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{{Short description|Bulgarian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hristo Yovov
| image = Hristo Yovov.jpg
| upright = 
| caption = 
| full_name = Hristo Georgiev Yovov
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|11|4}}
| birth_place = [[Svoge]], Bulgaria
| height = 1.82 m
| position = [[Attacking midfielder]] 
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1995–1997
| clubs1 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]
| caps1 = 56
| goals1 = 19
| years2 = 1998–1999
| clubs2 = [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]
| caps2 = 9
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1999
| clubs3 = → [[PFC Lokomotiv Sofia|Lokomotiv Sofia]] (loan)
| caps3 = 12
| goals3 = 6
| years4 = 2000–2004
| clubs4 = [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]]
| caps4 = 96
| goals4 = 47
| years5 = 2004–2007
| clubs5 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]
| caps5 = 63
| goals5 = 22
| years6 = 2008
| clubs6 = [[Aris Limassol F.C.|Aris Limassol]]
| caps6 = 14
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2008
| clubs7 = [[Apollon Limassol]]
| caps7 = 7
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2009–2013
| clubs8 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]
| caps8 = 96
| goals8 = 32
| totalcaps = 353
| totalgoals = 130
| nationalyears1 = 1998–2007
| nationalteam1 = [[Bulgarian national football team|Bulgaria]]
| nationalcaps1 = 29
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| manageryears1 = 2012–2013
| managerclubs1 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2013
| managerclubs2 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] (sports-technical director)
}}

'''Hristo Georgiev Yovov''' ({{langx|bg|Христо Георгиев Йовов}}; born 4 November 1977) is a Bulgarian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as an [[attacking midfielder]]. He spent all of his club career in his native Bulgaria with the exception of his three shorter stays abroad with German club [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]] and Cypriot sides [[Aris Limassol F.C.|Aris Limassol]] and [[Apollon Limassol]]. He made 29 appearances scoring 5 goals for the [[Bulgarian national football team|Bulgaria national team]] between 1998 and 2007.

Yovov started his career with [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]. In 1998, he moved to [[Bundesliga]] club 1860 Munich. After playing little in one season and a half, he returned to Bulgaria joining [[PFC Lokomotiv Sofia|Lokomotiv Sofia]] on loan for the second half of the 1998–99 season. He signed with [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]] where he scored 47 goals in 96 matches over four-and-a-half seasons. Halfway through the 2004–05 season he began a second, three-year stint at Levski Sofia. He spent the second half of the 2007–08 season and the first half of the 2008–09 seasons in Cyprus, with Aris Limassol and Apollon Limassol. In 2009 he returned to Levski Sofia once more playing three-and-a-half seasons before retiring in summer 2013.

==Career==

===Early career===
During the 1994–95 season, before his 18th birthday, Yovov made his senior debut for [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]. His first match for Levski in European tournament competitions was on 22 August 1995, in the 1–1 draw (after [[extra time]]) against Romanian team [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]] in a [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] match. He scored 19 goals in 56 matches, before he moved to [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]] in January 1998. Yovov spent most of his time with the German side on the substitutes' bench, making for the year only nine [[Bundesliga]] appearances in the [[1997–98 Bundesliga|1997–98 season]]. He made his debut in a 3–0 defeat to [[F.C. Hansa Rostock|Hansa Rostock]] on 31 January 1998, coming on as a 59th-minute substitute for [[Horst Heldt]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefinalball.com/jogo.php?id=130991|publisher=footballzz.com|title=Hansa Rostock 3-0 1860 München | date = 31 January 1998| accessdate = 10 March 2013}}</ref> and scored his first – and only – goal for 1860 in a 5–1 away win over [[1. FC Nürnberg]] on 3 October 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefinalball.com/jogo.php?id=130531|publisher=footballzz.com|title=1. FC Nuremberg 1-5 1860 München | date = 3 October 1998| accessdate = 10 March 2013}}</ref>

In January 1999, Yovov joined [[PFC Lokomotiv Sofia|Lokomotiv Sofia]] on loan and quickly became part of the main team. He made his league debut for Lokomotiv against [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]] on 26 February 1999, in a 1–0 home win. He scored his first competitive goal in a Lokomotiv shirt against [[PFC Minyor Pernik|Minyor Pernik]] on 6 March in a 5–1 away win.

===Litex Lovech===
In January 2000, Yovov joined Litex Lovech. On 4 March, he made his league debut in a 4–1 home win against [[PFC Dobrudzha Dobrich|Dobrudzha Dobrich]]. Two weeks later, Yovov scored his first goal for Litex in a 1–1 draw against [[FC Pirin Blagoevgrad|Pirin Blagoevgrad]]. He scored 9 goals in 12 games for Litex in his first season.

