Martin Raynov

{{short description|Bulgarian footballer}}

{{family name hatnote|Nikolaev|Raynov|lang=Bulgarian}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Martin Raynov
Мартин Райнов

| image = Raynov 2020.jpg

| full_name = Martin Nikolaev Raynov{{cite web |url=https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0263-10de614232cd-de3927e3d25c-1000/unl_booking_list_before_md6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123003056/https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0263-10de614232cd-de3927e3d25c-1000/unl_booking_list_before_md6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 November 2020 |title=UEFA Nations League 2019: Booking List before League phase Matchday 5 |page=11 |publisher=UEFA |date=6 November 2018 |accessdate=24 November 2020}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|4|25}}

| birth_place = Gabrovo, Bulgaria

| height = 1.83 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Yantra Gabrovo

| clubnumber = 15

| youthyears1 = 2000–2005

| youthclubs1 = Yantra Gabrovo

| youthyears2 = 2005–2011

| youthclubs2 = Beroe

| years1 = 2011–2014

| clubs1 = Beroe

| caps1 = 16

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2011

| clubs2 = → Etar 1924 (loan)

| caps2 = 8

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2012

| clubs3 = → Sliven (loan)

| caps3 = 9

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2014

| clubs4 = → Bansko (loan)

| caps4 = 13

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2014–2015

| clubs5 = Haskovo

| caps5 = 26

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2015

| clubs6 = Lokomotiv GO

| caps6 = 17

| goals6 = 5

| years7 = 2016–2017

| clubs7 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv

| caps7 = 29

| goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2017–2019

| clubs8 = Beroe

| caps8 = 61

| goals8 = 5

| years9 = 2019–2021

| clubs9 = Levski Sofia

| caps9 = 52

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2021

| clubs10 = Ashdod

| caps10 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2021–2023

| clubs11 = Argeș Pitești

| caps11 = 39

| goals11 = 2

| years12 = 2023

| clubs12 = Lokomotiv Sofia

| caps12 = 12

| goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2024

| clubs13 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv

| caps13 = 12

| goals13 = 0

| years14 = 2024

| clubs14 = Hebar Pazardzhik

| caps14 = 0

| goals14 = 0

| years15 = 2024–

| clubs15 = Yantra Gabrovo

| caps15 = 17

| goals15 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2012–2013

| nationalteam1 = Bulgaria U21

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2016–

| nationalteam2 = Bulgaria

| nationalcaps2 = 8

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 04:31, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 28 March 2021

}}

Martin Nikolaev Raynov ({{langx|bg|Мартин Николаев Райнов}}; born 25 April 1992) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Yantra Gabrovo.

Club career

In February 2019, he signed a 1.5-year contract with Levski Sofia.{{cite web|url=https://levski.bg/news/details/176834|title=Левски подписа с Мартин Райнов (ВИДЕО)|publisher=PFC Levski Sofia|date=5 February 2019|accessdate=18 February 2019}}

On 1 July 2021, Raynov signed for the Israeli Premier League club F.C. Ashdod.{{cite web|url=https://www.one.co.il/Article/21-22/1,1,1,0/387602.html?ref=hp|title=מתחזקת: קפטן לבסקי סופיה חתם במ.ס אשדוד|first=Itzik|last=Calfi|date=1 July 2021|accessdate=1 July 2021|language=Hebrew}}

International career

In August 2016, Raynov received his first call up to the senior Bulgaria squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg,{{cite news|title=Bulgaria - Luxembourg|url=http://bfunion.bg/uploads/Blanka_za_internet_EN.compressed.pdf|accessdate=1 September 2016|publisher=bfunion.bg|date=1 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115194156/http://bfunion.bg/uploads/Blanka_za_internet_EN.compressed.pdf|archive-date=15 January 2017|url-status=dead}} and earned his first senior cap on 10 October, coming on as a substitute for Simeon Slavchev in a 3–0 loss in a World Cup qualifier against Sweden at Friends Arena in Solna.{{cite news|title=Sweden vs. Bulgaria 3:0|url=http://www.flashscore.com/match/lE6YqVq8/#lineups;1|accessdate=11 October 2016|publisher=flashscore.com|date=10 October 2016}}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 28 March 2021}}

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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="6" |Bulgaria

|2016

10
201720
201840
201900
202000
202110
colspan="2"|Total||8||0

Honours

References

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