Kristiyan Malinov

Kortrijk

Born on : July 16, 1994 (30 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
2023-2024
2021-2022
2020-2021

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

Malinov's career statisticsLast updated on 11/03/2025 at 10:19

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

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

18/08/23 >	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

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 11/03/2025 at 10:19

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
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	6				434	2		83%5	33%2	67%4
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	18	4	7	22
Botev	15	7	7	16
Levski Sofia	15	6	7	16
Béroé	12	8	7	9
Vitosha	10	8	6	4
Loko Plovdiv	13	7	5	11
Dunav Rousse	11	7	5	8
Cherno More	9	7	5	7
Slavia Sofia	8	6	4	4
Botev Vratsa	8	6	4	4
Montana	6	4	4	4
Vereya	6	4	4	2
Charleroi	7	4	3	7
Lokomotiv GO	4	3	3	1
Marek Dupnitza	4	1	3	1
Standard	6	4	2	4
Anderlecht	5	2	2	6
Kortrijk	5	4	2	4
Septemvri	5	3	2	4
Loko Sofia	5	1	2	6

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Ludogorets	18	6	22
Botev	15	4	16
Denmark U-21	3	3	11
Gent	5	3	9
RC Genk	3	3	7
Club Brugge	8	3	17
Mechelen	5	3	9
CSKA Sofia	4	3	6
Loko Plovdiv	13	3	11
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
Levski Sofia	15	2	16
Loko Sofia	5	2	6
PFC Bansko	3	2	6

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2024/2025	Kortrijk	0%	0%	0	30%	55%	20	-
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

The player has lost in Nemzeti Bajnokság I the last 4 matches

He hasn't won in Nemzeti Bajnokság I any of the last 4 matches

He has lost all competitions included the last 4 matches

The player hasn't won all competitions included any of the last 4 matches

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

The player 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

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 11/03/2025 at 10:19

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	135	7	1453	8	10174	84%113	3	58%78	24%32	19%25
Bulgarian Cup	Bulgarian Cup	25	1	2020		2020	88%22	1	60%15	16%4	24%6
V	Vtora profesionalna liga	46	6	631	1	3788	93%43		50%23	33%15	17%8
Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	6				434	83%5		33%2		67%4
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
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
December 14, 2024	14/12	JPL	Round 18	Kortrijk	0 - 3	Dender	Absent
December 07, 2024	07/12	JPL	Round 17	RC Genk	3 - 2	Kortrijk	Absent
December 04, 2024	04/12		Round of 16	Kortrijk	0 - 03-4 s.o	Royal Antwerp	Absent
November 29, 2024	29/11	JPL	Round 16	Kortrijk	3 - 1	Mechelen	Absent
November 24, 2024	24/11	JPL	Round 15	Westerlo	4 - 0	Kortrijk	Absent
November 18, 2024	18/11	NLC	Round 6	Bulgaria	1 - 1	Belarus	Absent
November 15, 2024	15/11	NLC	Round 5	Luxembourg	0 - 1	Bulgaria	Absent
November 09, 2024	09/11	JPL	Round 14	Kortrijk	1 - 2	Royal Antwerp	On the bench
November 03, 2024	03/11	JPL	Round 13	Anderlecht	4 - 0	Kortrijk	On the bench
October 30, 2024	30/10		7th Round	Kortrijk	1 - 0	Lokeren - Temse	Absent
October 25, 2024	25/10	JPL	Round 12	Kortrijk	1 - 0	Beerschot VA	On the bench
October 20, 2024	20/10	JPL	Round 11	Mechelen	3 - 0	Kortrijk	On the bench
October 15, 2024	15/10	NLC	Round 4	N. Ireland	5 - 0	Bulgaria	Absent
October 12, 2024	12/10	NLC	Round 3	Bulgaria	0 - 0	Luxembourg	Absent
October 05, 2024	05/10	JPL	Round 10	Kortrijk	2 - 1	RC Genk	On the bench
September 29, 2024	29/09	JPL	Round 9	RUSG	3 - 0	Kortrijk	Absent
September 22, 2024	22/09	JPL	Round 8	OH Leuven	1 - 1	Kortrijk	Absent
September 14, 2024	14/09	JPL	Round 7	Kortrijk	0 - 3	Club Brugge	Absent
September 08, 2024	08/09	NLC	Round 2	Bulgaria	1 - 0	N. Ireland	Absent
September 05, 2024	05/09	NLC	Round 1	Belarus	0 - 0	Bulgaria	Absent
September 01, 2024	01/09	JPL	Round 6	Kortrijk	1 - 1	Sint-Truiden	Absent
August 25, 2024	25/08	JPL	Round 5	Charleroi	1 - 0	Kortrijk	Absent
August 18, 2024	18/08	JPL	Round 4	Kortrijk	1 - 0	Standard	On the bench
August 10, 2024	10/08	JPL	Round 3	Dender	4 - 1	Kortrijk	On the bench
August 04, 2024	04/08	JPL	Round 2	Cercle Brugge	1 - 2	Kortrijk	On the bench
July 28, 2024	28/07	JPL	Round 1	Kortrijk	0 - 1	Gent	On the bench

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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