Radostin Svetoslavov Stoychev (Bulgarian: Радостин Светославов Стойчев;[1] b. 25 September 1969) is a Bulgarian former volleyball player and current volleyball coach. He led his current team Trentino Volley to their first ever Italian Volleyball League, CEV Champions League[2][3] and Club World Volleyball Championship[4] titles.
Radostin Stoychev was born in the Bulgarian capital Sofia 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, Minyor Buhovo (with whom he won the national title) as well as teams from Portugal, Spain, Austria, Serbia and France (Tours VB). He played as a setter.
Stoychev's managerial career began at Slavia Sofia, 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.[5] In Russia, he won the national championship in 2006 and the national cup in 2007.[2]
In 2007, Stoychev was appointed the manager of Trento-based Italian Volleyball League team Trentino Volley. Stoychev attracted several of Bulgaria's top volleyball players to the club, such as Matey Kaziyski, Vladimir Nikolov, Smilen Mlyakov and Vasil Stoyanov. In his debut 2007–08 season, he won the Italian national championship,[2] an achievement comparable to the feats of Julio Velasco and Paulo Roberto de Freitas. 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.[3]
In 2011 Radostin Stoychev changed Silvano Prandi and became headcoach of Bulgarian national team.