Hristo Bristov Iliev ( bg, Христо Бристов Илиев; 11 May 1936 – 24 March 1974) 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 Macedon ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

. He played as a

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and spent the majority of his career 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 ...

. Iliev also represented

at international level in the 1962 World Cup and in the men's tournament at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

, where Bulgaria did reach the 5th place in the final ranking. Iliev died in a car crash on 24 March 1974.

Honours

Club

;Levski Sofia * Bulgarian A Group (2): 1964–65, 1967–68 *

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 ...

(4): 1956, 1957, 1958–59, 1966–67

Individual

* Bulgarian A Group top scorer (14 goals): 1957

References

External links

Iliev's statistics
at levskisofia.info {{DEFAULTSORT:Iliev, Hristo Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria international footballers Association football forwards PFC Levski Sofia players Botev Plovdiv players 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1936 births 1974 deaths First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Road incident deaths in Bulgaria Footballers from Sofia Olympic footballers of Bulgaria Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics