Name Blagoy Makendzhiev Date joined 2013 Years Team Weight 67 kg | Number 22 Height 1.84 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Full name Blagoy Georgiev Makendzhiev Date of birth (1988-07-11) 11 July 1988 (age 27) Similar People Atanas Zehirov, Junior Mapuku, Ilko Pirgov, Ivan Karadzhov | ||
Blagoy Makendzhiev
Blagoy Georgiev Makendzhiev (Bulgarian: Благой Георгиев Макенджиев; born 11 July 1988 in Petrich) is a Bulgarian footballer, who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Pirin Blagoevgrad.
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Career
Makendzhiev began his professional career in 2005-2006 season at Pirin Blagoevgrad. He made his competitive debut on 9 November 2005 in a match against Lokomotiv Sofia. In the next two seasons he played in only 4 games. During the 2009-10 season, he gradually established himself as the first choice goalkeeper for Pirin. In December 2010 Makendzhiev signed a contract for three years with CSKA Sofia. On 18 May 2011 he made his official debut for CSKA in a home draw 2–2 against his former club Pirin Blagoevgrad. In 2011-12 season he spend most of the time on the bench, earning only one league appearance, coming as a substitute when Raïs M'Bolhi received a red card in away win 0–2 against Litex Lovech. After the managerial departure of Stoycho Mladenov from CSKA, Miodrag Ješić was appointed as head coach. Blagoy was not part of the plans of the new manager. In January 2013 he was released by the club. In June 2013 he signed with Beroe Stara Zagora for free. He quickly established as first choice goalkeeper, having initially served as an understudy to Ivan Karadzhov. In February 2017, Makendzhiev joined his hometown club Pirin Blagoevgrad.
International career
On 27 January 2015, Makendzhiev received his first call-up to the Bulgaria national team for the Friendly game against Romania on 7 February 2015 in Antalya from Ivaylo Petev. He played over the course of the entire second half, keeping a clean sheet in the non-official friendly match that ended with a score of 0:0. He was named as part of Bulgaria's 2016 Kirin Cup squad.
Career statistics
As of 21 September 2017