Stanislav Manolev is a Bulgarian footballer,playing for the Sofia "CSKA". Most recently, he turned 31, so that the player is gradually approaching the end of his career. Stanislav Manolev acts in the position of the right-back, but he can also play the flanking midfielder.
Stanislav Manolev was born on December 16, 1985 in theBulgaria, where, from childhood, he began to get involved in football and began studying at the football academy at the club "Pirin", which was then called "Macedonian Slavia", from his native city. As a result, it was with this club that he signed a professional contract when he turned eighteen. He debuted, however, at the age of seventeen, having played ten games in season 02/03. For two and a half years in the club Stanislav Manolev played 26 games, scoring one goal, after which for sixty thousand euros was sold to another Bulgarian club "Litex".
Stanislav Manolev - a football player who could notso just leave the Pirin. He spent a whole year in "Litex", but he could not get used there, coming out on the field only five times. As a result, he was rented back to "Pirin" for six months, played 12 much more impressive matches and scored a goal scored. In the summer of 2006, he returned to "Litex" - and then he already got a place in the starting lineup. For three years, Manolev played for this club, becoming a very important part of the team and revealing himself as a very strong flank player. During these three years he played 81 matches and scored 12 goals. Naturally, such indicators attracted the attention of clubs from more serious championships, and in the summer of 2009 Manolev moved to the Dutch PSV Eindhoven for three million euros.
It was in the Dutch club Stanislav reached the peakhis career. In the first season he spent 30 matches, scoring two goals, and in the next two - another 44 matches. However, in the season 12/13 the 27-year-old defender has practically not received any practice game - for half a year he entered the field only twice. As a result, in January 2013, he was leased to English "Fulham", where he played five more matches.
In the summer of 2013 Manolev's contract with "PSV" approachedby the end, and he moved to Russia, where he entered into a contract with the Krasnodar "Kuban". There he spent ten matches, after which he moved to the Moscow "Dynamo". There he played even less - only eight matches, and in the winter of 2015 he was sold for 800 thousand euros back to "Kuban". Returning, Manolev became more often in the base and played 18 games, but in the summer of 2016 he decided not to renew the contract with the club, but to return to his homeland. In the current season for the Sofia "CSKA" football player played 11 matches, giving two assists.
