Evgeni Valev Yanchovski ( bg, Евгени Валев Янчовски; born 5 September 1939) is 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 Macedon ...

n former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player and manager. Yanchovski represented

at the

1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 July to 30 July 1966. The England national football team defeated West Germany 4-2 in the ...

. He also played for Bulgaria at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. At club level he played for Levski Karlovo and subsequently

Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...

from 1960 to 1974, where he appeared in 341 matches and scored 31 goals. As a manager, he led Beroe to the championship title in the

Bulgarian A PFG 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 ...

in 1986.

Honours

Player

;Beroe *

Balkans Cup The Balkans Cup was an international football competition for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. It was introduced in 1961 and was very popular in the 1960s (the 1967 final attracted 42,000 spectators), being t ...

(2): 1967–68;

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 ...

Manager

;Beroe * Bulgarian League: 1985–86

References

1939 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers 1966 FIFA World Cup players Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Bulgaria Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria FC Levski Karlovo players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Olympic medalists in football First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Bulgarian football managers PFC Beroe Stara Zagora managers FC Spartak Varna managers People from Byala Slatina Sportspeople from Vratsa Province Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders {{Bulgaria-Olympic-medalist-stub