Marian Georgiev Hristov ( bg, Мариян Христов) (born 29 July 1973) is a Bulgarian former professional

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who played as a midfielder. Since his retirement from playing, he has worked as an assistant manager.

Career

Hristov's first club was PFC Balkan Botevgrad. He later played with Slavia Sofia (1994–95), Levski Sofia (1995–97), and has been champion of Germany with

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in 1998, reached a UEFA Cup Semi-final: 2001 and a Champions League, Quarter-final: 1999 (1997–2004). He also was the DFB-Pokal finalist in 2003. For Bulgaria, he played at the

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and Euro 2004. By 27 March 2007, Hrıstov had retired from international football. Marian Hristov had earned 45 caps and scored four times for Bulgaria. He has also expressed an interest in coaching his country.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hristov goal''.

References

External links

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Profile at LevskiSofia.info
Living people 1973 births Association football midfielders Bulgarian footballers People from Botevgrad 1998 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2004 players PFC Slavia Sofia players PFC Levski Sofia players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players VfL Wolfsburg players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Bundesliga players Expatriate footballers in Germany Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Bulgarian expatriate footballers Bulgaria international footballers Sportspeople from Sofia Province {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub