Kristiyan Malinov

Botev Vratsa

Born on : July 16, 1994 (31 years) at Petrich

Nationality : Bulgaria

Height : 1m76

Weight : 67 kg

Best foot : Right foot

Number of international caps : 30

First cap : vs Turkey 08/06/2015

2023-2024
2021-2022
2020-2021

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Current season statistics (2025/2026)

0 Goals 1 Assists

3 Victories 5 Losses

13 Played matches 901 Minutes played

3 Yellow cards 0 Red cards

Main position
Defensive Midfielder	93%
Other positions
Centre Midfield	89%

Malinov's career statisticsLast updated on 13/07/2026 at 05:40

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2025/2026

Botev Vratsa

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Botev Vratsa	Efbet League	11		1			7	6	744	0	73%	3		2		27%	36%	36%
Botev Vratsa	Bulgarian Cup	2					3	1	157	0	100%		67%	1		0%	50%	50%

2024/2025

Debrecen VSC

749

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Debrecen VSC	OTP Bank Liga	11	1		749		13	2	749	33	82%	2	69%	5		36%	9%	55%

2024/2025

Kortrijk

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Kortrijk	Jupiler Pro League									15		9	0%

2023/2024

Kortrijk

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Kortrijk	Jupiler Pro League	18	18	5	873	15	44%	24	55%	6	33%	33%	33%
Kortrijk	Croky Cup	1	1		120	15	100%	1	50%		0%	100%	0%
Kortrijk	Tweede Klasse Playoffs	2	1	1	76	15	0%	2	100%	1	100%	0%	0%

2022/2023

OH Leuven

Club	Competition															V	D	L
OH Leuven	Jupiler Pro League	21		1			22	6	1322	4	76%	14	62%	7		48%	29%	24%
OH Leuven	Croky Cup	1						1	90	0	100%		50%			100%	0%	0%

2021/2022

OH Leuven

Club	Competition												V	D	L
OH Leuven	Jupiler Pro League	18		22	2	1450	4	100%	10	55%	5	2	28%	39%	33%
OH Leuven	Croky Cup	2		5		180	4	100%	1	67%	1		50%	0%	50%
Bulgaria	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	4		1	1	184	16	50%	2	80%	1		50%	25%	25%
Bulgaria	Friendlies	2	1	3		151	16	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%
Bulgaria	Nations League C	1			1	26	16	0%	4	25%			0%	100%	0%

2020/2021

OH Leuven

1001

1381

Club	Competition														V	D	L
OH Leuven	Jupiler Pro League	27	2	1	1001	37	5	2002	29	93%	3	84%	10	1	41%	22%	37%
OH Leuven	Croky Cup	1				2		45	0	100%		50%			0%	0%	100%
Bulgaria	Nations League B	5				5	1	405	16	100%		83%	1		0%	40%	60%
Bulgaria	Euro Qualifying	1				3		90	16	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%
Bulgaria	Friendlies	1					1	90	16	100%		100%			100%	0%	0%
Bulgaria	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	2				4		99	16	50%	2	67%			0%	0%	100%
Bulgaria	Friendlies	2						30	16	50%	1	67%			0%	50%	50%

2020/2021

CSKA Sofia

Club	Competition															V	D	L
CSKA Sofia	Efbet League	1							25	15	0%	1	50%			0%	100%	0%

2019/2020

Club	Competition														V	D	L
CSKA Sofia	Europa League	6	1	1	461	2	3	461	15	83%	1	100%	1		33%	33%	33%
CSKA Sofia	Efbet League	27	2	2	938	18	16	1875	15	78%	7	87%	4		56%	30%	15%
CSKA Sofia	Bulgarian Cup	6					5	493	15	83%	1	100%	3	1	67%	33%	0%
Bulgaria	Euro Qualifying	4				5	2	282	16	75%	1	100%	1		25%	25%	50%
Bulgaria	Friendlies	2				2		170	16	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%
Bulgaria	Friendlies	1				1		90	16	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%

