Aleksandar Tonev

Aleksandar Tonev (Bulgarian: Александър Тонев; born 3 February 1990) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a winger for Aston Villa in the Premier League and the Bulgaria national football team.

CSKA Sofia
Tonev was raised in CSKA Sofia's youth teams. He made his first team debut in a 3–1 league win over Belasitsa Petrich on 8 March 2008, coming on as a substitute for Chigozie Udoji. Tonev got his chance in CSKA's first team after the sale of many players in the summer of 2008. He played in the club's first fixture in the 2008–09 season against Litex Lovech on 3 August 2008. His team won the game and won the Bulgarian Supercup for the third time.

After Lyuboslav Penev replaced Dimitar Penev as head coach of CSKA Sofia, Tonev appeared in the match groups more often and often came in as a substitute for his team. On 22 April 2009, Tonev scored his first 2 goals for CSKA, securing a brace in the 4–1 away win against Vihren Sandanski.

He was loaned to OFC Sliven 2000 for the 2009–10 season, where he is likely to receive more chances to play. He was recalled from his loan to the team from Sliven for the 2010–11 season.

Lech Poznań
On 16 June 2011 Tonev signed with Polish Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań. He made his debut on 29 July 2011, coming on in 75th minute, replacing Jakub Wilk in a game against ŁKS Łódź. Lech Poznań won the game 5–0.

On 26 July 2012, Tonev scored his first ever European goal, netting the only goal in a 1–0 home victory over Azerbaijani club Khazar Lankaran in the second qualifying round of Europa League. On 25 August, Tonev netted his first Ekstraklasa goal of the 2012–13 season as he scored a 25-yard winning strike in a 2–1 away victory over Polonia Warsaw.

Aston Villa
On 7 June 2013, Tonev signed for Aston Villa with influence from Stiliyan Petrov, he also stated that he wanted to show everybody what he can really do. He signed for the fee of €3.2million. He also stated that Aston Villa are a big club and deserve the very best.

International career
On 4 September 2009, Tonev scored his first goal for the Bulgaria U21 in the 3–0 home win against Kazakhstan U21 in a UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifier. On 9 September 2009, he was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Guillermo Molins in the 90th minute of the 1–2 away loss to Sweden U21. On 9 February 2011, Tonev scored a goal in a friendly match against Cameroon.

Tonev made his debut for the Bulgarian national team in a 0–1 home loss against Wales on 11 October 2011. On 22 March 2013, he scored his first international goals as he netted a hat-trick (the first one in his career) during a 6–0 home win over Malta in the World Cup 2014 qualifying match.

International goals

 * Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.

Club

 * CSKA Sofia
 * A PFG (1): 2007–08
 * Bulgarian Cup (1): 2010–11
 * Bulgarian Supercup (1): 2008

Individual

 * Bulgarian Best Young Player of the Season: 2010–11