Anton "Donyo" Kuzmanov (, born 28 March 1918) was a Bulgarian

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er.

Club career

Donyo Kuzmanov played in a prestigious Bulgarian club

FC Shipka Sofia FC Shipka ( bg, ФК Шипка) was a Bulgarian football club based in Sofia. History The club was founded as ''FC Sparta'' on 2 May 1923 as the result of the merger between local clubs ''Pobeda Kyulyutsite'' and ''Mefisto''. It took on the nam ...

reaching with them the third place in the 1937–38 Bulgarian championship. After winning the 1939 Bulgarian Cup Final he moved to

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and joined Serbian club

SK Jedinstvo Beograd SK Jedinstvo Beograd () was a Serbian football club based in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. History Jedinstvo was formed on May 11, 1924Sportista, Belgrade 12 May 1924, page 4 by the merger of two Belgrade clubs, ''Vardar'' and ''Konkordija'', ...

. He was registered for Jedinstvo in November 1939. He was coached by

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. He also played with Jedinstvo in the

1940–41 Serbian League The 1940–41 Serbian League ( Serbian: 1940–41 Српска лига / 1940–41 Srpska liga) was first held after the formation of the Banovina of Croatia and the consequent withdrawal of Croatian and Slovenian based clubs from the Yugoslav Fi ...

scoring one goal.

International career

On 2 October 1938, in Sofia, he played for the

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in a friendly match against Germany.Anton Kuzmanov
at EU-Football.info

References

1918 births Possibly living people Bulgarian footballers Bulgarian expatriate footballers Association football defenders FC Shipka Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players SK Jedinstvo Beograd players Yugoslav First League players Expatriate footballers in Yugoslavia Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia {{Bulgaria-footy-defender-stub