2018/2019

CSKA Sofia

2528

3349

Club	Competition														V	D	L
CSKA Sofia	Europa League	3				3	1	281	15	100%		50%	2	1	33%	0%	67%
CSKA Sofia	Parva Profesionalna Liga	31	1	1	2528	15	18	2528	15	90%	4	86%	9	1	68%	16%	16%
CSKA Sofia	Bulgarian Cup	4				4	2	360	15	100%			1		75%	0%	25%
Bulgaria	Nations League C	2					1	42	14	0%	6	33%	1		50%	0%	50%
Bulgaria	Euro Qualifying	2				3		138	20	100%	2	50%	1		0%	50%	50%

2017/2018

CSKA Sofia

1182

1309

Club	Competition													V	D	L
CSKA Sofia	Parva Profesionalna Liga	29	2	1	1182	21	14	2363	15	97%	1	81%	10	69%	21%	10%
CSKA Sofia	Bulgarian Cup	3				3		255	15	100%		60%		67%	0%	33%
Bulgaria	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone								21		4	0%

2016/2017

CSKA Sofia

Club	Competition													V	D	L
CSKA Sofia	Parva Profesionalna Liga	17			6	7	944	15	47%	9	47%	6	1	47%	35%	18%
CSKA Sofia	Bulgarian Cup	1			2		90	0	100%		100%	1		0%	0%	100%
Bulgaria U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	3			3	2	270	15	100%					67%	0%	33%
CSKA Sofia B	Vtora Profesionalna Liga	9	1	728	15		728	5	89%	1		3		22%	33%	44%

2015/2016

Litex Lovech

270

445

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Litex Lovech	(C3) Europa League	2			3		175	15	100%		100%	1	0%	100%	0%
Litex Lovech	Bulgarian Cup	3	1	270	4	1	270	0	100%		60%		67%	0%	33%
Bulgaria	Friendlies							14		1	0%
Bulgaria U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	3	1	261	1	2	261	15	100%				33%	33%	33%
Bulgaria U-21	Tournoi de Toulon	4			3	1	303	15	100%				0%	25%	75%
Litex Lovech B	B PFG	11			3	6	748	0	82%	2		1	82%	18%	0%

2014/2015

Litex Lovech

1203

1367

Club	Competition														V	D	L
Litex Lovech	A Grupa	30	2	4	1203	27	14	2405	15	93%	2	94%	9	1	47%	20%	33%
Litex Lovech	(C3) Europa League	1				1		76	15	100%		100%			100%	0%	0%
Litex Lovech	Bulgarian Cup	4				6	1	237	0	50%	2	80%			75%	0%	25%
Bulgaria	Friendlies	1				1		15	14	0%	1	100%			0%	0%	100%
Bulgaria U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	2				9		180	18	100%			1		0%	50%	50%
Bulgaria U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	1				3		90	15	100%					0%	0%	100%

2013/2014

Dobrudzha

462

525

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Dobrudzha	B PFG	26	5	1	462		19	12	2312	18	100%		100%	7		46%	38%	15%
Dobrudzha	Bulgarian Cup	4					6	1	315	18	100%		67%			25%	50%	25%

2012/2013

2011/2012

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Runner-ups

Parva profesionalna liga	4	2017201820192020
Bulgarian Cup	1	2020

Transfers

14/10/25 >	Botev Vratsa
01/01/25 > 01/07/25	Debrecen VSC
18/08/23 > 01/01/25	Kortrijk	Free
19/08/20 > 18/08/23	OH Leuven	500 k€
01/07/16 > 19/08/20	CSKA Sofia
30/07/13 > 19/07/14	Dobrudzha	Loan
01/07/11 > 01/07/16	Litex Lovech B

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Player career by clubLast updated on 10/07/2026 at 05:03

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Botev Vratsa	13		1		901	3		77%10	23%3	38%5
Bulgaria	30		1		1812	5		70%21	17%5	60%18
Bulgaria U-21	13	1		1104	1104	1		100%13	23%3	54%7
CSKA Sofia	128	6	5	1618	9709	37	4	83%106	59%76	17%22
CSKA Sofia B	9	1		728	728	3		89%8	22%2	44%4
Kortrijk	21				1069	7		43%9	38%8	29%6
Debrecen VSC	11	1		749	749	5		82%9	36%4	55%6
Dobrudzha	30	5	1	525	2627	7		100%30	43%13	17%5
Litex Lovech B	11				748	1		82%9	82%9	0%0
Litex Lovech	40	3	4	1054	3163	10	1	90%36	50%20	30%12
OH Leuven	70	2	2	2545	5089	23	3	90%63	40%28	33%23

