Ayan Sadakov

Ayan Sadakov
	Sadakov in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Ayan Faikov Sadakov
Date of birth	26 September 1961
Place of birth	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Date of death	1 July 2017 (aged 55)
Place of death	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1989	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1989–1991	Belenenses
1992–1993	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1994–1996	Botev Plovdiv
Total
International career
1981–1991	Bulgaria
Managerial career
2006–2007	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2008–2009	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ayan Faikov Sadakov (

footballer and a key member of the Bulgarian national team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup

Club career

Sadakov began his club career at the local

Lokomotiv Plovdiv. For "The Smurfs" he played eleven seasons, before transferring to Portugal's C.F. Os Belenenses in 1989. Two years later he return in Lokomotiv and played two years, before signed with Botev Plovdiv

Sadakov had been appointed on September 29, 2008 as a manager of

Dragan Kanatlarovski

.

In 2014, Sadakov announced he was diagnosed with ALS.^[3] He died on 1 July 2017, aged 55.^[4]

^ Mamrud, Roberto (2009-07-16). "Bulgaria - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
^ Anyo Sadkov – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ Interview with Sadakov Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine in Bulgarian
^ "Тъжна вест! Почина легендарният Аян Садъков" (in Bulgarian). Gol.bg. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.