{{short description|Bulgarian footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Metodi Tomanov | image = | full_name = Metodi Petrov Tomanov<ref>{{WorldFootball.net|metodi-tomanov}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|7|29}} | birth_place = Ognyanovo, Bulgaria | position = Midfielder | years1 = 1977–1979 | years2 = 1979–1982 | years3 = 1982–1984 | years4 = 1984–1986 | years5 = 1987–1988 | years6 = 1988–1989 | years7 = 1989–1990 | years8 = 1990–1991 | years9 = 1991–1992 | years10 = 1992 | clubs1 = Benkovski Pazardzhik | clubs2 = CSKA Sofia | clubs3 = Sliven | clubs4 = CSKA Sofia | clubs5 = Spartak Pleven | clubs6 = Minyor Pernik | clubs7 = Atlético CP | clubs8 = Timok | clubs9 = Radnički Niš | clubs10 = Yu Kong | caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = 27 | goals2 = 0 | caps3 = 52 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 26 | goals4 = 1 | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 3 | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 1 | caps9 = 3 | goals9 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1981–1986 | nationalteam1 = Bulgaria | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1993–1998 | manageryears2 = 1998–1999 | manageryears3 = 2000–2001 | manageryears4 = 2002–2004 | manageryears5 = 2005–2006 | manageryears6 = 2007–2008 | manageryears7 = 2008–2011 | manageryears8 = 2011–2014 | manageryears9 = 2014–2018 | manageryears10 = 2021–2022 | manageryears11 = 2022 | manageryears12 = 2024– | managerclubs1 = Verila | managerclubs2 = Bulgaria U21 (assistant) | managerclubs3 = Bulgaria (assistant) | managerclubs4 = CSKA Sofia (assistant) | managerclubs5 = Spartak Varna (assistant) | managerclubs6 = Beroe Stara Zagora (assistant) | managerclubs7 = CSKA Sofia (scout) | managerclubs8 = Ludogorets Razgrad (scout) | managerclubs9 = Ludogorets Razgrad (sports director) | managerclubs10 = CSKA 1948 (scout) | managerclubs11 = CSKA 1948 (scout) | managerclubs12 = CSKA Sofia (scout) }} '''Metodi Petrov Tomanov''' ({{langx|bg|Методи Петров Томанов}}; born 29 July 1959) is a Bulgarian former international football player and current manager.
==Playing career== Tomanov's most successful period, while a player, was when he won three Bulgarian national championships and two national cups, all with CSKA Sofia. In that period he played four times for the Bulgaria national team. After leaving CSKA, he played few years more in Bulgaria before emigrating to Portugal and Yugoslavia, where he represented Atlético{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} and Radnički Niš,<ref>[https://www.yumpu.com/sh/document/fullscreen/28762059/tempo-almanah-1991-1992 Tempo almanah 1991/92] pag. 22</ref> respectively. He came to Radnički Niš after a spell with FK Timok.<ref>[https://archive.today/20140217173305/http://en.calameo.com/read/002612008d37fe13d8b9f Tempo almanah] pag. 25</ref> Soon after retiring, he began his coaching career.
Following his retirement as an active player, he began his coaching career after obtaining a UEFA A License.<ref>[http://bfcs.bg/en/UEFA-A/ UEFA A license] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20090615142918/http://bfcs.bg/en/UEFA-A/ |date=2009-06-15 }} at Bulgarian football coaching school</ref>
==Director career== On 15 March 2014, Tomanov became sport director of PFC Ludogorets Razgrad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportal.bg/news.php?news=477636|title=Лудогорец вече има спортен директор}}</ref>
==Honours== '''CSKA Sofia''' *3 times Bulgarian First League Champion: 1979-80, 1980-81 and 1981-82 *2 times Bulgarian Cup winner: 1981 and 1985 *1 time Cup Of the Soviet Army winner: 1985
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WorldFootball.net|metodi-tomanov}} * {{Mackolik player|65167}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tomanov, Metody}} Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:Bulgarian men's footballers Category:Bulgaria men's international footballers Category:Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Category:FC Hebar Pazardzhik players Category:PFC CSKA Sofia players Category:FC Sliven players Category:OFC Spartak Pleven players Category:FC Minyor Pernik players Category:FK Timok players Category:FK Radnički Niš players Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Category:Yugoslav First League players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Yugoslavia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia and Montenegro Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Category:Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Category:Bulgarian football managers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia Category:Sportspeople from Pazardzhik Province Category:20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen
{{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub}}