Martin Petrov

Martin Petrov in the jersey of Bolton Wanderers (2011)

Martin Petrov ( Bulg: Мартин Петров, English transcription Martin Petrov, born January 15, 1979 in Vratsa ) is a Bulgarian football player.

Career

Association

Petrov started at Botev Vratsa with the football game. Still a teenager, he moved to CSKA Sofia giants. At the beginning of 1999 he went to Switzerland to Servette Geneva. In 2001 he moved to the Bundesliga for VfL Wolfsburg, for whom he scored 28 goals and 36 Assists in 116 games. End of July 2005 changed Petrov then Atlético Madrid. With the change to the rojiblancos he fulfilled her childhood dream to play in Spain, where his favorite team, FC Barcelona plays.

The change was possible because Petrov in his contract had an exit clause, stating that he was allowed to leave the club for a transfer fee of 10 million euros. In October 2006, he retired at the game against Recreativo Huelva cruciate ligament injury and fell more than half a year. In July of 2007, Petrov moved for 4.7 million pounds to England to Manchester City, who were trained in the season 2007/ 08 by Sven -Göran Eriksson.

His contract with Manchester City was not renewed in the summer of 2010, and the midfielder then left the club.

Beginning of July 2010, signed Petrov a limited two-year contract at Bolton Wanderers.

In January 2013, he joined the Spanish side Espanyol, where he received a contract until the end of the season 2012/13. In October 2013 Petrov signed a contract with CSKA Sofia.

National

For the Bulgarian national football team Petrov was previously 87 times in use, including at the European Football Championship 2004 in Portugal.

Awards

In 2006 he was elected to Bulgaria ' Footballer of the Year. "