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Hristo Stoichkov

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Full nameHristo Stoichkov Stoichkov
Date of birth8 February 1966(age 49)
Place of birthPlovdiv, Bulgaria
Height0 m ( ft in)
Playing positionStriker, winger

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Hristo Stoichkov Stoichkov ( ), sometimes Stoitchkov; born 8 February 1966 in Plovdiv) is a retired Bulgarian footballer. He is regarded as one of the best footballers of his generation and the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all time. Nicknamed The Dagger (Камата), The Dog (Кучето), The Modern Left (Модерния ляв). At Barcelona he earned the Spanish nickname 'El Pistolero' which translates to 'the gunslinger'. He was a member of the Bulgaria national team that finished fourth at the 1994 World Cup. Apart from his footballing talent, he was notable for his on-pitch temper. He was honoured as European Footballer of the Year in 1994. He was named by Pelé as one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony in 2004.

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Hristo Stoichkov set for return to Barcelona in coaching role - Goal.com Tweet this news
Goal.com--Barcelona's legendary striker -Hristo Stoichkov- has confirmed to Bulgarian television that he is currently in negotiations to return to the ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:54:40 GMT+00:00
There's gold in these boots - TODAYonline Tweet this news
TODAYonline--The Golden Boot race twice finished in a tie, the last time was at USA 1994 when Bulgaria's -Hristo Stoichkov- and Russia's Oleg Salenko both bagged six goals ... - Date : Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:06:24 GMT+00:00
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Yahoo! Eurosport UK--For example, in 1994 World Cup winner Romario grabbed the 'official' gong while the journos plumped for -Hristo Stoichkov-, with the Brazilian not even making ... - Date : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:45:10 GMT+00:00
Goal.com Interview: Hristo Stoichkov on Wayne Rooney's England struggle, why ... - Goal.com Tweet this news
Goal.com--Few players have lit up a World Cup like -Hristo Stoichkov- did in 1994. The Bulgarian forward won the 'Golden Boot' ... - Date : Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:37:30 GMT+00:00
Bulgaria's Stoichkov Set to Coach South Africa's Orlando Pirates - Novinite.com Tweet this news
Novinite.com--Bulgaria's -Hristo Stoichkov- is among the persons rumored to become the new coach of leading South African football team Orlando Pirates. ... - Date : Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:37:43 GMT+00:00
Bulgarian Football Legend Stoichkov Adopted Peruvian Boy - Novinite.com Tweet this news
Novinite.com--Bulgarian football player -Hristo Stoichkov- has had an adopted child for 9 years. Photo by BGNES -Hristo Stoichkov-, the legendary Bulgarian football player ... - Date : Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:28:53 GMT+00:00
Stoichkov: "Ibrahimovic was a failure". - Calciomercato.com english news Tweet this news
Calciomercato.com english news--According to former Barcelona player -Hristo Stoichkov-, Ibrahimovic "was a failure, it would be good to transfer him to Manchester City". ... - Date : Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:59:12 GMT+00:00
World Cup 1994 review - The Sun Tweet this news
The Sun--The Eastern Europeans caused a few shocks, with Bulgaria and moody striker -Hristo Stoichkov- going all the way to the semis after beating Argentina 2-0 in ... - Date : Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:31:23 GMT+00:00
South African Youngster Siyanda Xulu Awaiting Results Of Barcelona Trials - Goal.com Tweet this news
Goal.com---Hristo Stoichkov- introduced me to him. We shook hands but he did not say much, except to wish me good luck during my trials. He sounded like a very nice ... - Date : Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:34:28 GMT+00:00
South Africa: Supersport Take Top Gongs At PSL Awards - AllAfrica.com Tweet this news
AllAfrica.com--Hunt also won R75000 after edging Santos counterpart Boebie Solomons and former Sundowns coach -Hristo Stoichkov- The awards could not have come at a better ... - Date : Mon, 24 May 2010 10:41:08 GMT+00:00

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
BG Lyuboslav Penev
Bulgarian Footballer of the Year
1989-1992
Succeeded by
BG Emil Kostadinov
Preceded by
ROM Dorin Mateuţ
European Golden Boot
alongside MX Hugo Sánchez

