title: Yanko Kirilov
text: # Yanko Kirilov
  
  Yanko Kirilov (Bulgarian: Янко Кирилов; born 10 March 1946) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder.
  
  ## Career
  
  A product of Levski Sofia's youth system, Kirilov made his A Group debut on 18 November 1961 against Minyor Pernik to become the Levski's youngest ever player in the league at the age of 15 years, 8 months and 8 days old.
  
  In 1963, Kirilov joined CSKA Sofia. On 8 September 1965, he scored late winner goal from the penalty spot in CSKA's 3–2 defeat of Levski in the 1965 Bulgarian Cup Final. Kirilov collected his first A Group title winner's medal at the end of the 1965–66 season. He scored 6 league goals in 12 matches that season.
  
  In June 1966, Kirilov returned to Levski Sofia where he won two A Group titles and three Bulgarian Cups in the following six seasons. In 1972, he joined Chernomorets Burgas where he spent three seasons, before retiring as a Levski's player at the age of 32 in 1978.
  
  ## Honours
  
  ### Club
  
  **CSKA Sofia**
  
  * A Group: 1965–66
  * Bulgarian Cup: 1965
  
  **Levski Sofia**
  
  * A Group (2): 1967–68, 1969–70
  * Bulgarian Cup (3): 1967, 1970, 1971
  