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Ludogorets	19	4	0	0
Botev	16	8	0	0
Levski Sofia	16	6	2	1
Béroé	12	8	1	0
Cherno More	10	7	1	1
Vitosha	10	8	2	1
Loko Plovdiv	14	7	1	0
Dunav Rousse	11	7	1	2
Montana	7	4	2	0
Slavia Sofia	9	6	0	0
Botev Vratsa	8	6	1	0
Vereya	6	4	0	1
Charleroi	7	4	0	1
Septemvri	6	3	0	0
Arda Kardzali	5	3	0	1
Lokomotiv GO	4	3	0	0
Marek Dupnitza	4	1	0	1
Standard	6	4	0	0
Anderlecht	5	2	0	0
Kortrijk	5	4	0	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Ludogorets	19	7	24
Loko Plovdiv	14	4	13
Botev	16	4	17
Denmark U-21	3	3	11
Gent	5	3	9
RC Genk	3	3	7
Club Brugge	8	3	17
Mechelen	5	3	9
Levski Sofia	16	3	19
CSKA Sofia	4	3	6
Béroé	12	3	9
England	2	2	10
Finland	2	2	4
Anvers	4	2	9
Sint-Truiden	4	2	7
RUSG	3	2	8
Eupen	5	2	12
Beerschot VA	3	2	5
Loko Sofia	5	2	6
Slavia Sofia	9	2	5

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2025/2026	Botev Vratsa	23%	38%	13	50%	19%	16	Extremely negative
2024/2025	Debrecen VSC	36%	55%	11	40%	20%	5	-
2024/2025	Kortrijk	0%	0%	0	27%	55%	22	-
2023/2024	Kortrijk	38%	29%	21	13%	81%	16	Extremely positive
2022/2023	OH Leuven	50%	23%	22	21%	57%	14	Extremely positive
2021/2022	OH Leuven	30%	35%	20	31%	44%	16	Very slightly negative
2020/2021	OH Leuven	39%	39%	28	33%	50%	6	-
2020/2021	CSKA Sofia	0%	0%	1	100%	0%	1	-
2019/2020	CSKA Sofia	54%	15%	39	25%	0%	4	-
2018/2019	CSKA Sofia	66%	21%	38	56%	22%	9	Slightly positive
2017/2018	CSKA Sofia	69%	13%	32	56%	0%	9	Slightly positive
2016/2017	CSKA Sofia	42%	21%	19	58%	21%	19	Negative
2015/2016	Litex Lovech	40%	20%	5	100%	0%	2	-
2014/2015	Litex Lovech	51%	31%	35	67%	0%	3	-
2013/2014	Dobrudzha	43%	17%	30	50%	50%	2	-
2012/2013	Litex Lovech B	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2011/2012	Litex Lovech B	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-

Key figures

Malinov hasn't lost in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 4 away from home matches

