Tsvetan Veselinov ( bg, Цветан Веселинов; 27 April 1947 in
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...
– 26 February 2018) was a
Bulgaria
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n
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. He spent all 10 seasons of his career in the
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 ...
with
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 b ...
, before retiring at the age of 28 in 1975.
With the
Bulgarian national team he won a silver medal 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 ...
. Veselinov netted Bulgaria's only goal in the final against
Hungary
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, a 4–1 defeat at
Estadio Azteca
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on 26 October 1968.
His death was announced on 26 February 2018. He was 70.
Почина легендарното крило на „сините” Цветан Веселинов – Меци
Honours
Club
;Levski Sofia
* Bulgarian A Group (3): 1967–68, 1969–70, 1973–74
*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 tournament ...
(3): 1967, 1970
Events
January
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* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
, 1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
See also
* List of one-club men in association football
:
A one-club man is a sportsman who has played his entire professional career with only one club. The term is often used in the context of team sports such as football or rugby.
Retired players
:''Players must have been at their club for a mi ...
References
External links
Player Profile
at LevskiSofia.info
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1947 births
2018 deaths
Bulgarian men's footballers
Bulgaria men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
PFC Levski Sofia players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Footballers from Sofia
Olympic footballers for Bulgaria
Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics