Hristo Zlatinski

Hristo Zlatinski
	Zlatinski playing for Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Hristo Evtimov Zlatinski
Date of birth	22 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2005	Pirin Blagoevgrad
2005–2007	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2007–2010	Lokomotiv Sofia
2010–2013	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2013–2015	Ludogorets Razgrad
2015–2018	Universitatea Craiova
2018–2019	FCSB
2019–2021	Botev Vratsa
2022–2023	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Total
International career
2004–2006	Bulgaria U 21
2011–2015	Bulgaria
Managerial career
2024–	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hristo Zlatinski (Bulgarian: Христо Златински; born 22 January 1985) is a Bulgarian retired professional footballer, who is manager in the Bulgarian First League with Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

Club career

Zlatinski started his career in his home town Blagoevgrad in the local team Pirin. In 2005, he joined Lokomotiv Plovdiv. For two years in Plovdiv he played in 46 matches and scored 4 goals. In this period Zlatinski played also for the Bulgaria national under-21 football team. In June 2007 he signed for three years with Lokomotiv Sofia. In 2010 Zlatinski returned to Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

At 18 June 2013, he joined Bulgarian champion Ludogorets Razgrad.^[1] During the 2013/2014 UEFA Europa League, he scored two goals with long-distance efforts - in the 1:0 win over Chornomorets Odesa and on 27 February 2014, in the 3:3 draw with S.S. Lazio. He became 3rd captain of the side and one of the leaders in the changing room. For entire season Zlatinski scored 12 goals in all competitions.

International career

Zlatinski received his first call-up to the senior team in Mihail Madanski's first game in charge of Bulgaria in October 2011. On 7 October he made his Bulgaria debut in a 3–0 friendly loss against Ukraine.^[2]^[3]

Personal life

He is married to Vanya. They have two children - a daughter named Elia and a younger son Christian.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 August 2021^[2]^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League		National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Pirin Blagoevgrad	2001–02	2	0	0	0	–		–		–		2	0
	2002–03	14	1	0	0	–		–		–		14	1
	2003–04	16	2	0	0	–		–		–		16	2
	2004–05	24	2	0	0	–		–		–		24	2
	Total	56	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	56	5
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2005–06	16	1	0	0	–		–		–		16	1
	2006–07	29	9	0	0	–		2	0	–		31	9
	2010–11	29	11	0	0	–		–		–		29	11
	2011–12	24	6	1	0	–		–		–		25	6
	2012–13	26	4	0	0	–		2	1	2	0	30	5
	Total	124	31	1	0	–	–	4	1	2	0	131	32
Lokomotiv Sofia	2007–08	24	2	0	0	–		3	0	–		27	2
	2008–09	24	2	0	0	–		2	0	–		26	2
	2009–10	26	2	0	0	–		–		–		26	2
	Total	74	6	0	0	–	–	5	0	–	–	79	6
Ludogorets Razgrad	2013–14	28	7	7	2	–		15	3	1	0	51	12
	2014–15	18	2	4	0	–		4	0	1	0	27	2
	Total	46	9	11	2	–	–	19	3	2	0	78	14
Universitatea Craiova	2015–16	33	2	0	0	1	0	–		–		34	2
	2016–17	35	6	3	0	1	0	–		–		39	6
	2017–18	30	1	5	0	–		2	0	–		37	1
	2018–19	1	0	–		–		0	0	1	0	2	0
	Total	99	9	8	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	112	9
FCSB	2018–19	3	0	2	0	–		–		–		5	0
Botev Vratsa	2019–20	17	0	1	0	–		–		–		18	0
	2020–21	25	1	2	0	–		–		1	1	28	2
	Total	42	1	3	0	–	–	–	–	1	1	46	2
Career total		444	61	25	2	2	0	30	4	6	1	507	68