Martin Paskalev

{{Short description|Bulgarian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Krasimirov|Paskalev|lang=Bulgarian}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Martin Paskalev | fullname = Martin Krasimirov Paskalev | image = Martin paskalev.jpg | caption = Paskalev in 2021 with Lokomotiv Plovdiv | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|12|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Svilengrad, Bulgaria | height = 1.86 m | position = Centre-back | currentclub = Arda Kardzhali | clubnumber = 24 | youthclubs1 = CSKA Sofia | youthclubs2 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv | youthyears1 = | youthyears2 = | years1 = 2018–2025 | clubs1 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv | caps1 = 93 | goals1 = 4 | years2 = 2020–2021 | clubs2 = → Spartak Varna (loan) | caps2 = 23 | goals2 = 7 | years3 = 2025 | clubs3 = Sarajevo | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2026– | clubs4 = Arda Kardzhali | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | club-update = 9 January 2026 | ntupdate = }} '''Martin Krasimirov Paskalev''' ({{langx|bg|Мартин Красимиров Паскалев}}; born 25 December 2001) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bulgarian First League club Arda Kardzhali.

==Career== Born in Svilengrad,<ref name="e-svilengrad">{{cite web|url=https://e-svilengrad.com/2021/06/12/49212/ |website=e-svilengrad.com|title=Свиленградският футболен талант Мартин Паскалев се върна при "смърфовете" |date=12 June 2021 |access-date=2022-09-15}}</ref> Paskalev played as a youth for local club FC Svilengrad, CSKA Sofia and Lokomotiv Plovdiv.<ref name="topsport">{{cite web|url=https://topsport.bg/lokomotiv-plovdiv/te-sa-mladi-tseleustremeni-i-ambitsiozni-lokomotiv-pd-predstavya-martin-paskalev.html |website=topsport.bg|title=Те са млади, целеустремени и амбициозни: Локомотив (Пд) представя Мартин Паскалев|date=28 April 2019 |access-date=2022-09-15}}</ref> <ref name="lokomotivpd">{{cite web|url=https://lokomotivpd.com/lokomotiv-podpisa-dogovor-s-martin-paskalev/|website=lokomotivpd.com|title=Локомотив подписа договор с Мартин Паскалев|date=15 June 2021 |access-date=2022-09-15}}</ref><ref name="plovdiv24">{{cite web|url=https://www.plovdiv24.bg/sport/1094974.html|website=plovdiv24.bg|title=Мартин Паскалев подписа с Локо и обяви: Върнах се у дома! Този отбор ме създаде!|date=15 June 2021 |access-date=2022-09-15}}</ref>

He made his debut for the first team of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 19 April 2019 in a 0:2 loss to Dunav Ruse. He scored his first goal for Lokomotiv on 12 September 2022 for the 1:0 win against Septemvri Sofia, becoming a man of the match.<ref name="sportal">{{cite web|url=https://sportal.bg/news-2022091117311676728|website=sportal.bg|title=Локо (Пловдив) си тръгна доволен от София след гол на младок|access-date=2022-09-15}}</ref><ref name="gong">{{cite web|url=https://gong.bg/bg-football/efbet-liga/paskalev-shte-pie-shampanskoto-sled-pobedniia-gol-697989|website=gong.bg|title=Паскалев ще пие шампанското след победния гол|access-date=2022-09-15}}</ref> In 2020 he was sent on loan to Spartak Varna until end of the season.<ref>[https://www.marica.bg/sport/futbol/loko-si-vrashta-mlad-zashtitnik-ot-varna Локо си връща млад защитник от Варна]</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 28 October 2025}}<ref name="soccerway">{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/martin-paskalev/607473/|title=M. Paskalev: Summary|access-date=28 October 2025|website=Soccerway|publisher=Perform Group}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|National cup{{efn|Includes Bulgarian Cup, Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup}} !colspan=2|Continental !colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=8|Lokomotiv Plovdiv |2018–19 |Bulgarian First League |1||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||1||0 |- |2019–20 |Bulgarian First League |0||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0 |- |2020–21 |Bulgarian First League |0||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0 |- |2021–22 |Bulgarian First League |16||0||3||0||0||0||19||0 |- |2022–23 |Bulgarian First League |33||3||2||0||colspan=2|—||35||3 |- |2023–24 |Bulgarian First League |27||0||2||0||colspan=2|—||29||0 |- |2024–25 |Bulgarian First League |16||1||1||0||colspan=2|—||17||1 |- !colspan=2|Total !93!!4!!8!!0!!0!!0!!101!!4 |- |Spartak Varna (loan) |2020–21 |Bulgarian Third League |23||7||1||0||colspan=2|—||24||7 |- |rowspan=3|Sarajevo |2024–25 |Bosnian Premier League |13||1||5||0||colspan=2|—||18||1 |- |2025–26 |Bosnian Premier League |4||0||1||0||1{{efn|Appearance in UEFA Conference League}}||0||6||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !17!!1!!6!!0!!1!!0!!24!!1 |- !colspan=3|Career total !133!!12!!15!!0!!1!!0!!149!!12 |} {{notelist}}

==Honours== '''Lokomotiv Plovdiv''' *Bulgarian Cup: 2018–19

'''Sarajevo''' *Bosnian Cup: 2024–25

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Soccerway|new_id=paskalev-martin/EPnYBfOs|id=martin-paskalev/607473|archive=20231019230838}} * {{WorldFootball.net|new_id=pe606975|id=martin-paskalev|archive=20250522210808}} * {{Sofascore|paskalev-martin/981476}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paskalev, Martin}} Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:Bulgarian men's footballers Category:21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Footballers from Plovdiv Category:FC Spartak Varna players Category:PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Category:FK Sarajevo players Category:FC Arda Kardzhali players Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Category:Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Category:Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina