List of Bulgaria international footballers born outside Bulgaria
Appearance
This is a list of foreign players who have played international football for the Bulgaria national football team.
The following players:
- have played at least one game for the full Bulgaria international team.
- have not been born inside Bulgaria and qualify through the FIFA grand parent rules
Key
[edit]* | Current internationals. |
Caps | Appearances |
Pos | Positions |
---|---|
GK | Goalkeeper |
DF | Defender |
MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward |
List of players
[edit]- As of 19 November 2024
Place of birth | Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | First cap | Last cap | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Russian Empire (Grunau, Tavrida) | Friedrich Klüdt | MF | 1 | 0 | 1927 | 1927 | |
Austria-Hungary (Újpest) (now Hungary) | Karel Burkert | GK | 1 | 0 | 1934 | 1934 | |
Kingdom of Serbia (Skopje) (now North Macedonia) | Kiril Simonovski | DF | 1 | 0 | 1942 | 1942 | |
Kingdom of Serbia (Skopje) (now North Macedonia) | Blagoy Simeonov | DF | 1 | 0 | 1942 | 1942 | |
Kingdom of Serbia (Skopje) (now North Macedonia) | Todor Atanaskov | FW | 2 | 0 | 1942 | 1942 | |
Greece (Sidirokastro) | Georgi Vasilev | FW | 17 | 4 | 1968 | 1973 | |
SFR Yugoslavia (Belgrade) (now Serbia) | Dragoljub Simonović | MF | 1 | 0 | 1998 | 1998 | |
SFR Yugoslavia (Novi Sad) (now Serbia) | Zlatomir Zagorčić | DF | 23 | 0 | 1998 | 2004 | |
SFR Yugoslavia (Nevesinje) (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) | Predrag Pažin | DF | 31 | 0 | 2000 | 2004 | |
SFR Yugoslavia (Inđija) (now Serbia) | Zoran Janković | FW | 30 | 2 | 2002 | 2007 | |
Brazil (Taquari) | Tiago Silva | MF | 1 | 0 | 2005 | 2005 | |
SFR Yugoslavia (Kutina) (now Croatia) | Igor Tomašić | DF | 18 | 0 | 2006 | 2009 | |
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | Lúcio Wagner | DF | 15 | 0 | 2006 | 2008 | |
Brazil (Campinas) | Marquinhos | MF | 6 | 0 | 2011 | 2014 | |
SFR Yugoslavia (Belgrade) (now Serbia) | Ivan Čvorović | GK | 1 | 0 | 2012 | 2014 | |
Brazil (Manacapuru) | Marcelinho | MF | 11 | 2 | 2016 | 2019 | |
Brazil (Coronel Sapucaia) | Wanderson | MF | 6 | 0 | 2019 | 2019 | |
Canada (Toronto, Ontario) | Dominik Yankov | MF | 17 | 0 | 2020 | 2023* | Parents from Bulgaria.[1] |
Brazil (Belém) | Cicinho | DF | 7 | 0 | 2020 | 2021 | [2] |
Portugal (Funchal) | Ilian Iliev Jr. | DF | 17 | 0 | 2021 | 2024* | Parents from Bulgaria.[3] |
Germany (Rostock) | Edisson Jordanov | MF | 5 | 0 | 2021 | 2022 | Father from Bulgaria. |
Spain (Zaragoza) | Patrik-Gabriel Galchev | DF | 6 | 0 | 2023 | 2024* | Parents from Bulgaria.[4] |
France (Limoges) | Simeon Petrov | DF | 9 | 0 | 2023 | 2024* | Parents from Bulgaria.[5] |
Germany (Friedberg) | Lukas Petkov | MF | 5 | 0 | 2023 | 2024* | Father from Bulgaria.[6] |
Belgium (Turnhout) | Aleksandar Kolev | FW | 11 | 0 | 2023 | 2024* | Parents from Bulgaria. |
Germany (Hamburg) | Fabian Nürnberger | MF | 5 | 0 | 2024 | 2024* | Mother from Bulgaria.[7] |
By country of birth
[edit]Country | Total |
---|---|
Brazil | 6 |
Yugoslavia | 6 |
Serbia | 3 |
Germany | 3 |
Austria-Hungary | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
Greece | 1 |
France | 1 |
Portugal | 1 |
Russia | 1 |
Spain | 1 |
Belgium | 1 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Роден талант на кръстопът между България и Канада
- ^ Juventude acerta contratação de Alisson e Cicinho (Juventude signs Alisson and Cicinho); O Estado de S. Paulo, 27 December 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2013 (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Илиан Илиев: Ако е лесно, значи не е за мен" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 29 June 2015.
- ^ Последният дебютант в Левски: Роден в Сарагоса, тренирал с Барселона и Еспаньол
- ^ Симеон Петров - от четвърта дивизия на Франция до младежите на България
- ^ Лукас Петков за първи път попадна в групата на Аугсбург
- ^ Фабиан Нюрнбергер с повиквателна за националния отбор на България