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(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chernomorets Burgas | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| 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– | Chernomorets Burgas | 0 | (0) |
| 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 1 July 2025 ‡ 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 Chernomorets Burgas.
Career
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]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 22 February 2025
| 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[a] | Total | ||||||||
| Slavia Sofia | A Group | 2015–16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| First League | 2016–17 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | ||||
| Slavia Sofia (loan) | 2019–20 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 1[c] | 0 | 23 | 4 | |||
| Slavia Sofia | 2020–21 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 34 | 7 | |||
| 2021–22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 107 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 126 | 17 | |||
| Bologna | Serie A | 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| CSKA Sofia | First League | 2021–22 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Beroe (loan) | First League | 2022–23 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 2023–24 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||||
| Hebar | 2024–25 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
| CSKA 1948 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| CSKA 1948 II | Second League | 2024–25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 190 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 222 | 21 | |||
- ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
- ^ Relegation Play-offs
- ^ European_play-offs
References
- ^ "Профил на Калоян Ивайлов Кръстев" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Славия" се разигра за 3:0 срещу "Локомотив", Камбуров беше изгонен куриозно
- ^ Славия подписа с трима от героите на България
- ^ Феноменален обрат остави Славия в борбата за Европа, герой на България с първи гол
- ^ "Bologna sign Krastev". football-italia.net. 24 January 2018.
- ^ "ЦСКА прати двама футболисти под наем в Берое". topsport.bg. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ Съставът на България (U19) за Елитния кръг във Франция
- ^ Юношите напомниха за "Парк де Пренс" със звучен успех над Франция по пътя към Евро 2017
- ^ Футболът ни възкръсна! 19-годишните лъвове "изядоха" всички, България с нов грандиозен успех
- ^ "Italy v Bulgaria game report". FIFA. 2 September 2021.
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