Martin Stoychev
Bulgarian football player (born 2006)
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Martin Plamenov Stoychev (Bulgarian: Мартин Стойчев; born 17 October 2003) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a full back for Botev Vratsa on loan from CSKA Sofia.
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Stoychev in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Martin Plamenov Stoychev | ||
| Date of birth | 17 October 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Dragoman, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Botev Vratsa (on loan from CSKA Sofia) | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2018 | FC Dragoman | ||
| 2018–2023 | Septemvri Sofia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2024 | Septemvri Sofia | 45 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | → Arda Kardzhali (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2024– | CSKA Sofia | 6 | (0) |
| 2025 | CSKA Sofia II | 11 | (0) |
| 2026– | → Botev Vratsa (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2023 | Bulgaria U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2022– | Bulgaria U21 | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:04, 14 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 03:49, 12 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Career
Stoychev began his career in the local FC Dragoman at the age of 11, before moving to Septemvri Sofia academy in 2018. He made his professional debut for the club in 2020 on his 17th birthday, in a league match against Litex Lovech.[2] On 17 October 2022, in a league match against Levski Sofia, he received an injury that ruled him out until end of the season.[3] Ironically, before this, Levski had contacted him and expressed a desire to sign him during the winter break, but the transfer failed.[4] After Septemvri were relegated to the Second League, in July 2023 he signed a year-long loan deal with First League team Arda Kardzhali.[5]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 14 March 2026[6]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other[a] | Total | ||||||||
| Septemvri Sofia | Second League | 2020–21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | |||||
| First League | 2022–23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |||
| Arda Kardzhali (loan) | First League | 2023–24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| CSKA Sofia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025–26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| CSKA Sofia II | Second League | 2024–25 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2025–26 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Botev Vratsa (loan) | First League | 2025–26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 87 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | |||
- Includes Promotion/relegation play-off matches.
