Dimitar Hristov Marashliev ( bg, Димитьр Xристов Марашлиeв; 31 August 1947 – 12 July 2018) was a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

n football forward who played for

in the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He also played for

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

Career

Born in

Harmanli Harmanli ( bg, Харманли , tr, Harmanlı) is a town in Haskovo Province, south-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the eponymous Harmanli Municipality. Near the site of Hamanli in Late Antiquity, during the early 4th- ...

, Marashliev began his football career playing for hometown club Hebros at the age of 13. He spent three years at the club before moving to

Maritsa Plovdiv Maritsa ( bg, Марица) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Plovdiv, that plays in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football league system. It was established in 1921, after the merger of the teams Vampir and ...

in 1963. Three years later, Marashliev made his

A Group The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

debut with

Spartak Plovdiv PFC Spartak Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Спартак Пловдив) is a Bulgarian football club based in Plovdiv, which currently plays in the third tier of Bulgarian football, the Third League. The club was established in 1947 and folded its seni ...

, appearing in 6 league matches and scoring 2 times. In October 1966, Marashliev joined

. In his ten years at the club, he won six

titles and four

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournamen ...

s. Marashliev scored a total of 4 goals in three Bulgarian Cup finals – in

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

(one goal against

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

(two goals against

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home groun ...

) and 1974 (one goal against Levski Sofia). After leaving CSKA at the end of the 1975–76 season, Marashliev joined

Cherno More Varna Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an asso ...

, scoring 8 goals in the

B Group The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...

. He retired from competitive football at the end of the 1976–77 season, at the age of 30.

Honours

Club

;CSKA Sofia *

(6): 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76 *

(4):

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

, 1974

References

External links

Player Profile
at chernomorefc.com

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marashliev, Dimitar 1947 births 2018 deaths Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Men's association football forwards FC Maritsa Plovdiv players PFC Spartak Plovdiv players PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Cherno More Varna players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 1970 FIFA World Cup players People from Harmanli Sportspeople from Haskovo Province