| Stefan Stanchev | |
| Fullname: | Stefan Nikolaev Stanchev |
| Birth Date: | 26 April 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Smolyan, Bulgaria |
| Height: | [1] |
| Currentclub: | Rodopa Smolyan |
| Clubnumber: | 5 |
| Position: | Right-back / Centre-back |
| Youthclubs1: | Levski Sofia |
| Years1: | 2008–2012 |
| Clubs1: | Levski Sofia |
| Caps1: | 19 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2009 |
| Clubs2: | → Pirin Blagoevgrad (loan) |
| Caps2: | 10 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2012 |
| Clubs3: | Botev Plovdiv |
| Caps3: | 8 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2013 |
| Clubs4: | Minyor Pernik |
| Caps4: | 14 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2013–2021 |
| Clubs5: | Cherno More |
| Caps5: | 151 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2021– |
| Clubs6: | Rodopa Smolyan |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 20 September 2020 |
Stefan Stanchev (Bulgarian: Стефан Станчев; born 26 April 1989) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Rodopa Smolyan.
Stanchev comes directly from Levski Sofia's youth academy. After the establishment of the second team of Levski, he became a part of the new-formed PFC Levski Sofia B. During the first season of the Doubles League, Levski became a champion.
Stanchev made his official debut for Levski's senior team at 13 June 2009 in a match against Pirin Blagoevgrad. The result of the match was 1:1 with a guest draw for Levski.
On 7 January 2010, Stanchev started training with Levski again. On 20 March 2010, he was in the starting line-up for Levski and played the full 90 minutes, earning praise for his performance in the 3:0 home win against Slavia Sofia. On 27 March 2010, he played in his first Eternal Derby against CSKA Sofia, but was withdrawn in the 39th minute after sustaining an injury.[2]
On 2 August 2009, Stanchev was loaned out for one year to Pirin Blagoevgrad together with his team-mate Ivan Tsachev. However, after half a season, Stanchev returned to Levski. For Pirin he earned 10 appearances, playing in the A PFG.
On 28 June 2012, he signed a contract with Botev Plovdiv for 1+1 years.His first appearance in an official match came on 11 August 2012, in the 3:0 home win over Slavia Sofia. Stanchev had difficulties securing a starting spot for himself. In January he was released.
On 5 June 2013, Stanchev signed with Cherno More Varna.[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Levski Sofia | 2008–09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 2009–10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| Levski Sofia | 2009–10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Botev Plovdiv | 2012–13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| Minyor Pernik | 2012–13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | ||
| Cherno More | 2013–14 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| Career totals | 158 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 176 | 1 | ||