Martin Kostadinov

Martin Kostadinov
Kostadinov playing for Fratria in 2024.
Personal information
Full name Martin Rosenov Kostadinov
Date of birth (1996-05-13) 13 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Varna, Bulgaria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back / Winger
Team information
Current team
 Fratria
Number 17
Youth career
2007–2015 Cherno More
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Cherno More 51 (1)
2019 → Dunav Ruse (loan) 16 (0)
2020–2022 Arda 20 (0)
2020 → Botev Vratsa (loan) 7 (0)
2021 → Botev Vratsa (loan) 3 (0)
2022–2023 Dunav Ruse 16 (1)
2023– Fratria 34 (2)
International career‡
2014 Bulgaria U19 2 (0)
2017–2018 Bulgaria U21 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:54, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Martin Kostadinov (Bulgarian: Мартин Костадинов; born 13 May 1996[2]) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Fratria.[3]

Career

In January 2014, Kostadinov was included in Cherno More's 25-man squad for their training camp in Turkey.[4] Martin made his full first team début in a 4-0 away win against Lyubimets on 9 March 2014, playing as left back for 60 minutes. On 27 October 2015, he scored his first goal for the club in a 5–0 away win over Vihar Stroevo in the Bulgarian Cup.[5] Kostadinov was used sparingly in the next two years following his début, but made significant progress during the 2016–17 season when he was named in the starting XI for 12 matches. Martin won the Man of the match award in the final two league fixtures, a 1–3 home defeat by Ludogorets Razgrad on 28 May 2017[6] and a 2–2 away draw against Levski Sofia on 31 May 2017,[7] when he scored his first league goal.[8]

Kostadinov started the 2017–18 season as first team regular, playing as left back. He won two consecutive Man of the match awards in the early rounds, a 1–0 home win over Dunav Ruse on 28 July,[9] followed by a 1–1 away draw against Pirin Blagoevgrad on 4 August.[10]

Kostadinov joined Arda Kardzhali in January 2020.[11]

In August 2023 he moved to the newly promoted to Third League team Fratria.[12]

International career

Martin was included in the Bulgaria U21 squad for the friendly against Macedonia U21 on 28 March 2017.[13] He made his debut for the team, coming on as substitute for Georgi Yomov in the second half.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 December 2024
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
Cherno More First League 2013–14 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
2014–15 1 0 1 0 – – 2 0
2015–16 1 0 1 1 0 0 – 2 1
2016–17 14 1 1 0 – – 15 1
2017–18 18 0 1 0 – – 19 0
2018–19 15 0 0 0 – – 15 0
Total 51 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 55 2
Dunav Ruse (loan) First League 2019–20 16 0 0 0 – – 16 0
Arda First League 2019–20 6 0 0 0 – – 6 0
2020–21 10 0 1 0 0 0 – 11 0
2021–22 4 0 0 0 0 0 – 4 0
Total 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Botev Vratsa (loan) First League 2020–21 7 0 2 0 – – 9 0
2021–22 3 0 0 0 – – 3 0
Total 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Dunav Ruse Second League 2022–23 16 1 0 0 – – 16 1
Fratria Third League 2023–24 20 2 0 0 – – 20 2
Second League 2024–25 14 0 1 0 – 0 0 15 0
Total 34 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 35 2
Career statistics 147 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 155 4

References

  1. ^ "Състав на "Черно море" за сезон 2016/2017" (in Bulgarian). Cherno More official website. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Новата смяна в Черно море" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 28 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Martin Kostadinov Facts". footballdatabase.eu.
  4. ^ "25-има моряци пътуват за Алания" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 25 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Vihar Stroevo vs. Cherno More 0–5". soccerway.com. 27 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Черно море–Лудогорец, 28 май 2017, 21:00 - Играч на мача" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 28 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Левски–Черно море, 31 май 2017, 20:00 - Играч на мача" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 31 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Levski Sofia vs. Cherno More 2–2". soccerway.com. 31 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Черно море–Дунав, 28 юли 2017, 18:15 - Играч на мача" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 28 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Пирин–Черно море, 4 август 2017, 21:00 - Играч на мача" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 4 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Арда привлече Мартин Костадинов". topsport.bg (in Bulgarian). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  12. ^ Фратрия с нова трансферна “бомба”, привлече и Марти Костадинов
  13. ^ "Съставът на България U21 за контролата с Македония U21" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  14. ^ "България U21 отстъпи на Македония U21 с 0:1 в контрола" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 28 March 2017.


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