Ivan Petkov Kolev () (Sofia) 1 November 1930 – 1 July 2005) was a Bulgarian

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player and coach. He represented

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at both the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the 7th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place between ...

and the

1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 to 30 July 1966. England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the 1966 FI ...

, He also played for the Bulgarian Olympic team and won a bronze medal at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

. Kolev played for Sportist Sofia from 1945 to 1948, VVS Sofia from 1949 to 1950, CSKA from 1950 to 1967 (304 matches, 90 goals in

A PFG The First Professional Football League (), commonly known as Parva Liga or Bulgarian First League (currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons), is a professional association football league in Bulgaria and the highest level of t ...

) and Sliven in 1967/68 season. He was the first Bulgarian nominated for the

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. He holds the record for the most

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appearances in

The Eternal Derby The Eternal derby of Bulgarian football or simply The Eternal derby () is the name of the local derby football match between the two most popular and successful football clubs in Sofia and Bulgaria: Levski Sofia and CSKA Sofia. The dominant forc ...

of Bulgaria – 27.

References

1930 births 2005 deaths Bulgarian men's footballers 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1966 FIFA World Cup players Bulgarian football managers Footballers from Sofia PFC CSKA Sofia players Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Bulgaria Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Bulgaria men's international footballers Olympic medalists in football First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards {{Bulgaria-Olympic-medalist-stub