Stiliyan Petrov
Midfield - Central Midfield
at Retired
👕500+ Apps
⚽50+ Goals
🎯50+ Assists
🏴100+ Caps
⏳Veteran
Market value
—
Rating · 99/00
5.2
Average
Central Midfield Midfield
Career snapshot
3
clubs played for
00/01
debut season
0.14
goals / match
Celtic FC
top club · 309 apps
Position rank · 99/00
#192
goals rank
#206
assists rank
76
season goals
55
season assists
Among 257 Midfield - Central Midfields · ≥200 mins
Career highs
€10.50m
peak value · 2006
€10.00m
top transfer fee · 06/07
14
best season · 02/03
110 / 8
int'l caps / goals
539Appearances
76Goals
55Assists
80Yellow cards
0Red cards
173Full matches (90′)
| Full name | Stiliyan Petrov |
|---|---|
| Name in home country | Стилиян Альошев Петров |
| Date of birth | 1979-07-05 (46 yrs) |
| Place of birth | Montana, Bulgaria |
| Citizenship |  Bulgaria |
| Position | Midfield - Central Midfield (main: Midfield) |
| Foot | right |
| Height | 180.00 m |
| Current club | Retired |
| Joined | 2016-07-15 |
| Contract expires | — |
Jul 2016
Transfer: Without Club → Retired
16/17 · Transfer
Jun 2016
Transfer: Career break → Without Club
15/16 · Transfer
Mar 2012
Transfer: Aston Villa → Career break
11/12 · Transfer
Mar 2012
Injury: unknown
51 games missed
Jul 2011
11/12 — Aston Villa
30 matches · 4 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — Aston Villa
30 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — Aston Villa
47 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Oct 2008
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2008
08/09 — Aston Villa
47 matches · 2 G · 5 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — Aston Villa
31 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Aug 2006
Transfer: Celtic → Aston Villa
06/07 · Transfer · €10.00m
Jul 2006
06/07 — Aston Villa, Celtic FC
37 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — Celtic FC
43 matches · 10 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2004
04/05 — Celtic FC
47 matches · 11 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2003
03/04 — Celtic FC
55 matches · 10 G · 11 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2002
02/03 — Celtic FC
50 matches · 14 G · 13 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2001
01/02 — Celtic FC
44 matches · 8 G · 6 A · across 7 competitions
Jul 2000
00/01 — Celtic FC
38 matches · 8 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 1999
Transfer: CSKA Sofia → Celtic
99/00 · Transfer · €3.40m
Jul 1999
99/00 — Celtic FC
29 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 1998
98/99 — CSKA Sofia
9 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 1997
97/98 — CSKA Sofia
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 1996
Transfer: Montana → CSKA Sofia
96/97 · Transfer · €30k
Jul 1995
Transfer: Montana U19 → Montana
95/96 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €10.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
Percentile rank vs 201 other Midfield - Central Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 99/00. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).
