Yasen Petrov

Yasen Petrov Petrov (Bulgarian: Ясен Петров Петров; born 23 June 1968) is a Bulgarian former football player. His nickname is Giannini from Plovdiv.

Yasen Petrov

Personal information
Full name	Yasen Petrov
Date of birth	(1968-06-23) 23 June 1968 (age 57)
Place of birth	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1991	Botev Plovdiv	27	(11)
1991–1992	Levski Sofia	26	(1)
1992–1994	Botev Plovdiv	37	(10)
1994–1997	Lokomotiv Sofia	58	(12)
1997	Wuhan Yaqi	11	(3)
1998	Jiangsu Sainty	14	(4)
1998–1999	Lokomotiv Sofia	16	(0)
1999	Alki Larnaca	12	(4)
2000	Slavia Sofia	11	(0)
2000	SV Meppen	6	(0)
2001	Tennis Borussia Berlin	10	(0)
2001	Chengdu Wuniu	4	(1)
Total		305	(73)
International career
1993	Bulgaria	3	(0)
Managerial career
2002–2004	Lokomotiv Sofia
2004–2006	Botev Plovdiv
2006–2007	Cherno More Varna
2007–2008	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2008	Naftex Burgas
2010–2011	Levski Sofia
2013	Botev Vratsa
2014–2016	Shijiazhuang Yongchang
2017	Beijing Enterprises
2017	Henan Jianye
2018–2019	Shijiazhuang Yongchang
2021–2022	Bulgaria
2023–2025	Qingdao Hainiu
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Petrov played for the PFC Botev Plovdiv, PFC Levski Sofia, PFC Slavia Sofia and PFC Lokomotiv Sofia. He also played for the Bulgaria national team.^[1]

Manager

He has managed PFC Lokomotiv Sofia, PFC Botev Plovdiv, and PFC Cherno More Varna. His most famous achievement as a coach is his debut for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, beating his old team and eternal city rivals Botev Plovdiv 4–0.

Levski Sofia

On 20 May 2010, Yasen Petrov was presented as a new head coach of Levski Sofia.^[2] He started great after a win in the Eternal Derby. Then after series of good matches, Levski qualified for UEFA Europa League after eliminating Dundalk F.C., Kalmar FF and AIK Fotboll. Levski was drawn in Group C, facing Gent, Lille and Sporting CP. At the end of the season, Levski Sofia finished 2nd and Petrov was released from the club.

Managing career abroad

Petrov has also worked as manager of teams in China.

Bulgaria

In January 2021, Petrov was appointed as manager of Bulgaria.^[3] His first match in charge of the team was a March 2021 World Cup qualifier against Switzerland, which Bulgaria lost by a score of 1:3.^[4] On 5 June 2022, Petrov resigned after a 2:5 loss against Georgia in a Nations League match.^[5]

Awards

• As a player
  • Bulgarian Cup (2): 1992, 1995
• As a manager

Cherno More Varna:

• Bulgarian Cup:
  • (Runner-up): 2006

Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C.:

• China League One:
  • (Runner-up): 2014

Managerial Statistics

As of Match played 3 November 2024

Team	Nat.	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
Lokomotiv Sofia		1 November 2002	15 August 2004	29	8	6	15	027.59	36	49	-13
Botev Plovdiv		30 August 2004	27 November 2005	12	2	4	6	016.67	10	22	-12
Cherno More Varna		13 March 2006	30 June 2007	39	20	6	13	051.28	53	42	11
Lokomotiv Plodiv		24 September 2007	14 March 2008	14	7	2	5	050.00	18	9	9
Levski Sofia		1 July 2010	28 May 2011	45	31	6	8	068.89	95	44	51
Levski Sofia		7 April 2012	30 May 2012	7	5	1	1	071.43	24	7	17
Botev Vratsa		1 July 2013	23 September 2013	7	2	3	2	028.57	8	8	0
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright		12 December 2013	14 July 2016	68	24	22	22	035.29	80	79	1
Beijing Enterprises		30 December 2016	23 April 2017	7	0	1	6	000.00	4	16	-12
Henan Jianye		13 June 2017	28 September 2017	15	5	4	6	033.33	18	22	-4
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright		8 September 2018	19 July 2019	27	13	3	11	048.15	54	39	15
Bulgaria		14 January 2021	5 June 2022	17	3	5	9	017.65	17	31	-14
Qingdao Hainiu		25 December 2023	17 January 2025	32	9	5	18	028.13	33	60	-27
Total				319	129	68	122	040.44	450	428	+22