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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yanis Danielov Karabelyov[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Partizan | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2014 | Slavia Sofia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2020 | Slavia Sofia | 138 | (9) |
| 2017 | → Tsarsko Selo (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Kisvárda | 74 | (3) |
| 2023–2025 | Botev Plovdiv | 63 | (5) |
| 2025– | Partizan | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Bulgaria U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2014 | Bulgaria U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Bulgaria U21 | 14 | (0) |
| 2019– | Bulgaria | 12 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2023 | |||
Yanis Danielov Karabelyov (Bulgarian: Янис Даниелов Карабельов; born 23 January 1996) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serbian club Partizan and the Bulgarian national team.[2]
Club career
[edit]Slavia Sofia
[edit]Karabelyov joined Slavia Sofia at the age of seven. He made his senior debut for the club on 28 September 2013, replacing Fernando Silva for the final 12 minutes of an A Group match against Levski Sofia at Ovcha Kupel Stadium. On 17 May 2014, Karabelyov scored his first goal in a 2–0 home win over Pirin Gotse Delchev. One year later, he started in the A Group for first time in a 3–1 home loss against Cherno More Varna on 22 May 2015.
Karabelyov began to establish himself in the Slavia first team from the 2015–16 season.
Tsarsko Selo (loan)
[edit]On 6 September 2017, Karabelyov was loaned to Tsarsko Selo until the end of the year,[3] but on 8 January 2018 Slavia shorted his loan and he returned in train with the team.[4]
Kisvárda
[edit]On 19 December 2020, Karabelyov joined the Hungarian team Kisvárda.[5]
Botev Plovdiv
[edit]On 1 July 2023, Karabelyov joined Botev Plovdiv.[6]
International career
[edit]Karabelyov was called up to the Bulgaria U21 squad in August 2015, aged 19. He made his debut on 9 October 2015 against Armenia U21. In that match, he came as a substitute in the 81st minute, and Bulgaria won the match 2–0.
On 7 March 2016, Karabelyov was called up for the first time to the senior Bulgarian squad for friendly matches against Portugal and against North Macedonia.[7]
He made his debut on 7 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Czech Republic, as a 64th-minute substitute for Kristiyan Malinov.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 18 August 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Slavia Sofia | 2013–14 | A Group | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Bulgarian First League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 1 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 4 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 138 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 9 | ||
| Tsarsko Selo (loan) | 2017–18 | Bulgarian Second League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| Kisvárda | 2020–21 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 2 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 34 | 1 | |||
| Total | 74 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 4 | ||
| Botev Plovdiv | 2023–24 | Bulgarian First League | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 33 | 2 | |||
| Total | 63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 5 | ||
| Partizan | 2025–26 | Serbian SuperLiga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 289 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 326 | 18 | ||
- ^ Includes Bulgarian Cup and Magyar Kupa.
Honours
[edit]Slavia Sofia
Botev Plovdiv
References
[edit]- ^ "UEFA Nations League 2021: Booking List before League phase Matchday 6" (PDF). UEFA. 16 November 2020. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Yanis Karabelyov at Soccerway
- ^ "Янис Карабельов е преотстъпен в Царско село" (in Bulgarian). pfcslavia.com. 6 September 2017.
- ^ Загорчич: Целта пред Славия е финал за Купата
- ^ Славия продаде капитана си
- ^ "Янис Карабельов е футболист на Ботев".
- ^ "Ивайло Петев вика Тони Тасев от Пирин в националния" (in Bulgarian). utre.bg. 7 March 2016.
- ^ "Czech Republic v Bulgaria game report". UEFA. 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Купа на България 2023/24 - статистика Пети кръг (Финал)" (in Bulgarian). bulgarian-football.com. 15 May 2024. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Yanis Karabelyov at National-Football-Teams.com