1989-1990
Succeeded by
YUG Darko Pančev
Preceded by
BG Emil Kostadinov
Bulgarian Footballer of the Year
1994
Succeeded by
BG Krasimir Balakov
Preceded by
IT Roberto Baggio
European Footballer of the Year
1994
Succeeded by
LR George Weah
Preceded by
IT Salvatore Schillaci
FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe
1994
Shared with:
RU Oleg Salenko
Succeeded by
HR Davor Šuker
Preceded by
Argentina Diego Maradona
FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball
1994
Succeeded by
France Lilian Thuram
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Trifon Ivanov
Bulgaria Captain
1998-1999
Succeeded by
Krassimir Balakov
Preceded by
BG Plamen Markov
Bulgaria national football team manager
2004-2007
Succeeded by
BG Stanimir Stoilov

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bulgaria League Bulgarian Cup League Cup Europe Total
1982 � 83 Hebros 11 4
1983 � 84 21 10
1984 � 85 CSKA Sofia A PFG 11 0 11 0
1985 � 86 19 2 19 2
1986 � 87 25 16 2 0   - 7 1 34 17
1987 � 88 27 20 4 4   - 7 5 38 29
1988 � 89 26 28 7 3   - 8 8 41 39
1989 � 90 30 38 5 7   - 3 2 38 47
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Europe Total
1990 � 91 FC Barcelona La Liga 24 14 6 2   - 8 5 38 21
1991 � 92 32 17 2 1   - 9 4 43 22
1992 � 93 33 20 6 2   - 6 2 45 24
1993 � 94 34 16 6 1   - 8 7 48 24
1994 � 95 26 10 4 5   - 8 3 38 18
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
1995 � 96 Parma Serie A 23 5 2 0   - 5 2 30 7
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Europe Total
1996 � 97 FC Barcelona La Liga 22 7 6 1   - 6 0 34 8
1997 � 98 4 0 1 0   - 3 1 8 1
Bulgaria League Bulgarian Cup League Cup Europe Total
1997 � 98 CSKA Sofia A PFG 4 1 4 1
Saudi Arabia League Crown Prince Cup League Cup Asia Total
1997 � 98 Al-Nassr 2 1 2 1
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Asia Total
1998 Kashiwa Reysol J. League Division 1 16 8 1 0 0 0   - 17 8
1999 11 4   - 1 1   - 12 5
USA League Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup League Cup North America Total
2000 Chicago Fire Major League Soccer 18 9 3 1 21 10
2001 17 6 3 2 20 8
2002 16 2 0 0 16 2
2003 D.C. United 21 5 3 1 24 6
Total Bulgaria 174 119 18 14   - 25 16 218 149
Spain 175 83 31 12   - 48 22 254 117
Italy 23 5 2 0   - 5 2 30 7
Saudi Arabia 2 1 2 1
Japan 27 12 1 0 1 1   - 29 13
USA 72 22 9 4 81 26
Career Total 473 268 61 30 1 1 78 49 594 313
1987 3 0
1988 12 4
1989 8 1
1990 4 0
1991 3 2
1992 5 2
1993 6 4
1994 11 9
1995 7 7
1996 5 5
1997 4 1
1998 10 1
1999 5 1
Total 83 37

Chicago Fire

The ClubHistory * Seasons * Records * Players * All articles * Bridgeview, Illinois
StadiumsSoldier Field * Cardinal Stadium * Toyota Park
Development SystemReserves: Chicago Fire Reserves * Developmental: Chicago Fire Premier * Chicago Fire NPSL * Academy: Chicago Fire Academy * Youth: Chicago Fire Juniors
CultureRing of Fire * Section 8 Chicago ISA (and affiliate groups)
RivalriesBrimstone Cup * Chicago-NE Revs rivalry * Chicago-TFC rivalry
Important FiguresChris Armas * DaMarcus Beasley * Cuauhtémoc Blanco * Carlos Bocanegra * Bob Bradley * Jorge Campos * Diego Gutierrez * Frank Klopas * Luboš Kubík * Justin Mapp * Brian McBride * Piotr Nowak * Ante Razov * Chris Rolfe * Peter Wilt * Josh Wolff * Eric Wynalda * Hristo Stoichkov * Damani Ralph * Tom Soehn * Tomasz Frankowski
Key PersonnelOwner: Andell Holdings * Chairman: Andrew Hauptman * President: Dave Greeley * Technical Dir.: Frank Klopas * Manager: Carlos de los Cobos
Honors (6)
MLS Cup (1)1998
Supporters' Shield (1)2003
U.S. Open Cup (4)1998 * 2000 * 2003 * 2006
Major League Soccer
Seasons (13)1998 * 1999 * 2000 * 2001 * 2002 * 2003 * 2004 * 2005 * 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010

