Radostin Stoychev
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Radostin Svetoslavov Stoychev is a Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n former volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 player and current volleyball coach. He led his current team Trentino Volley
Trentino Volley
Trentino Volley is a professional volleyball team based in Trento, Italy. It plays in the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 2000. It has won two times the Italian Volleyball League, the Italian cup, a CEV Champions League and the FIVB Men's Club World Volleyball Championship...

 to their first ever Italian Volleyball League
Italian Volleyball League
The Italian Male Volleyball League is structured in several levels of importance; the highest of them is Serie A1. Many of the best volleyball players in the world playing in the A1 and the overall level of competition is considerably higher.-Structure:...

, CEV Champions League
CEV Champions League
The CEV Champions League, or Indesit European Champions League is the top official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.-Formula:In the first round take part 24 teams shared in 6 group stage....

 and Club World Volleyball Championship
2009 FIVB Men's Club World Volleyball Championship
The 2009 FIVB Men's Club World Championship was the 5th edition of the event. It was held in Doha, Qatar from November 3 to 8, 2009.-Golden formula:...

 titles.

Radostin Stoychev was born in the Bulgarian capital Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

 to the family of volleyball coach Svetoslav Stoychev, whose achievements include a world championship title with the junior Bulgarian national team. As a player, Radostin Stoychev represented CSKA Sofia
CSKA Sofia (sports club)
CSKA Sofia is a Bulgarian sports society from Sofia, Bulgaria, which was founded on May 5, 1948 as Septemvri pri CDV, аfter the unification of the two sports clubs from the city, Chavdar and Septemvri...

, Minyor Buhovo
Buhovo
Bukhovo is a town in Western Bulgaria. It is located in Sofia city and is close to the capital Sofia....

 (with whom he won the national title) as well as teams from Portugal
Portugal
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, Spain
Spain
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, Austria
Austria
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, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

 and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 (Tours VB
Tours VB
Tours VB is a French volleyball club which is playing their home matches at the Salle Robert Grenon in Tours.Tours VB plays in Pro A, top volleyball league in France.The team also participates in the Men's CEV Champions League 2010–11....

). He played as a setter.

Stoychev's managerial career began at Slavia Sofia
Slavia Sofia (sports club)
Slavia Sofia is a sports club from Sofia, Bulgaria, founded in 1913.*HC Slavia Sofia, ice hockey team*PFC Slavia Sofia, football team...

, whom he coached from 2003 to 2005, winning the Bulgarian Volleyball Cup in 2003. From 2005 to 2007, Stoychev was with VC Dynamo Moscow as their assistant manager. In Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, he won the national championship in 2006 and the national cup in 2007.

In 2007, Stoychev was appointed the manager of Trento
Trento
Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

-based Italian Volleyball League team Trentino Volley. Stoychev attracted several of Bulgaria's top volleyball players to the club, such as Matey Kaziyski
Matey Kaziyski
Matey Kaziyski is a Bulgarian volleyball player.With Dynamo Moscow he won the bronze medal at the Men's CEV Champions League 2006–07 and was awarded Final Four' "Best Server"....

, Vladimir Nikolov
Vladimir Nikolov
Vladimir Nikolov is a Bulgarian volleyball player, current captain of the his country's national team. He plays as a wing-spiker and has been part of the Bulgarian national team in all recent championships...

, Smilen Mlyakov and Vasil Stoyanov. In his debut 2007–08 season, he won the Italian national championship, an achievement comparable to the feats of Julio Velasco
Julio Velasco
Julio Velasco is a professional volleyball coach from Argentina, who guided the Italian national men's team to several successes in the 1990s. After the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Italians won silver, he switched to the Italian women's team...

 and Paulo Roberto de Freitas
Paulo Roberto de Freitas
Paulo Roberto de Freitas, best known as Bebeto , is a Brazilian volleyball coach and soccer manager. He is former president of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas football club and current Halkbank Ankara volley coach....

. In the following 2008–09 season, Trentino Volley's first season in the CEV Champions League, Stoychev led the club to the title in Europe's premier volleyball competition.

In 2011 Radostin Stoychev changed Silvano Prandi and became headcoach of Bulgarian national team.
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