Goals1 total · 0.05/90
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
G+A1 total · 0.05/90
Yellow cards6 total · 0.30/90
Minutes played by club
Celtic FC
37.3%
CSKA Sofia
0.0%
Aston Villa
62.7%
| Club | Seasons | First | Last | Matches | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic FC | 8 | 00/01 | 99/00 | 309 | 64 | 40 | 5,792 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2 | 97/98 | 98/99 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 06/07 | 11/12 | 219 | 12 | 15 | 9,736 |
Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value
Goals by season
Assists by season
| Season | Competition | Club | Matches | Goals | Assists | YC | RC | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99/00 | CIS Insur. Cup | Celtic FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99/00 | Premiership | Celtic FC | 26 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1,810 |
| 99/00 | UEFA Cup | Celtic FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98/99 | Bulgarian Cup | CSKA Sofia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98/99 | UEFA Cup | CSKA Sofia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98/99 | UEFA-Cup Qualifikation | CSKA Sofia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97/98 | Bulgarian Cup | CSKA Sofia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11/12 | FA Cup | Aston Villa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11/12 | League Cup | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11/12 | Premier League | Aston Villa | 27 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 582 |
| 10/11 | Europa League Qualifying | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10/11 | FA Cup | Aston Villa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 115 |
| 10/11 | Premier League | Aston Villa | 27 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2,072 |
| 09/10 | Europa League Qualifying | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/10 | FA Cup | Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 09/10 | League Cup | Aston Villa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/10 | Premier League | Aston Villa | 37 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/09 | FA Cup | Aston Villa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/09 | League Cup | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/09 | Premier League | Aston Villa | 36 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3,176 |
| 08/09 | UEFA Cup | Aston Villa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 360 |
| 08/09 | UEFA-Cup Qualifikation | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/09 | UI Cup | Aston Villa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 07/08 | FA Cup | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 07/08 | League Cup | Aston Villa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 07/08 | Premier League | Aston Villa | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1,843 |
| 06/07 | FA Cup | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 06/07 | League Cup | Aston Villa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 06/07 | Premier League | Aston Villa | 30 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1,318 |
| 06/07 | Premiership | Celtic FC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 135 |
| 05/06 | Champions League Qu. | Celtic FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 05/06 | CIS Insur. Cup | Celtic FC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 05/06 | Premiership | Celtic FC | 37 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 307 |
| 04/05 | Champions League | Celtic FC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 04/05 | CIS Insur. Cup | Celtic FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 04/05 | Premiership | Celtic FC | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 293 |
| 04/05 | SFA Cup | Celtic FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 03/04 | Champions League | Celtic FC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 03/04 | Champions League Qu. | Celtic FC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 213 |
| 03/04 | Premiership | Celtic FC | 35 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 478 |
| 03/04 | SFA Cup | Celtic FC | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| 03/04 | UEFA Cup | Celtic FC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 02/03 | Champions League Qu. | Celtic FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 02/03 | CIS Insur. Cup | Celtic FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 02/03 | Premiership | Celtic FC | 29 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 262 |
| 02/03 | Scottish Premiership Top Six Split | Celtic FC | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 128 |
| 02/03 | UEFA Cup | Celtic FC | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 535 |
| 01/02 | Champions League | Celtic FC | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 429 |
| 01/02 | Champions League Qu. | Celtic FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01/02 | CIS Insur. Cup | Celtic FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01/02 | Premiership | Celtic FC | 24 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 335 |
| 01/02 | Scottish Premiership Top Six Split | Celtic FC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 01/02 | SFA Cup | Celtic FC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 360 |
| 01/02 | UEFA Cup | Celtic FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 00/01 | CIS Insur. Cup | Celtic FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 00/01 | Premiership | Celtic FC | 28 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 342 |
| 00/01 | SFA Cup | Celtic FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 00/01 | UEFA Cup | Celtic FC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 00/01 | UEFA-Cup Qualifikation | Celtic FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Season | Date | From | To | Type | Market value | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95/96 | 1995-07-01 | Montana U19 | Montana | Transfer | 0 | — |
| 96/97 | 1996-07-01 | Montana | CSKA Sofia | Transfer | 0 | €30k |
| 99/00 | 1999-07-29 | CSKA Sofia | Celtic | Transfer | 0 | €3.40m |
| 06/07 | 2006-08-30 | Celtic | Aston Villa | Transfer | 7350000 | €10.00m |
| 11/12 | 2012-03-30 | Aston Villa | Career break | Transfer | 5000000 | — |
| 15/16 | 2016-06-23 | Career break | Without Club | Transfer | 0 | — |
| 16/17 | 2016-07-15 | Without Club | Retired | Transfer | 0 | — |
| Season | Injury | From | To | Days missed | Games missed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/09 | Knee problems | 2008-10-29 | 2008-11-10 | 13 | 4 |
| 11/12 | Cancer | 2012-03-24 | 2016-05-31 | 1,530 | 51 |
Current—
Peak€10.50m
Low—
Δ since start−€7.00m
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 1, 1970 | — |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €5.00m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €6.50m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €7.50m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €8.50m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €8.50m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €7.00m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €7.50m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €6.50m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €7.25m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €9.00m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €9.10m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €10.50m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €10.00m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €7.35m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €7.00m |
| Team | Shirt | Matches | Goals | Debut | Age at debut | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team #21361 | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | former national player |
| Team #3394 | — | 105 | 8 | — | — | former national player |
| Teammate | PPG played with | Joint goals | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Young | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Gareth Barry | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| James Milner | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.
