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{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Yanko Valkanov
| image       =
| fullname    = Yanko Hristov Valkanov
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|7|25}}
| birth_place = [[Stara Zagora]], Bulgaria
| height      = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| currentclub = [[FC Levski Karlovo|Levski Karlovo]]
| clubnumber  = 3
| position    = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre back]]
| years1  = 1999–2002
| years2  = 1999–2000
| years3  = 2000
| years4  = 2002–2003
| years5  = 2003–2006
| years6  = 2006–2007
| years7  = 2007–2008
| years8  = 2008
| years9  = 2009
| years10 = 2010
| years11 = 2010
| years12 = 2011
| years13 = 2012
| years14 = 2013
| years15 = 2013–2015
| years16 = 2015
| years17 = 2016
| years18 = 2016–
| clubs1  = [[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]]
| clubs2  = → [[PFC Beroe Stara Zagora|Beroe]] (loan)
| clubs3  = → [[PFC Naftex Burgas|Naftex Burgas]] (loan)
| clubs4  = [[PFC Marek Dupnitsa|Marek Dupnitsa]]
| clubs5  = [[PFC Slavia Sofia|Slavia Sofia]]
| clubs6  = [[FC Partizan Minsk|MTZ-RIPO Minsk]]
| clubs7  = [[FBK Kaunas|Kaunas]]
| clubs8  = [[FC Partizan Minsk|MTZ-RIPO Minsk]]
| clubs9  = [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]]
| clubs10 = [[Shenzhen Ruby F.C.|Shenzhen Ruby]]
| clubs11 = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| clubs12 = [[PFC Beroe Stara Zagora|Beroe Stara Zagora]]
| clubs13 = [[FC Akzhayik|Akzhayik]]
| clubs14 = [[FC Belshina Bobruisk|Belshina Bobruisk]]
| clubs15 = [[FC Botev Galabovo|Botev Galabovo]]
| clubs16 = [[FC Akzhayik|Akzhayik]]
| clubs17 = [[FC Botev Galabovo|Botev Galabovo]]
| clubs18 = [[FC Levski Karlovo|Levski Karlovo]]
| caps1   = 19
| caps2   = 20
| caps3   = 1
| caps4   = 16
| caps5   = 64
| caps6   = 25
| caps7   = 13
| caps8   = 15
| caps9   = 27
| caps10  = 14
| caps11  = 11
| caps12  = 6
| caps13  = 11
| caps14  = 8
| caps15  = 47
| caps16  = 11
| caps17  = 11
| caps18  = 0
| goals1  = 1
| goals2  = 1
| goals3  = 0
| goals4  = 0
| goals5  = 11
| goals6  = 4
| goals7  = 0
| goals8  = 0
| goals9  = 5
| goals10 = 0
| goals11 = 0
| goals12 = 1
| goals13 = 2
| goals14 = 0
| goals15 = 1
| goals16 = 2
| goals17 = 0
| goals18 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2005
| nationalteam1  = [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]
| nationalcaps1  = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| pcupdate = {{date|2016-6-21}}
| ntupdate =
}}

'''Yanko Hristov Valkanov''' ({{lang-bg|Янко Христов Вълканов}}; born 25 July 1982 in [[Stara Zagora]]) is a [[Bulgaria]]n [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a defender for [[FC Levski Karlovo|Levski Karlovo]]. His preferred position on the pitch is right-back, but he can play as a central defender as well.

==Career==

===Club===

====Early career in Bulgaria====
He started his professional football career with [[CSKA Sofia]] in the 1999/2000 league season and was quickly loaned out to [[Beroe Stara Zagora]] to gain more playing time.<ref>{{NFT player|pid=13307}}</ref> The following season he was loaned out once more to [[PFC Naftex Burgas|Naftex Burgas]], however he was unable to establish himself and returned to CSKA Sofia during the league season. At the beginning of the 2002/2003 league season he would transfer to [[Marek Dupnitsa]] and during his time with them he would attract the interests of [[Slavia Sofia]] and would join them before the start of the 2003/2004 where after several seasons he would establish himself as an integral member of their team.

