Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov ( bg, Димитър Николов Якимов; born 12 August 1941) is a Bulgarian former professional

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who played as an

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. He represented

Septemvri Sofia Septemvri ( bg, Септември) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the First League, the first tier of Bulgarian football. Its home ground is the Septemvri Stadium, but due to i ...

and

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at club level, and the Bulgaria national team internationally.

International career

Yakimov was part of the Bulgaria under-18 team that won the 1959 UEFA European Under-18 Championship. On 11 October 1959, he first played for the Bulgarian senior squad, in a match versus

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. Yakimov played for Bulgaria at the

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Honours

Septemvri Sofia *

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: 1959–60 CSKA Sofia * Bulgarian League (7): 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73 *

: 1960–61, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1971–72 Individual * Bulgarian League top scorer: 1970–71

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yakimov, Dimitar 1941 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Septemvri Sofia players PFC CSKA Sofia players Olympic footballers for Bulgaria Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1966 FIFA World Cup players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders Macedonian Bulgarians People from Kratovo Municipality