{{short description|Bulgarian basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Yordan Minchev | image = Yordan Minchev 91 Niners Chemnitz EuroCup 20251015 (5) (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Minchev with [[Niners Chemnitz]] in 2025 | position = [[Small forward]] / [[power forward]] | height_m = 2.03 | weight_kg = 101 | league = [[Basketball Bundesliga]] | team = Niners Chemnitz | number = 91 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|10|17}} | birth_place = [[Sliven]], Bulgaria | draft_year = | draft_round = | draft_pick = | draft_team = | career_start = 2014 | career_end = | years1 = 2014–2016 | team1 = [[BC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] | years2 = 2016–2019 | team2 = [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball)|Fenerbahçe]] | years3 = 2017 | team3 = →[[KK Vršac|Vršac]] | years4 = 2017–2018 | team4 = →[[KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom|MZT Skopje]] | years5 = 2018 | team5 = →[[PBC Academic]] | years6 = 2018–2019 | team6 = →[[İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (basketball)|İstanbul BŞB]] | years7 = 2019–2021 | team7 = Levski Lukoil | years8 = 2021–2022 | team8 = [[OSE Lions]] | years9 = 2022 | team9 = Levski Sofia | years10 = 2022 | team10 = [[Atomerőmű SE]] | years11 = 2022–2023 | team11 = [[BC Rilski Sportist|Rilski Sportist]] | years12 = 2023 | team12 = [[CSU Sibiu|Sibiu]] | years13 = 2023–2024 | team13 = [[BC Balkan Botevgrad|Balkan Botevgrad]] | years14 = 2024–2025 | team14 = [[Spirou Basket|Spirou Charleroi]] | years15 = 2025–present | team15 = [[Niners Chemnitz]] | highlights = * [[FIBA Europe Cup]] rebounding leader ([[2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup|2025]]) * [[Macedonian Basketball Cup|Macedonian Cup]] winner (2018) }} '''Yordan Minchev''' ({{langx|bg|Йордан Минчев}}; born 17 October 1998) is a Bulgarian professional [[basketball]] player for [[Niners Chemnitz]] of the [[Basketball Bundesliga]]. Standing at {{height|m=2.03}}, he plays both the [[small forward]] and [[power forward]] positions.
==Professional career== Minchev made his professional debut with [[BC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] during the 2014–15 season of [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|Bulgarian Basketball League]] and played in five games. Same season, he also played 5 times for the team in [[2014–15 ABA League|Adriatic League]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161104204342/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gameCent/p/leagueid//ot//pid/6081342/season/2015/tid/0/tidstat/-1/playerView.html Yordan Minchev 2014-15 Season Player View by fiba.com]</ref> During the 2015–16 season, he played 27 times in Bulgarian League and also played 14 times in [[2015–16 BIBL season|Balkan League]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161104204809/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gameCent/p/leagueid//ot//pid/6081342/season/2016/tid//tidstat/-1/playerView.html Yordan Minchev 2015-16 Season Player View by fiba.com]</ref>
On November 2, 2016, Minchev signed a six-year (2+2+2) contract with [[Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball|Fenerbahçe]].<ref>[http://www.fenerbahce.org/basketbolerkek/detay.asp?ContentID=52814 Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball signed with Yordan Minchev]</ref>
On 13 February 2017, Minchev was loaned to a Serbian club [[KK Vršac|Vršac]] for the rest of the 2016–17 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f5haber.com/milliyet/fenerbahce-yordan-minchev-i-kk-vrsac-a-kiraladi-haberi-6149911/|title=Fenerbahçe Yordan Minchev'i KK Vrsac'a kiraladı|publisher=f5haber.com|access-date=14 February 2017|archive-date=14 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214185343/http://www.f5haber.com/milliyet/fenerbahce-yordan-minchev-i-kk-vrsac-a-kiraladi-haberi-6149911/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On October 1, 2017, Minchev was loaned to Macedonian club [[KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom|MZT Skopje]] for the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Yordan Minchev to spend the season with MZT Skopje Aerodrom|url=http://www.aba-liga.com/news.php?id=38761|access-date=1 October 2017|work=aba-liga.com|date=1 October 2017}}</ref> On March 9, 2018, he left MZT Skopje.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mztskopjeaerodrom.mk/index.php/novosti/vo-vrska-so/aba-liga/item/923-jordan-minchev-povekje-ne-e-chlen-na-mzt-skopje-aerodrom|title=Јордан Минчев повеќе не е член на МЗТ Скопје Аеродром|publisher=mztskopjeaerodrom.mk|access-date=9 March 2018|language=mk}}</ref> He finished the 2017–18 season playing with [[PBC Academic]] of the Bulgarian [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]].
