Christo Stoitschkow

Christo Stoitschkow
Christo Stoitschkow (2016)
Personnel
Surname	Christo Stoitschkow Stoitschkow
birthday	February 8, 1966
place of birth	Plovdiv ,  Bulgaria
size	178 cm
position	Winger
Juniors
Years	station
1976-1982	Maritsa Plovdiv
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1982-1984	Hebros Harmanli	32 (14)
1984-1990	CSKA Sofia	119 (81)
1990-1995	FC Barcelona	151 (76)
1995-1996	AC Parma	23 0(5)
1996-1998	FC Barcelona	26 0(7)
1998	CSKA Sofia	4 0(1)
1998	Al-Nasr	2 0(1)
1998-1999	Kashiwa Reysol	27 (12)
2000-2002	Chicago Fire	51 (17)
2003	DC United	21 0(5)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1986-1999	Bulgaria	83 (37)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2004-2007	Bulgaria
2007	Celta de Vigo
2009-2010	Mamelodi Sundowns
2012-2013	Litex Lovech
2013	CSKA Sofia
1 Only league games are given.

Christo Stoitschkow Stoitschkow ( Bulgarian Христо Стоичков Стоичков ; English transcription: Hristo Stoichkov ; born February 8, 1966 in Plovdiv ) is a former Bulgarian football player and coach . Since 2011 he has been Bulgaria's honorary consul in Barcelona . After criticizing the police violence of the Spanish government, his title was revoked in 2017.

Stations

Christo Stoitschkow played in Charmanli from 1982 to 1984 . He began his professional career in 1984 at the age of 18 with CSKA Sofia in the 1st Bulgarian league. The left-winger, who was strong at dribbling and quick to start, moved to FC Barcelona in the Primera División in 1990 after three championships and five cup titles .

In five years with the Catalans, Stoitschkow was four times in a row Spanish champions. 1994 was his most successful year. In addition to winning the Spanish championship title, he took fourth place with Bulgaria at the World Cup in the USA and, together with Oleg Salenko, was the top scorer in the World Cup with six goals. In the quarterfinals, Bulgaria won against the German national team in New York (2-1); Stoitschkow scored the 1-1 equalizer with a free kick. Among other things, he was voted Europe's Footballer of the Year for this.

But after this outstanding season it seemed as if Stoitschkow had lost motivation. After poor performance at Barcelona, ​​he was deported to AC Parma in 1995 . But only a year later he moved back to Barça ; however, he was unable to match his top performances of the past few days. Nevertheless, El Pistolero , as he is reverently referred to by his Spanish admirers, enjoys an exceptional reputation in Barcelona that goes far beyond ordinary sympathy. He is now considered a kind of cult figure that every child at FC Barcelona knows and admires.

After Bulgaria's poor performance at the 1998 World Cup, Stoitschkow strolled through various countries. He also had guest appearances in Saudi Arabia , Japan and the USA.

In July 2004, Stoitschkow succeeded Plamen Markow, who resigned after the European Football Championship in 2004 , as coach of the Bulgarian national team , which he supervised until 2007. In April 2007 Stoitschkow resigned as coach of the Bulgarian national team; Instead, he took over the coaching position at the relegation-threatened Spanish first division club Celta Vigo , who dismissed him in October 2007. On May 14, 2009, the Iranian club Abu Moslem announced that he had signed a contract with Stoitschkow as head coach. However, he changed his mind due to the political situation in Iran and switched to Mamelodi Sundowns , where he replaced the previous trainer Henri Michel on June 29, 2009 . He was released on March 17, 2010. In 2013, Stoitschkow was the head coach of the heavily indebted 31-time Bulgarian record champions CSKA Sofia for a month . As a reason for his quick resignation, he stated that the club's management had transferred their 6.5 million shares to him, so that he had to fear that he would have to answer for the deficit of the club.

