Career
He is central defender. In August 2007, Ascoli Calcio 1898 officially invited Makendzhiev to join the training sessions of their junior team and he went to Italy. In 2008 for four months he played and in junior team of United States.D. Gavorrano.
In June 2008 Makendzhiev returned to Bulgaria and signed his first professional contract with Lokomotiv Mezdra.
In his first season in Lokomotiv, Makendzhiev earned 14 appearances playing in A Group, scored one goal. From 2008 Makendzhiev played for Bulgaria national under-19 football team
He was part of the Bulgarian team that played at the 2008 Union of European Football Associations European Under-19 Football Championship in the Czechoslovakian Republic.