Hristo Iliev (footballer)
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hristo Bristov Iliev | ||
Date of birth | 11 May 1936 | ||
Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
Date of death | 24 March 1974 | (aged 37)||
Place of death | Bulgaria | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1954–1959 | Levski Sofia | 106 | (49) |
1959–1961 | Botev Plovdiv | 38 | (10) |
1961–1968 | Levski Sofia | 168 | (50) |
Total | 312 | (109) | |
International career | |||
1955–1963 | Bulgaria | 24 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Hristo Bristov Iliev (Bulgarian: Христо Бристов Илиев; 11 May 1936 – 24 March 1974) was a Bulgarian footballer.[1] He played as a forward and spent the majority of his career with Levski Sofia. Iliev also represented Bulgaria at international level in the 1962 World Cup and in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics,[2] where Bulgaria did reach the 5th place in the final ranking.
Iliev died in a car crash on 24 March 1974.[3]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Levski Sofia
- Bulgarian A Group (2): 1964–65, 1967–68
- Bulgarian Cup (4): 1956, 1957, 1958–59, 1966–67
Individual
[edit]- Bulgarian A Group top scorer (14 goals): 1957
References
[edit]- ^ "Hristo Iliev". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hristo Iliev Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Левски се поклони пред Патрата" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 11 May 2017.
External links
[edit]- Iliev's statistics at levskisofia.info
Categories:
- Bulgarian men's footballers
- Bulgaria men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- Botev Plovdiv players
- 1962 FIFA World Cup players
- 1936 births
- 1974 deaths
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Road incident deaths in Bulgaria
- Footballers from Sofia
- Olympic footballers for Bulgaria
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics