ɪn hɪz kɚɹˈɪɹ hiː plˈeɪd fɔːɹ pˈɪɹɪn blˈæɡoʊvɡɹˌæd, sˈiːskˈɑː sˈoʊfiə, dˈɑːbɹʌdʒə dˈɑːbɹɪtʃ ænd lˈaɪɾɛks lˈʌvɛtʃ, mˌeɪkɪŋ ɐ nˈeɪm fɔːɹ hɪmsˈɛlf wɪððə lˈæɾɚ wɛn ðeɪ wˈʌn ðɛɹ fˈɜːst tˈuː dəmˈɛstɪk tˈaɪɾəlz ɪnðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z.
In his career he played for Pirin Blagoevgrad, CSKA Sofia, Dobrudzha Dobrich and Litex Lovech, making a name for himself with the latter when they won their first two domestic titles in the late 1990s.