FIFA 100

UEFABaggio * Ballack * Banks * Baresi * Beckenbauer * Beckham * Bergkamp * Bergomi * Best * Boniek * Boniperti * Breitner * Buffon * Butragueño * Cantona * Ceulemans * Charlton * Cruyff * Dalglish * Dasayev * Davids * Del Piero * Desailly * Deschamps * Emre * Eusébio * Facchetti * Figo * Fontaine * Gullit * Hagi * Henry * Kahn * Keane * Keegan * Klinsmann * Kluivert * Kopa * B. Laudrup * M. Laudrup * Lineker * Luis Enrique * Maier * Maldini * Masopust * Matthäus * Müller * Nedvěd * Neeskens * Nesta * Owen * Papin * Pfaff * Pirès * Platini * Puskás * Raúl * Rensenbrink * Rijkaard * Rivera * Rossi * Rui Costa * Rummenigge * Rüştü * Schmeichel * Seedorf * Seeler * Shearer * Shevchenko * Stoichkov * Šuker * Thuram * Totti * Trésor * Trezeguet * van Basten * R. van de Kerkhof * W. van de Kerkhof * Van der Elst * van Nistelrooy * Vieira * Vieri * Zidane * Zoff
CONMEBOLCarlos Alberto * Batistuta * Cafu * Crespo * Cubillas * di Stéfano * Falcão * Figueroa * Francescoli * Júnior * Kempes * Maradona * Passarella * Pelé * Rivaldo * Rivelino * Roberto Carlos * Romário * Romerito * Ronaldinho * Ronaldo * Djalma Santos * Nílton Santos * Saviola * Sívori * Sócrates * Valderrama * Verón * Zamorano * Zanetti * Zico
CAFDiouf * Milla * Okocha * Abédi Pelé * Weah
CONCACAFAkers * Hamm * Sánchez
AFCHong * Nakata

Ballon d'Or

1956: Matthews * 1957: di Stéfano * 1958: Kopa * 1959: di Stéfano * 1960: Suárez * 1961: Sívori * 1962: Masopust * 1963: Yashin * 1964: Law * 1965: Eusébio * 1966: Charlton * 1967: Albert * 1968: Best * 1969: Rivera * 1970: Müller * 1971: Cruyff * 1972: Beckenbauer * 1973: Cruyff * 1974: Cruyff * 1975: Blokhin * 1976: Beckenbauer * 1977: Simonsen * 1978: Keegan * 1979: Keegan * 1980: Rummenigge * 1981: Rummenigge * 1982: Rossi * 1983: Platini * 1984: Platini * 1985: Platini * 1986: Belanov * 1987: Gullit * 1988: van Basten * 1989: van Basten * 1990: Matthäus * 1991: Papin * 1992: van Basten * 1993: Baggio * 1994: Stoichkov * 1995: Weah * 1996: Sammer * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Zidane * 1999: Rivaldo * 2000: Figo * 2001: Owen * 2002: Ronaldo * 2003: Nedvěd * 2004: Shevchenko * 2005: Ronaldinho * 2006: Cannavaro * 2007: Kaká * 2008: C. Ronaldo * 2009: Messi

FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe

Golden Shoe1930: Stábile * 1934: Nejedlý * 1938: Leônidas * 1950: Ademir * 1954: Kocsis * 1958: Fontaine * 1962: Albert / Garrincha / Ivanov / Jerković / Sánchez / Vavá
Golden Shoe1966: Eusébio * 1970: Müller * 1974: Lato * 1978: Kempes * 1982: Rossi * 1986: Lineker * 1990: Schillaci * 1994: Salenko / Stoichkov * 1998: Šuker * 2002: Ronaldo * 2006: Klose

La Liga Foreign Player of the Year - Don Balón Award

1976: Neeskens * 1977: Cruyff * 1978: Cruyff * 1979: Stielike * 1980: Stielike * 1981: Stielike * 1982: Stielike * 1983: Barbas * 1984: Barbas * 1985: Schuster * 1986: Valdano * 1987: Sánchez * 1988: Alemão * 1989: Ruggeri * 1990: Sánchez * 1991: Schuster * 1992: Laudrup * 1993: Đukić * 1994: Stoichkov * 1995: Zamorano * 1996: Mijatović * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Rivaldo * 1999: Figo * 2000: Figo * 2001: Figo * 2002: Zidane * 2003: Nihat * 2004: Ronaldinho * 2005: Riquelme * 2006: Ronaldinho * 2007: Messi * 2008: Agüero * 2009: Messi * 2010: Messi |