In the following 2000–01 season, Yovov formed an impressive partnership with [[Zoran Janković (footballer)|Zoran Janković]], contributing 20 goals in all competitions. Litex won the [[Bulgarian Cup]], with he scoring three goals in the tournament.

On 15 August 2002, Yovov scored his first-ever [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] goals, scoring twice in a 5–0 home win over [[FK Atlantas|Atlantas]] in their qualifying round first leg tie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/025a-0eaafdaac1aa-1644192cb622-1000--five-star-litex-sink-atlantas/|publisher=[[UEFA]]|title=Five-star Litex sink Atlantas | access-date = 10 March 2013 | date = 15 August 2002}}</ref>

===Levski Sofia===
On 2 December 2005, Yovov scored a brilliant winning goal in a 1–0 home win over [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]], after which he was called "The Jeweler" by fans and journalists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01b0-0ea82e7df69a-74daed75b65a-1000--yovov-sends-levski-through/|publisher=[[UEFA]]|title=Yovov sends Levski through | access-date = 10 March 2013 | date = 2 December 2005}}</ref> With Levski, he reached quarter-finals of UEFA Cup in [[2005–06 UEFA Cup|2005–06]]. The next season, Levski reached the group-stage of [[2006–07 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]], becoming the first Bulgarian team to do so.

===Aris Limassol===
On 4 January 2008, Yovov joined Cypriot club [[Aris Limassol F.C.|Aris Limassol]] for a transfer fee of around €100,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pfclevski.eu/main.php?page=news&id=963|publisher=pfclevski.eu|title=Yovov Signs with Aris Limassol|date=4 January 2008|accessdate=10 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229032637/http://www.pfclevski.eu/main.php?page=news&id=963|archive-date=29 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was transferred because he no longer featured in the coach's plans. Yovov made his [[Cypriot First Division]] debut for Aris in a 1–0 home loss against [[Ethnikos Achna FC|Ethnikos Achna]] on 12 January, coming on as a 17th-minute substitute for [[Laurențiu Diniță]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gong.bg/view_article.php?article_id=33106|publisher=gong.bg|title=Йовов дебютира за Арис със загуба|date=12 January 2008|language=Bulgarian|accessdate=10 March 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115150656/http://gong.bg/view_article.php?article_id=33106|archivedate=15 January 2008}}</ref> He played 14 games for the club, scoring once in a 2–1 home win over [[Enosis Neon Paralimni FC|Enosis Neon Paralimni]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gong.bg/view_article.php?article_id=38130|publisher=gong.bg|title=Христо Йовов с първи гол за Арис|date=1 March 2008|language=Bulgarian|accessdate=10 March 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608142032/http://gong.bg/view_article.php?article_id=38130|archivedate=8 June 2008}}</ref> but Aris were relegated at the end of the season and his contract was terminated by mutual consent.

===Apollon Limassol===
On 3 June 2008, Yovov signed a two-year contract with [[Apollon Limassol]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2008-06-02&article=23994|publisher=standartnews.com|title=Hristo Yovov Prefers Cyprus to FC Levski|date=2 June 2008|accessdate=10 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201355/http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2008-06-02&article=23994|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and scored his first goal in a 2–1 home loss against [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]] on 23 November 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.btv.bg/sport/story/121801 |publisher=btv.bg |title=Христо Йовов се разписа за Аполон при загуба от Анортозис |date=23 November 2008 |language=Bulgarian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406201850/http://www.btv.bg/sport/story/121801 |archivedate=6 April 2012 }}</ref>

===Return to Levski Sofia===
On 2 February 2009, he officially joinеd Levski Sofia, taking the number 10 shirt. He made his second debut for Levski came on 4 March in a 2–0 win over [[FC Vihren Sandanski|Vihren Sandanski]].

Yovov holds the record of the fastest goal ever scored in [[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|A PFG]], scoring in the 19th second of the match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

Yovov became a [[Bulgarian A Professional Football Group#Champions|Champion of Bulgaria]] in 2009. On 21 July 2009, Yovov opened his goal account for the new 2009–10 season in the second match of the second qualifying round of the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]], where Levski beat [[UE Sant Julià|Sant Julià]] away, 5–0. On 18 December 2009, Yovov scored the winning goal in a game against [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]] in a [[2009–10 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]] match.

In the 2009–10 season, Levski achieved qualification for the [[2010–11 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]] by finishing third in the final league table. During the season, Yovov finished as topscorer for Levski with 13 goals in all competitions.

Levski started the 2010–11 season with a match against [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] in a second qualifying round for [[2010–11 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]]. Levski won the first match and the result was 6–0, with Yovov scoring in the 11th minute, Levski's first goal.

