Born: 26- 4-1962 Country: Bulgaria Caps: 82 (W38-D23-L21 – GF127-GA84 – %60.37) Goals: 24 (% 0.29 per match) Age First Cap: 21 yr 103 d 7- 8-1983 vs. Algeria 3-2 Age Last Cap: 34 yr 48 d 13- 6-1996 vs. Romania 1-0 National Team Career: 12 yr 310 d
Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 7- 8-83 Paris Algeria 3-2
2 31- 8-83 Marousi Greece 3-2
3 1 1 7- 9-83 Oslo Norway 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
4 1 16-11-83 Sofia Wales 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
5 1 21-12-83 Beograd Yugoslavia 2-3 European Ch. Qual.
6 1 8- 6-84 København Denmark 1-1
7 1 21-11-84 Paris France 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
8 1 2 5-12-84 Sofia Luxembourg 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
9 2 5- 2-85 Querétaro Switzerland 1-0
10 2 7- 2-85 Querétaro Poland 2-2
11 2 6- 4-85 Sofia East Germany 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
12 2 17- 4-85 Augsburg West Germany 1-4
13 1 3 2- 5-85 Sofia France 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
14 3 1- 6-85 Sofia Yugoslavia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
15 3 19- 2-86 Rabat Morocco 0-0
16 2 5 9- 4-86 Sofia Denmark 3-0
17 5 23- 4-86 Brussel Belgium 0-2
18 5 30- 4-86 Sofia North Korea 3-0
19 1 6 31- 5-86 Cd. de México Italy 1-1 World Cup
20 6 6- 6-86 Cd. de México South Korea 1-1 World Cup
21 6 10- 6-86 Cd. de México Argentina 0-2 World Cup
22 6 15- 6-86 Cd. de México Mexico 0-2 World Cup
23 6 10- 9-86 Glasgow Scotland 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
24 2 8 29-10-86 Tunis Tunisia 3-3
25 8 19-11-86 Brussel Belgium 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
26 8 1- 4-87 Sofia Ireland 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
27 1 9 30- 4-87 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4-1 European Ch. Qual.
28 1 10 20- 5-87 Sofia Luxembourg 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
29 1 11 23- 9-87 Sofia Belgium 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
30 11 14-10-87 Dublin Ireland 0-2 European Ch. Qual.
31 11 11-11-87 Sofia Scotland 0-1 European Ch. Qual.
32 11 29- 1-88 Cairo Egypt 0-1
33 1 12 23- 3-88 Sofia Czechoslovakia 2-0
34 12 13- 4-88 Burgas East Germany 1-1
35 12 24- 5-88 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-1
36 1 13 17-10-90 Bucuresti Romania 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
37 13 14-11-90 Sofia Scotland 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
38 13 27- 3-91 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
39 1 14 1- 5-91 Sofia Switzerland 2-3 European Ch. Qual.
40 1 15 22- 5-91 Serravalle San Marino 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
41 15 25- 9-91 Sofia Italy 2-1
42 1 16 20-11-91 Sofia Romania 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
43 1 17 28- 4-92 Bern Switzerland 2-0
44 17 14- 5-92 Helsinki Finland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
45 17 19- 8-92 Sofia Mexico 1-1
46 17 9- 9-92 Sofia France 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
47 17 7-10-92 Stockholm Sweden 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
48 17 11-11-92 Saint-Ouen Portugal 1-2
49 1 18 2-12-92 Tel-Aviv Israel 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
50 18 18- 2-93 Dubai UA Emirates 0-1
51 1 19 20- 2-83 Dubai UA Emirates 3-1
52 19 28- 4-93 Sofia Finland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
53 1 20 12- 5-93 Sofia Israel 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
54 20 15- 4-94 Muscat Oman 1-1
55 20 28- 4-94 Kuwait City Kuwait 2-2
56 1 21 3- 6-94 Sofia Ukraine 1-1
57 21 21- 6-94 Dallas Nigeria 0-3 World Cup
58 21 26- 6-94 Chicago Greece 4-0 World Cup
59 1 22 30- 6-94 Dallas Argentina 2-0 World Cup
60 22 5- 7-94 East Rutherford Mexico 1-1 [1] World Cup
61 22 10- 7-94 East Rutherford Germany 2-1 World Cup
62 22 13- 7-94 East Rutherford Italy 1-2 World Cup
63 22 16- 7-94 Pasadena Sweden 0-4 World Cup
64 22 12-10-94 Sofia Georgia 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
65 22 16-11-94 Sofia Moldova 4-1 European Ch. Qual.
66 22 14-12-94 Cardiff Wales 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
67 1 23 14- 2-95 Mendoza Argentina 1-4
68 23 12- 4-95 Strumica Macedonia 0-0
69 23 7- 6-95 Sofia Germany 3-2 European Ch. Qual.
70 23 20- 7-95 Kuala Lumpur Uzbekistan 0-0 Merdeka Cup
71 23 22- 7-95 Kuala Lumpur Hungary 0-0 [2] Merdeka Cup
72 23 25- 7-95 Kuala Lumpur Iraq 0-1 Merdeka Cup
73 23 29- 7-95 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2-0 Merdeka Cup
74 23 6- 9-95 Tiranë Albania 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
75 23 7-10-95 Sofia Albania 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
76 23 11-10-95 Tbilisi Georgia 1-2 European Ch. Qual.
77 23 15-11-95 Berlin Germany 1-3 European Ch. Qual.
78 23 27- 3-96 London England 0-1
79 23 24- 4-96 Trnava Slovakia 0-0
80 23 28- 5-96 Sofia Macedonia 3-0
81 1 24 2- 6-96 Sofia UA Emirates 4-1
82 24 13- 6-96 Newcastle Romania 1-0 European Champ.
[1] Bulgaria won 3-1 on penalty kicks.
[2] this match is not considered official by Hungary (who sent a Hungary League XI)
but it is official for the Bulgarian FA
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
82 38 23 21 127- 84 99 60.37
Types of Matches Goals
Friendlies 30 10
European Ch. Qualifier 25 8
World Cup Qualifier 11 4
World Cup 11 2
European Championship 1 0
Other Tournaments 4 0
Total caps / goals: 82 24
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