====Belarus and Lithuania====
Yanko Valkanov joined reigning [[Belarusian Cup]] winners [[FC Partizan Minsk|MTZ-RIPO Minsk]] during the 2006 league season and while he was a squad regular he could not establish himself as a first team regular.<ref name="weltfussball.de">http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/janko-valkanov/</ref> By the following season he would move to [[Lithuania]]n football club [[FBK Kaunas]] during the 2007 league season, however his time with them was not the most productive and halfway through the 2008 league season in July he would return to [[FC Partizan Minsk|MTZ-RIPO Minsk]].<ref name="weltfussball.de" />

====Move to China====
At the beginning of the 2009 [[China Super League]] season he would transfer to [[Shanghai Shenhua]]. At first he was criticized for poor performances by both fans and the media, but he began to gain popularity on the other end of the pitch; he has so far scored 5 goals (3 in [[Chinese Super League]], 2 in [[AFC Champions League]]), becoming the top scorer of his team. On 17 April, he scored two goals using his right shoulder in a [[Chinese Super League]] match against [[Shenzhen Asia Travel F.C.|Shenzhen]].At the end of 2009 season,his position was transformed to striker by [[Jia Xiuquan]].But he played unbelievable jobs that he had made two assists to [[Aleksander Rodić]] at critical moment.

Valkanov transferred to [[Shenzhen Ruby F.C.|Shenzhen Ruby]] on 28 February 2010.<ref>[http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2010-02-28/23464862591.shtml 扬科赫莱布加盟深足 申花活雷锋球员送出工资照付]</ref> He was released by Shenzhen in July 2010 after [[New Zealand]] defender [[Ivan Vicelich]] joined the club.

====Return to Belarus====
On 8 September 2010, Valkanov signed with [[FC Dinamo Minsk]] until the end of the [[2010 Belarusian Premier League]] season.<ref>[http://www.dinamo-minsk.by/rus/press/news/~year__m21=2010~page__m21=1~news__m21=1630]</ref> He made his debut four days later in the 4:0 home win against [[FC Belshina Bobruisk]], playing the full 90 minutes.<ref>[http://www.dinamo-minsk.by/rus/sezon/sostav_osnova/~page__m21=1~news__m21=1632]</ref>

====Later career====

In 2011 Valkanov had a short spell with [[A PFG]] club Beroe.<ref>[http://www.winner.bg/bulgarian-football/read46319.htmlCached]</ref> He signed with [[Kazakhstan]]i club [[FC Akzhayik|Akzhayik]] in February 2012.
On 14 July 2015, Valkanov returned to [[FC Akzhayik]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Валканов - защитник ФК Акжайык|url=http://www.fc-akzhayik.kz/rus/news/399|website=http://www.fc-akzhayik.kz/|publisher=FC Akzhayik|accessdate=11 November 2015|language=Russian|date=14 July 2015}}</ref> helping them win the [[2015 Kazakhstan First Division|Kazakhstan First Division]] and gain promotion to the [[2016 Kazakhstan Premier League|Kazakhstan Premier League]].

===International career===

He earned his first call-up to the national side for the [[friendly match]] against [[Azerbaijan national football team|Azerbaijan]], which was held on 17 November 2004.

==Career Statistics==

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=3|[[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|2005||2||0
|-
!Total||2||0
|}
''Statistics accurate as of 11 November 2015''<ref>{{NFT player|pid=13307|Yanko Valkanov|accessdate=11 November 2015}}</ref>

===International goals===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
|-
| 1 || 17 November 2005 || [[Reliant Stadium]], [[Houston]], USA || {{fb|Mexico}} || align=center|'''1''' – 0 || align=center| 3–0 || [[exhibition game|Friendly match]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=26458 Profile] at Weltfussball.de
*{{NFT player|pid=13307}}

{{FC Levski Karlovo squad}}

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[[Category:Bulgarian footballers]]
[[Category:Bulgaria international footballers]]
[[Category:PFC CSKA Sofia players]]
[[Category:PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players]]
[[Category:PFC Marek Dupnitsa players]]
[[Category:PFC Slavia Sofia players]]
[[Category:FC Partizan Minsk players]]
[[Category:FC Akzhayik players]]
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[[Category:Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players]]
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[[Category:FC Dinamo Minsk players]]
[[Category:FC Belshina Bobruisk players]]
[[Category:FC Botev Galabovo players]]
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[[Category:Bulgarian A Football Group players]]
[[Category:Chinese Super League players]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Belarus]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in China]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan]]
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