UEFA Jubilee Awards

Pano (Albania) * Koldo (Andorra) * Oganesian (Armenia) * Prohaska (Austria) * Banishevskiy (Azerbaijan) * Aleinikov (Belarus) * Van Himst (Belgium) * Sušić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) * Stoichkov (Bulgaria) * Šuker (Croatia) * Kaiafas (Cyprus) * Masopust (Czech Republic) * Laudrup (Denmark) * Moore (England) * Poom (Estonia) * Løkin (Faroe Islands) * Litmanen (Finland) * Fontaine (France) * Khurtsilava (Georgia) * Walter (Germany) * Hatzipanagis (Greece) * Puskás (Hungary) * Sigurvinsson (Iceland) * Giles (Republic of Ireland) * Spiegler (Israel) * Zoff (Italy) * Kvochkin (Kazakhstan) * Starkovs (Latvia) * Hasler (Liechtenstein) * Narbekovas (Lithuania) * Pilot (Luxembourg) * Pančev (Macedonia) * Busuttil (Malta) * Cebanu (Moldova) * Cruyff (Netherlands) * Best (Northern Ireland) * Bratseth (Norway) * Lubański (Poland) * Eusébio (Portugal) * Hagi (Romania) * Yashin (Russia) * Bonini (San Marino) * Law (Scotland) * Džajić (Serbia) * Popluhár (Slovakia) * Oblak (Slovenia) * di Stéfano (Spain) * Larsson (Sweden) * Chapuisat (Switzerland) * Şükür (Turkey) * Blokhin (Ukraine) * Charles (Wales)

Bulgarian A Professional Football Group Top Scorers

1938 Milev * 1939 Pachedzhiev * 1940: Stoyanov/Nikolaev * 1949: Milanov/Nedev * 1950: Hranov * 1951: Milanov * 1952: Isakov/Tashkov * 1953: Minchev * 1954: Tashkov * 1955: Diev * 1956: Vladimirov * 1957: Iliev/Milanov * 1958: Tashkov/Arnaudov * 1959: Vasilev * 1960: Yordanov/Kostov * 1961: Sotirov * 1962: Yordanov/Diev * 1963: Diev * 1964: Tsanev * 1965: Asparuhov * 1966: Spasov * 1967: Zhekov * 1968: Zhekov * 1969: Zhekov * 1970: Zhekov * 1971: Yakimov * 1972: Zhekov * 1973: Zhekov * 1974: Petkov * 1975: Pritargov * 1976: Petkov * 1977: Panov * 1978: Mladenov * 1979: Gochev * 1980: Dzhevizou * 1981: Slavkov * 1982: Valchev * 1983: Pehlivanov * 1984: Eranosyan * 1985: Getov * 1986: Pashev * 1987: Sirakov * 1988: Sirakov * 1989: Stoichkov * 1990: Stoichkov * 1991: Yordanov * 1992: Sirakov * 1993: Getov * 1994: Sirakov * 1995: Mihtarski * 1996: Georgiev * 1997: Pramatarov * 1998: Spasov/Genchev * 1999: Belyakov * 2000: Mihaylov * 2001: Ivanov * 2002: Manchev * 2003: Chilikov * 2004: Kamburov * 2005: Kamburov * 2006: Novakovič/Furtado * 2007: Genkov * 2008: Hristov * 2009: Kamburov * 2010: Niflore

Bulgaria squad 1994 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

Mihaylov, Kremenliev, Ivanov, Tsvetanov, Houbchev, Yankov, Kostadinov, Stoichkov, Letchkov, Sirakov, Borimirov, Nikolov, Yordanov, Genchev, Iliev, Kiriakov, Mihtarski, Aleksandrov, Georgiev, Balakov, Yotov, Andonov
Coach : Penev

Bulgaria squad UEFA Euro 1996

Mihaylov, Kishishev, Ivanov, Kiriakov, Houbchev, Yankov, Kostadinov, Stoichkov, L. Penev, Balakov, Letchkov, Popov, Genchev, Sirakov, Yordanov, Borimirov, Kremenliev, Tsvetanov, Ginchev, Donkov, Georgiev, Zdravkov
Coach : Dimitar Penev

Bulgaria squad 1998 FIFA World Cup

Zdravkov, Kishishev, T. Ivanov, I. Petkov, Yordanov, Yankov, Kostadinov, Stoichkov, Penev, Balakov, Iliev, Mihaylov, Ginchev, Hristov, Zafirov, Nankov, Stoilov, Borimirov, Bachev, G. Ivanov, Kirilov, M. Petkov
Coach : Bonev



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