# Plamen Krachunov

Plamen Nikolov Krachunov (Bulgarian: Пламен Николов Крачунов; born 11 January 1989) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Arda Kardzhali.

## Club career
### Maritsa Plovdiv

Krachunov started playing football with Maritsa Plovdiv. He made his first-team debut on 18 August 2007, at 18 years, in a 3–0 away defeat to Kaliakra Kavarna and quickly became a regular starter of the team, as a centre back. His first goal came on 11 May 2008, in a 3–1 home win over Minyor Radnevo. During his first two seasons, he earned 50 appearances in the East B PFG, but Maritsa were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season. After one season, playing for Maritsa in third league, he joined Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

### Lokomotiv Plovdiv

After a short trial, on 6 July 2010, Krachunov signed a three-year contract with Lokomotiv. He made his A PFG debut in a 2–2 draw against Litex Lovech on 22 August, coming on as a substitute for Youness Bengelloun. Krachunov netted Lokomotiv's only goal in their Bulgarian Cup loss, a 2–1 defeat at Pirin Blagoevgrad on 6 April 2011. Four days later, he scored his first league goal for Lokomotiv, in a 1–1 draw against Montana.

### CSKA Sofia

On 15 August 2011, reports linked Krachunov with a move to CSKA Sofia, adding depth to the position one day after Apostol Popov was lost for the season because of a knee injury. The following day, he completed his move to CSKA, on a three-year contract. He was handed the number 66 shirt.
He made his debut on 21 August, appearing as a substitute in a 2–1 win over Kaliakra Kavarna, and made his first start for the club in the following game against Montana. On 26 September, he scored his first goal for CSKA, scoring a header in CSKA's 4–1 league win over Vidima-Rakovski from a Spas Delev corner-kick. Krachunov then scored on 3 December in a Bulgarian Cup game against Spartak Pleven. On 15 March 2014, Krachunov scored a last-minute goal in the 1:0 win over Levski Sofia in an A PFG match. He joined Slavia Sofia in the summer of 2015, remaining with the "whites" until January 2016.

### St Johnstone

On 22 February 2016, Krachunov signed a contract with Scottish Premiership side St Johnstone, after a successful trial period with the club.

### Sandecja Nowy Sącz

On 5 July 2017, he signed a contract with Sandecja Nowy Sącz.

### Etar Veliko Tarnovo

After a short stint with Lokomotiv Sofia, Krachunov joined Etar in June 2020.

## International career

In October 2011, Krachunov earned his first call-up to the Bulgaria national side for a friendly match against Ukraine and a Euro 2012 qualifier against Wales.

## Personal life

His brother Stefan Krachunov is also footballer.

## Career statistics

    As of 29 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Maritsa Plovdiv | 2007–08 | B Group | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 24 | 1 |
| Maritsa Plovdiv | 2008–09 | B Group | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 0 |
| Maritsa Plovdiv | 2009–10 | V Group | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 34 | 7 |
| Maritsa Plovdiv | Total | Total | 81 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 8 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2010–11 | A Group | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 2 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2011–12 | A Group | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Total | Total | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2011–12 | A Group | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 3 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2012–13 | A Group | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 1 |
| CSKA Sofia | Total | Total | 47 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 4 |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2013–14 | A Group | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 2 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2013–14 | A Group | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 1 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2014–15 | A Group | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 |
| CSKA Sofia | Total | Total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2015–16 | A Group | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 0 |
| St Johnstone | 2015–16 | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 2016–17 | Cypriot First Division | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 1 |
| Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 0 |
| Stomil Olsztyn | 2018–19 | I liga | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 0 |
| Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 2019–20 | I liga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 2019–20 | Second League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Etar | 2019–20 | Bulgarian First League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Etar | 2020–21 | Bulgarian First League | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 1 |
| Etar | Total | Total | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 2021–22 | Bulgarian First League | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 2 |
| Arda | 2022–23 | Bulgarian First League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Arda | 2023–24 | Bulgarian First League | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 1 |
| Arda | 2024–25 | Bulgarian First League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 |
| Arda | Total | Total | 50 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 357 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 283 | 22 |