Stoitschkow was five times player of the year in Bulgaria , came in the national team on 83 appearances and scored 37 goals. In March 2004 Stoitschkow was included in the FIFA 100 , the list compiled by Pelé of the best 125 living footballers. In November 2011, the Paisii Chilendarski University in Plovdiv Stoitschkow awarded the honorary doctorate despite massive protests from individual professors.

In October 2006, Stoitschkow, who was already known as self-centered during his playing days, founded a football club in Spain named after himself, which was to compete in one of the lower Spanish leagues.

successes

Club successes

Stoitschkow in 2016 with the Barcelona team that won the European Cup in 1992

• European Champion Clubs' Cup : 1992
• European Cup Winners' Cup : 1997
• Bulgarian champion: 1987, 1989, 1990
• Bulgarian Cup Winner: 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989
• Spanish champion: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
• Spanish cup winner: 1997
• UEFA Super Cup: 1993

Awards

• Bulgaria's Footballer of the Year : 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994
• Golden Shoe : 1990
• Onze d'or : 1992
• Best foreign player in the Primera División : 1992 (according to El País)
• Best foreign player in the Primera División : 1994 (according to Don Balón)
• Europe's footballer of the year : 1994
• World Cup top scorer : 1994 (with Oleg Salenko / Russia, both 6 goals)
• Bronze Ball of the World Cup : 1994

Season statistics

society	league	season	league		Nat. Cup		European Cup		Other		total
			Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates
Hebros Harmanli	A group	1982/83	11	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	4th
		1982/83	21st	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	21st	10
total			32	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	14th
CSKA Sofia	A group	1984/85	11	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	0
		1985/86	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
		1986/87	25th	6th	2	0	7th	1	-	-	34	7th
		1987/88	27	14th	4th	4th	7th	5	-	-	38	23
		1988/89	26th	23	7th	3	8th	8th	-	-	41	34
		1989/90	30th	38	5	7th	3	2	-	-	38	47
total			119	81	18th	14th	25th	16	-	-	162	111
FC Barcelona	Primera División	1990/91	24	14th	6th	2	8th	5	-	-	38	21st
		1991/92	32	17th	2	1	9	4th	-	-	43	22nd
		1992/93	34	20th	6th	2	6th	2	-	-	46	24
		1993/94	34	16	6th	1	8th	7th	-	-	48	24
		1994/95	27	9	4th	5	8th	3	-	-	39	18th
total			151	76	24	11	39	21st	-	-	214	108
AC Parma	Series A	1995/96	23	5	2	0	5	2	-	-	30th	7th
total			23	5	2	0	5	2	-	-	30th	7th
FC Barcelona	Primera División	1996/97	22nd	7th	6th	1	6th	0	-	-	34	8th
		1997/98	4th	0	1	0	3	1	-	-	8th	1
total			26th	7th	7th	1	9	1	-	-	42	9
CSKA Sofia	A group	1997/98	4th	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	1
CSKA Sofia overall			4th	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	1
al-Nasr	SPL	1997/98	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1
total			2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1
Kashiwa Reysol	J-League	1998	16	8th	1	0	-	-	-	-	17th	8th
		1999	11	4th	-	-	-	-	1	1	15th	5
total			27	12	1	0	-	-	1	1	29	13
Chicago Fire	MLS	2000	18th	9	3	1	-	-	-	-	21st	10
		2001	17th	6th	3	2	-	-	-	-	20th	8th
		2002	16	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	2
total			51	17th	6th	3	-	-	-	-	57	20th
DC United	MLS	2003	21st	5	3	1	-	-	-	-	26th	6th
total			21st	5	3	1	-	-	-	-	26th	6th
Career total			456	219	61	30th	78	40	1	1	598	290

Web links

Commons : Hristo Stoichkov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.novinite.com/articles/184198/Bulgaria+Withdraws+Stoichkov+as+Honorary+Consul+in+Barcelona
2. ↑ Stoichkov throws down at CSKA Sofia: Only lies. Sportal.de, July 8, 2013
3. ↑ sofiaecho.com
4. ↑ Стоичков е един академик в това, което прави