Mladen "Maho" Aleksandrov Vasilev ( bg, Младен Aлeкcaндpoв Василев; born 29 July 1947, in

Slivnitsa Slivnitsa ( bg, Сливница ) is a town in western Bulgaria, 22 km away from Sofia, lying on the main road connecting the capital with the Bulgarian-Serbian border. Slivnitsa is part of Sofia Province and is close to the towns of Kostin ...

) is a former

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 ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...

player, and later

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Career

Born in

, Vasilev started his career with local side Slivnishki Geroy. Later he played for PFC Slavia Sofia (1968–1969), and Akademik Sofia (1969–1977, 209 times and 68 goals). He played for

Bulgaria national football team The Bulgaria national football team ( bg, Български национален отбор по футбол, Bǎlgarski natsionalen otbor po futbol) represents Bulgaria in men's international football and is administered by the Bulgarian F ...

, including the

1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the tenth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the ...

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 ...

External links

Mladen Vasilev in Slivnitsa.com
* 1947 births Living people Bulgarian footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players Bulgaria international footballers Akademik Sofia players PFC Slavia Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Association football forwards {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub