Iliya Kirchev
Appearance
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 28 December 1932 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dolni Chiflik, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 11 September 1997 | (aged 64)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Varna, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1951–1965 | Spartak Varna | 319 | (3) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1957–1963 | Bulgaria | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1973–1974 | Spartak Varna | |||||||||||||
1978–1979 | Spartak Varna | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Iliya Kirchev (Bulgarian: Илия Кирчев; 28 December 1932 – 11 September 1997) was a Bulgarian footballer.[1]
Career
[edit]Kirchev was a central defender. He played with PFC Spartak Varna and earned 286 caps in Bulgarian first division. For the Bulgaria national football team Kirchev featured in 7 games[2] and won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He died at the age of 64 in 1997.
Honours
[edit]International
[edit]- Bulgaria
References
[edit]- ^ "Iliya Kirchev". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Ilia Kirchev, international footballer".
External links
[edit]- Spartak Varna profile (in Bulgarian)
- Iliya Kirchev at National-Football-Teams.com
- Iliya Kirchev at Olympedia (archive)
Categories:
- 1932 births
- 1997 deaths
- Bulgarian men's footballers
- Bulgaria men's international footballers
- FC Spartak Varna players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Bulgaria
- Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria
- Bulgarian football managers
- FC Spartak Varna managers
- People from Varna Province
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Men's association football defenders
- Footballers from Varna, Bulgaria
- Bulgarian football defender stubs
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