Iliya Valov ( bg, Илия Вълов; born 29 December 1961 in

Knezha Knezha ( bg, Кнежа, ) is a town in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Knezha Municipality. History The town's name is most probably derived from the Slavic word '' knyaz'' ("prince, duke ...

) 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 Macedo ...

n former football goalkeeper who played for

Career

Valov made 180 appearances for

Botev Vratsa Botev ( bg, Ботев) is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Vratsa, that competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 1921. Since 1948, Botev have played their home games at St ...

from 1981 to 1988. He was the number two goalkeeper to Borislav Mihaylov in

's squad at Mexico 86. He made a total of 31 caps with the national team. During his career he saved 12 penalty kicks in the top division of Bulgarian football. After retiring as a player, Valov worked as a goalkeeping coach for

Cherno More Varna Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an asso ...

until 2004 before following coach

Plamen Markov Plamen Markov (born 11 September 1957) is a Bulgarian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Bulgaria and France. He represented the Bulgaria national team at international level. Playing career Markov was born ...

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 ...

. He is the father of Valentin Iliev.

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* * 1961 births Living people People from Knezha Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers POFC Botev Vratsa players PFC CSKA Sofia players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players Berliner FC Dynamo players FK Austria Wien players FC Dobrudzha Dobrich players Denizlispor footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Süper Lig players Expatriate men's footballers in East Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers DDR-Oberliga players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Bulgaria-footy-goalkeeper-stub