Malinov hasn't won for the national team any of the last 16 away from home matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Dobrudzha Dobrich
03/08/2013	B PFG	Dobrudzha - Svishtov	1 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first victory
17/08/2013	B PFG	Spartak Varna - Dobrudzha	1 - 0	First loss
28/10/2013	B PFG	Vitosha - Dobrudzha	1 - 1	First goal
Litex Lovech
20/07/2014		Litex Lovech - CSKA Sofia	0 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first loss
24/07/2014		Diósgyor - Litex Lovech	1 - 2	First victory
14/09/2014		Litex Lovech - Haskovo	2 - 0	First goal
28/02/2015		Litex Lovech - Ludogorets	1 - 0	First red card
Litex Lovech B
28/02/2016	B PFG	Pirin Razlog - Litex Lovech B	0 - 0	First match with the club, first start
05/03/2016	B PFG	Litex Lovech B - Vereya	1 - 0	First victory
CSKA Sofia
29/07/2016		CSKA Sofia - Slavia Sofia	2 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first victory
06/08/2016		Vereya - CSKA Sofia	1 - 0	First loss
29/04/2017		Levski Sofia - CSKA Sofia	0 - 3	First red card
06/08/2017		CSKA Sofia - Loko Plovdiv	4 - 1	First goal
CSKA Sofia B
26/09/2016	VPL	Spartak Pleven - CSKA Sofia B	3 - 4	First match with the club, first start, first victory
16/10/2016	VPL	Pomorie - CSKA Sofia B	2 - 1	First loss
07/11/2016	VPL	CSKA Sofia B - Botev Vratsa	2 - 1	First goal
OH Leuven
22/08/2020		OH Leuven - Charleroi	1 - 3	First match with the club, first start, first loss
29/08/2020		Beveren - OH Leuven	1 - 3	First victory
26/12/2020		OH Leuven - Oostende	1 - 2	First goal
12/02/2021		OH Leuven - Kortrijk	3 - 1	First red card
Kortrijk
20/08/2023		Kortrijk - Eupen	1 - 3	First match with the club, first loss
01/09/2023		OH Leuven - Kortrijk	3 - 0	First start
29/09/2023		Kortrijk - Cercle Brugge	2 - 1	First victory
Debrecen VSC
02/02/2025		Debrecen VSC - Spartacus	3 - 1	First match with the club, first victory
07/02/2025		MTK Budapest - Debrecen VSC	0 - 2	First start
15/02/2025		Debrecen VSC - Puskás	1 - 2	First loss
28/03/2025		Kecskemét TE - Debrecen VSC	1 - 3	First goal
Botev Vratsa
24/11/2025		Botev Vratsa - Slavia Sofia	0 - 1	First match with the club, first loss
04/12/2025		Botev Vratsa - Spartak Varna	2 - 0	First start, first victory

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 10/07/2026 at 05:03

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Jupiler Pro League	Jupiler Pro League	84	2	2824	2	5647	80%67	3	38%32	30%25	32%27
Belgian Cup	Belgian Cup	5				435	100%5		40%2	20%1	40%2
Tweede Klasse Playoffs	Tweede Klasse Playoffs	2				76			100%2
P	Parva profesionalna liga	146	7	1560	9	10918	83%121	3	55%81	25%36	20%29
Bulgarian Cup	Bulgarian Cup	27	1	2177		2177	89%24	1	56%15	19%5	26%7
V	Vtora profesionalna liga	46	6	631	1	3788	93%43		50%23	33%15	17%8
Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	11	1	749		749	82%9		36%4	9%1	55%6
Friendlies	Friendlies	9			1	546	78%7		11%1	11%1	78%7
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	6				283	50%3		33%2	17%1	50%3
UEFAU21CQ	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	9	1	801		801	100%9		33%3	22%2	44%4
MRT	Maurice Revello Tournament	4				303	100%4			25%1	75%3
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	7				510	86%6		14%1	29%2	57%4
Nations League B	Nations League B	5				405	100%5			40%2	60%3
Nations League C	Nations League C	3				68			33%1	33%1	33%1
Europa League	Europa League	12	1	993	1	993	92%11	1	33%4	33%4	33%4

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2025/2026	Botev Vratsa	1	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	2
2024/2025	Debrecen VSC	1	9	34	33	9	7	17	52	59
2024/2025	Kortrijk	1	13	11	11	3	2	6	8	19
2023/2024	Kortrijk	1	15	8	11	2	2	7	9	22
2022/2023	OH Leuven	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	0
2021/2022	OH Leuven	1	10	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
2020/2021	OH Leuven	1	11	45	34	12	9	13	54	59
2020/2021	CSKA Sofia	1	6	1	1	0	1	0	2	2
2019/2020	CSKA Sofia	1	6	1	1	0	1	0	2	2
2018/2019	CSKA Sofia	1P	2	78	36	24	6	6	57	17
2018/2019	CSKA Sofia	1	2	57	26	18	3	5	47	14
2017/2018	CSKA Sofia	1C	2	81	36	24	9	3	80	26
2016/2017	CSKA Sofia	1	2	67	36	19	10	7	51	21
2015/2016	Litex Lovech	1	4	33	19	8	9	2	29	16
2014/2015	Litex Lovech	1	4	54	32	16	6	10	49	36
2013/2014	Dobrudzha	2	3	46	26	12	10	4	33	20

