Panayot Panayotov (footballer)

Panayot Panayotov
Personal information
Full name	Panayot Mitov Panayotov
Date of birth	30 December 1930
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of death	1996 (aged 65)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Sportist Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team
1946–1949	Sportist Sofia
1949	Cherveno Zname
1950–1964	CSKA Sofia
International career
1952–1962	Bulgaria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Panayot Mitov Panayotov (Template:Lang-bg; 30 December 1930 – 1996) was a Bulgarian football forward who played for Bulgaria in the 1962 FIFA World Cup.^[1]

Career

Panayotov began his playing career with Sportist Sofia. In 1949, after merger of Sportist and Sredets, he joined the new formed club DSO Cherveno Zname.^[2]

In early 1950, Panayotov joined CSKA Sofia, where he won eleven A Group titles and four Bulgarian Cups.^[3] During his fourteen years with CSKA, he scored 68 goals in 294 matches.

Honours

Club

CSKA Sofia

A Group (11): 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62
Bulgarian Cup (4): 1951, 1954, 1955, 1961

International

Bulgaria

Olympic Bronze Medal: 1956^[4]

References

^ 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile
^ "80 години от рождението на Панайот Панайотов - Гацо" (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. 30 December 2010.
^ "Панайот Панайотов - "Обичам красотата във футбола."" (in Bulgarian). cska-forever.com.
^ "Panayot Panayotov". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

External links

FIFA profile

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[1] 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile

[2] "80 години от рождението на Панайот Панайотов - Гацо" (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. 30 December 2010.

[3] "Панайот Панайотов - "Обичам красотата във футбола."" (in Bulgarian). cska-forever.com.

[4] "Panayot Panayotov". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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