Antonio Ananiev

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Antonio Ananiev

| fullname =

| image = Antonio Ananiev cropped.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Ananiev in 1990

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|05|08}}

| birth_place = Sofia, Bulgaria

| height = 1.89 m

| currentclub =

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1982–1990

| clubs1 = Slavia Sofia

| caps1 = 198

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1990–1991

| clubs2 = Energie Cottbus

| caps2 = 17

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1991–1993

| clubs3 = Lokomotiv Sofia

| caps3 = 43

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1993

| clubs4 = CSKA Sofia

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1994

| clubs5 = Slavia Sofia

| caps5 = 8

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1994–1996

| clubs6 = Energie Cottbus

| caps6 = 58

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1996–1997

| clubs7 = 1. FC Köln

| caps7 = 4

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 1997–1998

| clubs8 = VfB Leipzig

| caps8 = 14

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 1998–2001

| clubs9 = Chemnitzer FC

| caps9 = 62

| goals9 = 0

| totalcaps = 418

| totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1986–1993

| nationalteam1 = Bulgaria

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2006–2010

| managerclubs1 = Energie Cottbus (goalkeeper coach)

}}

Antonio Ananiev ({{langx|bg|Антонио Ананиев}}; born 8 May 1965) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Ananiev spent most of his early career in the A PFG, becoming vice-champion of Bulgaria with Slavia Sofia in 1990 and with CSKA Sofia in 1994. He also spent the last eight years of his professional career in Germany, taking up a job as a goalkeeping coach at Energie Cottbus upon his retirement.{{cite web | url = http://topsport.ibox.bg/news/id_2049530742| title = Ананиев къса с Енерги, но не иска в България, причината е разногласия с ръководството| language = Bulgarian | publisher = topsport.bg (citing trud.bg)|date=14 May 2010|accessdate = 30 January 2015}}