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He was part of the Bulgarian 2004 European Football Championship team, who exited in the first round, finishing bottom of Group C, having finished top of Qualifying Group 8 in the pre-tournament phase.
He was part of the Bulgarian 2004 European Football Championship team, who exited in the first round, finishing bottom of Group C, having finished top of Qualifying Group 8 in the pre-tournament phase.
In Bulgaria he is also known as Collovati, because of his haircut in the past In the beginning of his career, he played as left-back. He started his professional career with CSKA Sofia in 1995.
The club released him in July 2007 after he criticised manager Amar Osim.
On 12 August 2007, he signed with another Japanese club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He could not help the team to avoid relegation to J2 in the same season.