Hristo Stoichkov

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Biography

Bulgarian footballer

  • Primary profession
  • Actor
  • Country
  • Bulgaria
  • Nationality
  • Bulgarian
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 08 February 1966
  • Place of birth
  • Plovdiv
  • Member of
  • FC Barcelona·Catalonia national football team·PFC CSKA Sofia·Al-Nassr FC·PFC CSKA Sofia·D.C. United·Chicago Fire FC·Bulgaria national football team·Kashiwa Reysol·FC Barcelona·FC Hebros·Parma Calcio 1913

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Won the France Football "Golden Ball" award in 1994. This is considered the highest award a soccer player can win in Europe and is the only one Bulgarian soccer player to achieve this.

A former player of CSKA (Sofia). A youth player of the Maritza(Plovidv) soccer team. Internationally played also for Barcelona, Parma and Chicago Fire teams.

Won the UEFA Champions League with F.C. Barcelona in 1992. This is the first Champions league title won by Barcelona up to that time.

Won the FIFA World Cup "Golden Shoe" award in 1994 when the Bulgarian national soccer team finished 4th. He scored 6 goals in the tournament.

(November 2012) Sofia, Bulgaria

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