During the 2011–12 season, Yovov continued to be first choice for Levski, managing 8 goals in 23 A PFG appearances, but was [[sent off]] on two occasions – on 15 March 2012, in a [[Bulgarian Cup]] match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv, and on 2 April in a championship game against [[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/hristo-yovov/68511/|publisher=soccerway.com|title=Hristo Yovov match log|accessdate=15 May 2012}}</ref>

On 19 July 2012, Yovov played for Levski in the 1–0 home win over [[FK Sarajevo]] in a Europa League match and thus became the player with the most appearances for Bulgarian teams in European competitions, surpassing the record set by former Levski teammate [[Elin Topuzakov]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stigabe.com/index.php?t=77534/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204092219/http://stigabe.com/index.php?t=77534/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 February 2013|publisher=stigabe.com|title=Йовов стана играчът с най-много участия за български отбори в евротурнирите|accessdate=30 October 2012|language=Bulgarian}}</ref> Yovov has participated in 66 matches for Bulgarian teams in European club tournaments (50 with Levski and 16 with Litex Lovech).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://football24.bg/novina/82628-jovov-schupi-nov-rekord/www.slivnishki-geroi.com|publisher=football24.bg|title=Йовов счупи нов рекорд|accessdate=30 October 2012|language=Bulgarian|date=20 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116020302/http://football24.bg/novina/82628-jovov-schupi-nov-rekord/www.slivnishki-geroi.com|archive-date=16 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> His milestone was itself eclipsed on 4 October 2018 when both [[Svetoslav Dyakov]] and [[Cosmin Moți]] played in Ludogorets' 0:1 away loss against [[FC Zürich]] in the [[2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage|group stage of the UEFA Europa League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dariknews.bg/regioni/razgrad/ludogorec-zagubi-v-ciurih-s-gol-v-kraia-na-macha-2123763|publisher=dariknews.bg|title="Лудогорец" загуби в Цюрих с гол в края на мача |accessdate=11 October 2018|language=Bulgarian|date=4 October 2018}}</ref> On 6 May 2013, in the 2–1 home win over Minyor Pernik, Yovov made his 300th A PFG appearance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://topsport.ibox.bg/material/id_797313862|publisher=topsport.bg|title=Левски" продължава да мечтае след уникална драма с "Миньор", вездесъщ холандец носи нов успех на "сините"|accessdate=6 May 2013|language=Bulgarian | date = 6 May 2013}}</ref>

===International career===
Yovov earned his first cap for the [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria national team]] on 10 March 1998, in the 2–0 away loss against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in a [[friendly match]], coming on as a late second half substitute for [[Marian Hristov]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=24364|publisher=eu-football.info|title=Match log for Hristo Yovov|accessdate=24 October 2020|language=English | date = }}</ref>

