Bulgarian footballer and manager

Hristo Kolev (Bulgarian: Христо Колев; born 21 September 1964) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player.

Nicknamed The Father, Kolev played as a midfielder. A skillful free-kick taker, he scored numerous goals from different positions, in a career which spanned almost 15 years.

Contents

• 1 Football career
• 2 Honours
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Football career

Born in Asenovgrad, Kolev played as a youth for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, then represented professionally Lokomotiv Plovdiv (1981–88, 1997–98), Panathinaikos (1988–90), Athinaikos (1991–92) and Edessaikos (1992–96).

For the Bulgarian national team, he am*ed 20 appearances, netting 8 goals. He played all four matches at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

Honours

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

• Cup of the Soviet army Winner: 1982-83

Panathinaikos

• Super League Greece Winner: 1989-90
• Greek FA Cup Winner: 1988-89

Edessaikos

• Balkans Cup: Winner: 1992-93

References

External links

• Hristo Kolev at National-Football-Teams.com