Valentin Stanchev

{{Short description|Bulgarian footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Valentin Stanchev

| image = Valentin Stanchev.jpg

| fullname = Valentin Ivanov Stanchev

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|10|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Vratsa, Bulgaria

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| currentclub =

| years1 = 1986–1992 | clubs1 = Botev Vratsa | caps1 = 103 | goals1 = 34

| years2 = 1992–1994 | clubs2 = Chernomorets Burgas | caps2 = 55 | goals2 = 15

| years3 = 1994–1999 | clubs3 = Spartak Varna | caps3 = 101 | goals3 = 39

| years4 = 1997 | clubs4 = → Shenhua (loan)| caps4 = 28 | goals4 = 23

| years5 = 1998–1999 | clubs5 = → CSKA Sofia (loan) | caps5 = 23 | goals5 = 7

| years6 = 1999–2000 | clubs6 = Sachsen Leipzig | caps6 = 29 | goals6 = 6

| years7 = 2000–2003 | clubs7 = Spartak Varna | caps7 = 76 | goals7 = 25

| years8 = 2004–2005 | clubs8 = Cherno More | caps8 = 23 | goals8 = 6

| totalcaps = 440 | totalgoals = 155

| nationalyears1 = 1999 | nationalteam1 = Bulgaria

| nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1= 0

| manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 =

}}

Valentin Stanchev ({{langx|bg|Валентин Станчев}}; born 25 October 1968) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a striker.{{cite web|publisher=dariknews.bg|title=Голово шоу за 9:9 на бенефиса на Валентин Станчев|url=http://dariknews.bg/view_article.php?article_id=258110|date=1 June 2008}}