Kiril Stankov
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kiril Stankov Hristov | ||
Date of birth | 20 May 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
Date of death | 7 May 1992 | (aged 42)||
Position(s) | Defender / Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1977 | CSKA Sofia[1] | ||
International career | |||
1968–1976 | Bulgaria | 12[2] | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing Bulgaria | ||
Men's Football | ||
1968 Mexico | Team Competition |
Kiril Stankov Hristov (Bulgarian: Кирил Станков Христов, 20 May 1949 – 30 November 1991) was a former international Bulgarian footballer who played for CSKA Sofia as a defender. During his club career, he won the national Bulgarian league six times.
Stankov died young, at the age of 42.
International career
At the age of 19, Stankov won the silver medal with the Bulgarian Olympic team at the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he featured in three games, including the final.[3][2] Including these games, Stankov played twelve times for the senior national team.
Honours
Club
- Bulgarian A PFG (6): 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
- Bulgarian Cup (4): 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974
Olympic
- Silver medal (1): 1968
References
- ^ a b "Kiril Stankov". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Kiril Stankov - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ "Kiril STANKOV". FIFA. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
External links
- Kiril Stankov at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1949 births
- 1991 deaths
- Bulgarian footballers
- Bulgaria international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Bulgaria
- Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria
- Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- PFC CSKA Sofia players
- Bulgarian A Football Group players
- Olympic medalists in football
- Association football midfielders
- Bulgarian football defender stubs
- Bulgarian Olympic medalist stubs