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
June 05, 2026	05/06	F	Europe	Moldova	2 - 2	Bulgaria	Absent
June 01, 2026	01/06	F	Europe	Bulgaria	0 - 1	Montenegro	Absent
May 22, 2026	22/05		Round 37	Botev Vratsa	3 - 0	Béroé	No data
May 18, 2026	18/05		Round 36	Dobrudzha	1 - 2	Botev Vratsa	No data
May 14, 2026	14/05		Round 35	Botev Vratsa	1 - 0	Montana	No data
May 10, 2026	10/05		Round 34	Botev Vratsa	1 - 1	Septemvri	No data
May 05, 2026	05/05		Round 33	Loko Sofia	2 - 2	Botev Vratsa	Absent
May 02, 2026	02/05		Round 32	Botev Vratsa	2 - 1	Spartak Varna	No data
April 26, 2026	26/04		Round 31	Slavia Sofia	1 - 1	Botev Vratsa	No data
April 14, 2026	14/04		Round 30	Botev Vratsa	3 - 2	Loko Sofia	No data
April 10, 2026	10/04		Round 29	CSKA 1948	1 - 0	Botev Vratsa	Absent
April 06, 2026	06/04		Round 28	Septemvri	0 - 0	Botev Vratsa	90 Minutes
March 30, 2026	30/03	FIFAS	Round 2	Indonesia	0 - 1	Bulgaria	Absent
March 27, 2026	27/03	FIFAS	Round 1	Solomon Islands	2 - 10	Bulgaria	Absent
March 22, 2026	22/03		Round 27	Botev Vratsa	1 - 2	Loko Plovdiv	78 Minutes
March 14, 2026	14/03		Round 26	Botev Plovdiv	1 - 3	Botev Vratsa	90 Minutes
March 07, 2026	07/03		Round 25	Botev Vratsa	1 - 0	Arda Kardzali	90 Minutes	1
March 04, 2026	04/03		Round 24	CSKA Sofia	1 - 0	Botev Vratsa	Absent
February 28, 2026	28/02		Round 23	Botev Vratsa	0 - 0	Béroé	Absent
February 20, 2026	20/02		Round 22	Cherno More	0 - 0	Botev Vratsa	90 Minutes
February 16, 2026	16/02		Round 21	Botev Vratsa	0 - 0	Dobrudzha	31 Minutes
February 11, 2026	11/02		Quarter-finals	Botev Vratsa	2 - 3	Arda Kardzali	67 Minutes
February 07, 2026	07/02		Round 20	Levski Sofia	3 - 1	Botev Vratsa	87 Minutes
December 14, 2025	14/12		Round of 16	Dobrudzha	0 - 03-4 s.o	Botev Vratsa	90 Minutes
December 09, 2025	09/12		Round 19	Botev Vratsa	0 - 0	Montana	66 Minutes
December 04, 2025	04/12		Round 18	Botev Vratsa	2 - 0	Spartak Varna	73 Minutes
November 30, 2025	30/11		Round 17	Ludogorets	2 - 0	Botev Vratsa	21 Minutes
November 24, 2025	24/11		Round 16	Botev Vratsa	0 - 1	Slavia Sofia	28 Minutes
November 18, 2025	18/11		Round 10	Bulgaria	2 - 1	Georgia	Absent
November 15, 2025	15/11		Round 9	Turkey	2 - 0	Bulgaria	Absent
November 08, 2025	08/11		Round 15	Loko Sofia	0 - 1	Botev Vratsa	Absent
November 03, 2025	03/11		Round 14	Botev Vratsa	0 - 0	CSKA 1948	Absent
October 29, 2025	29/10		First round	Zagorets	1 - 4	Botev Vratsa	Absent
October 25, 2025	25/10		Round 13	Botev Vratsa	2 - 1	Septemvri	Absent
October 17, 2025	17/10		Round 12	Loko Plovdiv	3 - 0	Botev Vratsa	Absent
October 14, 2025	14/10		Round 8	Spain	4 - 0	Bulgaria	Absent

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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