Yordan Filipov

Yordan Filipov

Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-06-18)18 June 1946
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of death	27 July 1996(1996-07-27) (aged 50)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1964	Rozova Dolina
1964–1965	Spartak Plovdiv	21	(0)
1965–1980	CSKA Sofia	188	(0)
1980–1981	Dunav Ruse	39	(0)
1981–1983	Sliven	44	(0)
1983–1985	Rabat Ajax	23	(1)
1985–1987	CSKA Sofia	2	(0)
1988	Cherno More	16	(0)
International career
1968–1979	Bulgaria	28	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yordan Filipov (Bulgarian: Йордан Филипов; 18 June 1946 - 27 July 1996) was a Bulgarian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

In his career Filipov played for Rozova Dolina, Spartak Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia, Sliven, Dunav Ruse and Cherno More Varna, with whom he became the oldest player to appear in the Bulgarian A Group. Filipov played his last career game on 26 November 1988 at Ticha Stadium against Lokomotiv Plovdiv at 42 years, 5 months and 8 days.

Between 1965 and 1980 Filipov won eight A Group titles and four Bulgarian Cups with CSKA, playing 188 league matches.

Honours

Club

CSKA Sofia

• A Group (8): 1965–66, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1979–80
• Bulgarian Cup (4): 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974

Rabat Ajax

• Maltese Premier League (1) : 1984–85
• Euro Cup (1) : 1984–85

External links

• Yordan Filipov at National-Football-Teams.com