==Political career==
During the 2011 local elections in Bulgaria, Yovov was a mayoral candidate for his home town of [[Svoge]], finishing in third place after the first election round.<ref>[http://results.cik.bg/tur1/mestni/2343.html ЦИК - Резултати за община Своге] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406051646/http://results.cik.bg/tur1/mestni/2343.html |date=6 April 2015 }}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[UEFA]]|title=Hristo Yovov UEFA Career Statistics|url=http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=29440/profile/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116020302/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=29440/profile/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 2016|access-date = 10 March 2013}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cups
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]
|[[1994–95 A Group|1994–95]]<ref name="levski">{{cite web|publisher=levskisofia.info|title=Hristo Yovov Career Stats|url=http://levskisofia.info/players.php?player=10495|accessdate = 10 March 2013|language=Bulgarian}}</ref>
|[[A Group]]
|0||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
|[[1995–96 A Group|1995–96]]<ref name="levski"/>
|A Group
|25||10||6||1||3||0||colspan="2"|–||33||11
|-
|[[1996–97 A Group|1996–97]]<ref name="levski"/>
|A Group
|21||6||7||3||0||0||colspan="2"|–||28||9
|-
|[[1997–98 A Group|1997–98]]<ref name="levski"/>
|A Group
|11||3||3||1||2||0||colspan="2"|–||16||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!56!!19!!17!!5!!5!!0!!0!!0!!78!!24
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]
|[[1997–98 Bundesliga|1997–98]]<ref name="wf">{{cite web |title=Hristo Yovov » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/hristo-yovov/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |accessdate=4 May 2020}}</ref>
|[[Bundesliga]]
|5||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0
|-
|[[1998–99 Bundesliga|1998–99]]<ref name="wf"/>
|Bundesliga
|4||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!9!!1!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!11!!1
|-
|[[PFC Lokomotiv Sofia|Lokomotiv Sofia]] (loan)
|[[1998–99 A Group|1998–99]]
|A Group
|12||6||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15||6
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]]
|[[1999–2000 A Group|1999–2000]]<ref name="nft">{{NFT|10171}}</ref><ref name="wf"/>
|A Group
|12||9||||||0||0||||||12||9
|-
|[[2000–01 A Group|2000–01]]<ref name="nft"/><ref name="wf"/>
|A Group
|20||17||||||0||0||||||20||17
|-
|[[2001–02 A Group|2001–02]]<ref name="nft"/><ref name="wf"/>
|A Group
|31||12||||||8||0||||||39||12
|-
|[[2002–03 A Group|2002–03]]<ref name="nft"/><ref name="wf"/>
|A Group
|20||7||||||4||2||||||24||9
|-
|[[2003–04 A Group|2003–04]]<ref name="nft"/><ref name="wf"/>
|A Group
|4||0||||||1||0||||||5||0
|-
|[[2004–05 A Group|2004–05]]<ref name="nft"/><ref name="wf"/>
|A Group
|9||2||||||3||0||||||12||9
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!96!!47!!0!!0!!16!!2!!0!!0!!112!!49
|-
|rowspan="5"|Levski Sofia
|[[2004–05 A Group|2004–05]]<ref name="levski"/>
|A Group
|9||4||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||11||4
|-
|[[2005–06 A Group|2005–06]]<ref name="levski"/>
|A Group
|19||4||2||0||13||3||colspan="2"|–||34||7
|-
|[[2006–07 A Group|2006–07]]<ref name="levski"/>
|A Group
|24||13||5||1||9||0||1||0||39||14
|-
|[[2007–08 A Group|2007–08]]<ref name="levski"/>
|A Group
|11||1||1||0||2||0||1||0||15||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!63!!22!!10!!1!!24!!3!!2!!0!!99!!26
|-
|[[Aris Limassol FC|Aris Limassol]]
|[[2007–08 Cypriot First Division|2007–08]]
|[[Cypriot First Division]]
|14||1||?||?||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||1
|-
|[[Apollon Limassol]]
|[[2008–09 Cypriot First Division|2008–09]]
|Cypriot First Division
|7||2||?||?||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||2
|-
|rowspan="6"|Levski Sofia
|[[2008–09 A Group|2008–09]]<ref name="levski"/>
|A Group
|11||4||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||13||4
|-
|[[2009–10 A Group|2009–10]]<ref name="levski"/>
|A Group
|24||11||0||0||11||3||colspan="2"|–||35||14
|-
|[[2010–11 A Group|2010–11]]<ref name="levski"/>
|A Group
|16||7||0||0||7||1||colspan="2"|–||23||8
|-
|[[2011–12 A Group|2011–12]]<ref name="levski"/>
|A Group
|25||8||3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||30||8
|-
|[[2012–13 A Group|2012–13]]<ref name="levski"/>
|A Group
|20||2||6||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||27||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!96!!32!!11!!1!!21!!4!!0!!0!!128!!37
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!353!!130!!43!!7!!66!!9!!2!!0!!464!!146
|}

===International===
:''Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yovov goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Hristo Yovov<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/10171/Hristo_Yovov.html |title=Hristo Yovov - matches and goals for Bulgaria |publisher=national-football-teams.com |accessdate=24 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.capital.bg/politika_i_ikonomika/sport/1999/03/06/249263_hero_po-dobrata_shema_4-4-2/ |title=Херо: по-добрата схема 4-4-2 |author=Filipov, Georgi |publisher=capital.bg |date=6 March 1999| accessdate=24 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 16 February 1999 || [[Mong Kok Stadium]], [[Mong Kok]], Hong Kong || {{fb|Egypt}} || align="center"|1–3 || align="center"|1–3 || [[1999 Lunar New Year Cup]]
|-
|  || rowspan="2"|19 February 1999  || rowspan="2"|Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong || rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Hong Kong League XI]] || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|[[1999 Lunar New Year Cup]] (unofficial friendly)
|-
|  || align="center"|3–0
|-
| align="center"|2 || 3 March 1999 || [[Stadion Beroe]], [[Stara Zagora]], Bulgaria || {{fb|SVK}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|3 || 27 March 1999 || [[King Baudouin Stadium|Stade Roi Baudouin]], [[Brussels]], Belgium || {{fb|Belgium}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|4 || 14 November 2000 || [[Stade du 5 Juillet]], [[Algiers]], Algeria || {{fb|Algeria}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|5 || 6 February 2007 || [[GSZ Stadium]], [[Larnaca]], Cyprus || {{fb|Latvia}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || Friendly
|}

==Awards==
* [[Bulgarian A Professional Football Group#Champions|Champion of Bulgaria]]: 1995, 2006, 2007, 2009
* [[Bulgarian Cup]]: 2005, 2007
* [[Bulgarian Supercup]]: 2005, 2007, 2009

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT|10171}}
* [http://en.levskisofia.info/player/hristo-yovov/ Profile at LevskiSofia.info]

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