Emil Georgiev Kremenliev ( bg, Емил Георгиев Кременлиев; born 13 August 1969) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a

right-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

Career

Kremenliev played club football for

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 ...

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 ...

, Olympiacos, again in Levski,

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 ...

, Union Berlin, Spartak Varna, Marek, Conegliano German and

Kazichene Kazichene ( bg, Казичене ) is a large village in the Pancharevo district to the east of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. As of 2007, the village officially had 4,977 inhabitants. Because of its close proximity to the Sofia ring road and th ...

. He left Union Berlin in January 2002. Kremenliev was part of the Bulgaria national team that reached the semi-finals of the

1994 World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States w ...

and also played at

Euro 96 The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 ...

. He was sent off against

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

in the knockout round of the 1994 World Cup for yellow card accumulation.

Honours

Levski Sofia *

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 ...

: 1993–94, 1994–95 *

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 ...

: 1994 CSKA Sofia *

: runner-up 1999–00 *

: 1999; runner-up

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

Slavia Sofia *

: runner-up 1989–90 Union Berlin *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered ...

: runner-up 2000–01

References

External links

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Profile at LevskiSofia.info
1969 births Living people Footballers from Sofia Bulgarian footballers Association football defenders Bulgaria international footballers 1994 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1996 players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players PFC Slavia Sofia players PFC Levski Sofia players Olympiacos F.C. players PFC CSKA Sofia players 1. FC Union Berlin players PFC Spartak Varna players PFC Marek Dupnitsa players PFC Chernomorets Burgas Sofia players Bulgarian expatriate footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany {{Bulgaria-footy-defender-stub