Orlin Ognyanov Starokin (; born 8 January 1987) is a former Bulgarian professional footballer who played as a left-back or defensive midfielder.
Starokin played a total of 262 games in the Bulgarian First League and scored 12 goals, playing for Naftex Burgas, Chernomorets Burgas, Levski Sofia, Lokomotiv Sofia, Botev Plovdiv, Pirin Blagoevgrad, Cherno More Varna and Vitosha Bistritsa. He also played in Kazakhstan, Romania and Cyprus.
Club career
Youth career Starokin began his footballing career with the CSKA Sofia youth team. There he played as an offensive midfielder. He improved his skills at the academy until 2005.
Naftex Burgas At the age of 18, in 2005, Starokin moved to Naftex Burgas, signing his first professional contract. At Naftex he played at first as a left winger and left back. In his first season in professional football, Starokin earned 19 appearances playing in the top division, scoring one goal.
Chernomorets Burgas In the summer of 2006 Starokin was on loan to Chernomorets Burgas, with whom he became champion of the second division. Later he was bought and played there until 2011.
Levski Sofia On 14 June 2011, he signed for Levski Sofia. On 2 July 2011, Starokin made his unofficial debut for Levski in the 1–0 win against Lokomotiv Sofia in an exhibition match.
In June 2014 Starokin refused to renew his contract with Levski and decided to leave the club after three years and 71 appearances in which he scored 4 goals.
Irtysh Pavlodar Starokin signed a contract with Irtysh Pavlodar in Kazakhstan. Starokin left Irtysh in November 2014, following the conclusion of the season.
Botev Plovdiv After a short spell at Dinamo București Starokin joined Botev Plovdiv until the end of the season.Ботев привлече Орлин Старокин He made an official debut on 12 September during a 2–0 home defeat from Litex Lovech.
Cherno More On 14 June 2017, Starokin joined Cherno More Varna. On 21 July 2017, he made his debut in a 4–0 away win over Vereya, playing as a defensive midfielder.
Alki Oroklini On 30 June 2018, Starokin signed a one-year contract with Cypriot club Alki Oroklini.
International career In late August 2017, Starokin earned his first call-up to the Bulgaria national team, for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Sweden and the Netherlands, but did not debut.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsNaftex Burgas2005–06A Group19100––1912007–08B Group22100––2212008–0913100––131Total543000000543Chernomorets Burgas (loan)2006–07B Group17100––171Chernomorets Burgas2008–09A Group14000––1402009–1025100––2512010–1130020––320Total691200000711Levski Sofia2011–12A Group2612020–3012012–131615020–2312013–142930010–303Total715705000835Irtysh Pavlodar2014Kazakhstan Premier League10010––110Lokomotiv Sofia2014–15A Group10010––110Dinamo București2015–16Liga I1000––10Botev Plovdiv2015–16A Group15010––160Pirin Blagoevgrad2016–17Bulgarian First League25320––273Cherno More Varna2017–18Bulgarian First League16210––172Vitosha Bistritsa2017–18Bulgarian First League13100––131Alki Oroklini2018–19Cypriot First Division24100––241Enosis Neon Paralimni2019–20Cypriot First Division12010––130Levski Sofia2020–21Bulgarian First League11010––120Career total34815150500036815
References
External links Orlin Starokin Career Stats at bulgarian-football.com Profile at LevskiSofia.info