In October 2018, he joined the [[İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (basketball)|İstanbul BŞB]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Yordan Minchev (ex Academic Sofia) signs at Istanbul BBSK |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Bulgaria/news/550860/Yordan-Minchev-(ex-Academic-Sofia)-signs-at-Istanbul-BBSK |access-date=8 December 2018 |work=Eurobasket.com |date=12 October 2018}}</ref>
On September 16, 2019, he has signed with [[BC Levski Sofia|Levski Lukoil]] of the [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]]. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/yordan-minchev-signs-with-levski-lukoil/|title=Yordan Minchev signs with Levski Lukoil|date=September 16, 2019|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=September 17, 2019|last1=Skerletic|first1=Dario|archive-date=October 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015151641/https://sportando.basketball/en/yordan-minchev-signs-with-levski-lukoil/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On July 18, 2021, Minchev signed with [[OSE Lions]] of the Hungarian [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball)|Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Официално: Йордан Минчев продължава в чужбина|trans-title=Official: Yordan Minchev continues abroad|url=https://sportal.bg/news-2021071721382995247|access-date=2 April 2022|work=sportal.bg|date=18 July 2021}}</ref>
In 2022, he returned for a third stint at Levski Sofia.<ref>{{cite news|title=БК Левски картотекира двама чужденци|url=https://bnr.bg/post/101613155/bk-levski-kartotekira-dvama-chujdenci|access-date=25 May 2022|work=bnr.bg|date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
On August 14, 2024, he signed with [[Spirou Basket|Spirou Charleroi]] of the [[BNXT League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spiroubasket.be/post/communiqu%C3%A9-officiel-yordan-minchev|title=Communiqué Officiel:Yordan Minchev|last=|first=|date=August 14, 2024|website=spiroubasket.be|publisher=|language=fr|access-date=October 13, 2024}}</ref>
On June 27, 2025, he signed with [[Niners Chemnitz]] of the [[Basketball Bundesliga]] (BBL).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chemnitz99.de/news/1203/kantiger-rebounder|title=Yordan Minchev verstärkt die Niners|date=June 27, 2025|website=chemnitz99.de|publisher=|language=de|access-date=August 1, 2025}}</ref>
==National team career== Minchev played with the junior national teams of Bulgaria. In 2017 he made his debut with the [[Bulgaria national basketball team|Bulgarian senior national team]] playing in the [[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)|2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124400/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/Yordan%20MINCHEV/pid/108729/_//players.html Yordan MINCHEV (BUL) participated in 3 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.]</ref>
==Career statistics== {{Euroleague player statistics legend}} ===EuroLeague=== {{Euroleague player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2016–17 Fenerbahçe men's basketball season|2016–17]] | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=1| [[Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball|Fenerbahçe]] | ''2'' || ''0'' || ''8.05'' || ''.0'' || ''.0'' || ''.0'' || ''1'' || ''0'' || ''0'' || ''0'' || ''0'' || ''-3'' |- |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan="2"| Career | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 {{S-end}}
== See also == * [[List of foreign basketball players in Serbia]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Yordan-Minchev-88841/stats/ Yordan Minchev] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107074020/http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Yordan-Minchev-88841/stats |date=2016-11-07 }} at draftexpress.com * [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Yordan-Minchev/Turkey/Fenerbahce-Istanbul/300791 Yordan Minchev] at eurobasket.com * [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=007423&seasoncode=E2016 Yordan Minchev] at euroleague.net * [https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/u18/2016/player/Yordan-Minchev Yordan Minchev] at fiba.com * [https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Yordan-Minchev/Summary/53848 Yordan Minchev] at realgm.com
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