 July 2020.[3]
He scored his debut goal for the team in the league on 15 April 2017 in a match against Montana, won by Slavia with 4:3.[4]
Bologna
On 24 January 2018, Krastev signed a 4-year contract with the Serie A team Bologna with the transfer fee reported to be a 1.5 million euro.[5]
Bеroe
After seeing limited action with CSKA Sofia, in September 2022 Krastev was loaned out to Beroe.[6]
International career
Youth levels
Krastev was called up for the Bulgaria U19 team for the 2017 European Under-19 Championship qualification from 22 to 27 March 2017.[7] He scored the first goal in the match against France U19 which was won by Bulgaria 2–1.[8] He became a hero for the team in the next match against Bosnia and Herzegovina U19, scoring 2 goals for the 3–1 win and qualifying Bulgaria for the knockout phase.[9]
Senior
He made his debut for Bulgaria national football team on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Italy that ended in a 1–1 away draw. He substituted the goal-scorer Atanas Iliev in the 79th minute.[10]
