Aston Villa’s Stiliyan Petrov (pictured) is performing so convincingly with the Bulgarian national team in World Cup 2010 qualifying that he has grabbed the lead in the FTBL ranking of midfielders at the club.

Petrov was instrumental in Bulgaria’s recent 4:1 trashing of Montenegro: he was rewarded with 13.47 rating points in our system.

In the FTBL World Ranking of midfielders, Petrov has progressed to 56th place with a tally of 95 points. He also leads in the ranking of Bulgarian midfielders.