Playing position Role Footballer Number 23 Height 1.77 m | Years Team Weight 73 kg Name Hristo Zlatinski Career start 2001 | |
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Full name Hristo Evtimov Zlatinski Date of birth (1985-01-22) 22 January 1985 (age 30) Place of birth Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria Current teams Bulgaria national football team (Midfielder), CS Universitatea Craiova (#23 / Midfielder) | ||
Hristo zlatinski
Hristo Evtimov Zlatinski (Bulgarian: Христо Евтимов Златински; born 22 January 1985 in Gotse Delchev) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Romanian club Universitatea Craiova.
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Career
Zlatinski started his career in his home town Blagoevgrad in the local team Pirin. In 2005, he joined Lokomotiv Plovdiv. For two years in Plovdiv he played in 46 matches and scored 4 goals. In this period Zlatinski played also for the Bulgaria national under-21 football team. In June 2007 he signed for three years with Lokomotiv Sofia. In 2010 Zlatinski returned to Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
At 18 June 2013, he joined Bulgarian champion Ludogorets Razgrad. During the 2013/2014 UEFA Europa League, he scored two goals with long-distance efforts - in the 1:0 win over Chernomorets Odessa and on 27 February 2014, in the 3:3 draw with S.S. Lazio. He became 3rd captain of the side and one of the leaders in the changing room. For entire season Zlatinski scored 12 goals in all competitions.
International career
Zlatinski received his first call-up to the senior team in Mihail Madanski's first game in charge of Bulgaria in October 2011. On 7 October he made his Bulgaria debut in a 3–0 friendly loss against Ukraine.
Personal life
He is married to Vanya. They have two children - a daughter named Elia and a younger son Christian.