Stilian Petrov

Stilian Petrov
Stilian Petrov (2011)
Personnel
Surname	Stilijan Aljoschew Petrov
birthday	5th July 1979
place of birth	Montana ,  Bulgaria
size	180 cm
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1995-1997	PFK Montana
1997-1999	CSKA Sofia	38 0(3)
1999-2006	Celtic Glasgow	228 (55)
2006-2013	Aston Villa	185 0(9)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1998-2013	Bulgaria	106 0(8)
1 Only league games are given.

Stilijan Aljoschew Petrow ( Bulgarian Стилиян Альошев Петров ; born July 5, 1979 in Montana ) is a former Bulgarian football player .

Career

He started his career at PFK Montana , for which he played from 1995. Petrov played for CSKA Sofia from 1997 to 1999.

The midfielder was the captain of the Bulgarian national team and since 2006 has also been the captain of his employer Aston Villa. Petrow moved from his home club CSKA Sofia to Celtic Glasgow in the summer of 1999 for the record sum of 4.5 million euros . There he soon advanced to become a regular and eventually a leading player and even team captain. His greatest successes in Glasgow were the Scottish Championships in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2006 as well as the respective Scottish Cup victory in 2001 and 2004. He also won four editions of the Scottish League Cup in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2006.

In August 2006, Petrov moved for a basic transfer fee of six and a half million pounds sterling - which could grow to over eight million if successful - to the English club Aston Villa , where he signed a four-year contract. He succeeded his previous coach Martin O'Neill , who had also been hired for the 2006/07 season in Birmingham .

His greatest international success was his participation with Bulgaria in the 2004 European Football Championship in Portugal .

Stilijan Petrov was made an honorary citizen of his hometown (Montana) in 2006.

illness

After the league game against Arsenal on March 23, 2012, Petrov complained of fever and nausea. Acute leukemia was diagnosed a week later . On May 9, 2013, Petrov announced the end of his career. He was subsequently inducted into the club 's Hall of Fame .

Petrov has now been cured of his illness and trained again with the professional Aston Villa team in preparation for the summer of 2016/17 .

successes

• with Celtic Glasgow
  • Scottish Champion (4): 2001 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006
  • Scottish Cup Winner (3): 2001 , 2004 , 2005
  • Scottish League Cup Winner (3): 2000 , 2001 , 2006

Web links

Commons : Stilijan Petrow  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Stilijan Petrow in the database of weltfussball.de
• Stilijan Petrow in the database of soccerbase.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Стилиян Петров официално стана “почетен гражданин” на Монтана - topsport.ibox.bg, June 15, 2006
2. ↑ Club statement: Stiliyan Petrov ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Statement by Villa club captain Stiliyan Petrov ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Popular Petrov to be added to Villa iconic Hall of Fame ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Petrov enjoys every second of his life , uefa.com, May 5, 2015
6. ↑ Four years after the leukemia diagnosis: Petrov trains with the villa professionals kicker.de June 23, 2016