Top goalscoring seasons
| Season | Competition | Club | Goals | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/05 | Premiership | Celtic FC | 11 | 37 |
| 05/06 | Premiership | Celtic FC | 10 | 37 |
| 02/03 | Premiership | Celtic FC | 9 | 29 |
Top assist seasons
| Season | Competition | Club | Assists | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/03 | Premiership | Celtic FC | 9 | 29 |
| 03/04 | Premiership | Celtic FC | 9 | 35 |
| 01/02 | Premiership | Celtic FC | 6 | 24 |
Teams faced most often by Stiliyan Petrov's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).
| Opponent | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester United | 24 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 48 | -36 | 4% |
| Chelsea FC | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 38 | -8 | 25% |
| Everton FC | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 33% |
| Arsenal FC | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 45 | -26 | 8% |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 30 | -7 | 21% |
| Liverpool FC | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 40 | -22 | 13% |
| Manchester City | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 41 | -18 | 23% |
| Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 36% |
| Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 55% |
| Newcastle United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 31 | -7 | 27% |
| Fulham FC | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 41% |
| Sunderland AFC | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 33% |
Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.
| Season / Year | Milestone | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 00/01 | Senior debut season | |
| 00/01 | First senior goal | |
| 04/05 | Goal #50 (career) |
Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.
| Season | Matches | Mins | YC | 2nd YC | RC | Cards / 90′ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99/00 | 29 | 1,810 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 11/12 | 30 | 582 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 |
| 10/11 | 30 | 2,187 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 |
| 09/10 | 47 | 270 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3.67 |
| 08/09 | 47 | 3,536 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.23 |
| 07/08 | 31 | 1,843 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.15 |
| 06/07 | 37 | 1,453 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.31 |
| 05/06 | 43 | 307 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.47 |
| 04/05 | 47 | 293 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.61 |
| 03/04 | 55 | 826 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.65 |
| 02/03 | 50 | 925 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.78 |
| 01/02 | 44 | 1,124 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.32 |
| 00/01 | 38 | 372 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.45 |
Output by competition
Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.
Premiership
219 apps
52 G
32 A
Premier League
185 apps
9 G
11 A
SFA Cup
16 apps
4 G
0 A
UEFA Cup
33 apps
3 G
3 A
Scottish Premiership Top Six Split
9 apps
3 G
1 A
FA Cup
12 apps
2 G
3 A
Champions League Qu.
7 apps
1 G
2 A
Champions League
18 apps
1 G
2 A
UEFA-Cup Qualifikation
6 apps
1 G
0 A
League Cup
13 apps
0 G
1 A
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Frequently asked about Stiliyan Petrov
Who is Stiliyan Petrov?
Stiliyan Petrov is a Bulgaria professional footballer who plays as a central midfield for Retired.
How old is Stiliyan Petrov?
Stiliyan Petrov is 46 years old. He was born on July 5, 1979 in Montana.
What position does Stiliyan Petrov play?
Stiliyan Petrov plays as a central midfield (Midfield - Central Midfield).
What club does Stiliyan Petrov play for?
Stiliyan Petrov currently plays for Retired.
How many career goals has Stiliyan Petrov scored?
Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Stiliyan Petrov has scored 76 goals in 539 appearances.