Iliya Kirchev
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| Date of birth | 28 December 1932 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dolni Chiflik, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 11 September 1997 (aged 64) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Varna, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1951–1965 | Spartak Varna | 319 | (3) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1957–1963 | Bulgaria | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Spartak Varna | |||||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Spartak Varna | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Iliya Kirchev (Bulgarian: Илия Кирчев; 28 December 1932 – 11 September 1997) was a Bulgarian footballer.[1]
Career
[edit]Kirchev was a central defender. He played with PFC Spartak Varna and earned 286 caps in Bulgarian first division. For the Bulgaria national football team Kirchev featured in 7 games[2] and won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He died at the age of 64 in 1997.
Honours
[edit]International
[edit]- Bulgaria
References
[edit]- ↑ "Iliya Kirchev". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ↑ "Ilia Kirchev, international footballer".
External links
[edit]- Spartak Varna profile Archived 8 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)
- Iliya Kirchev at National-Football-Teams.com
- Iliya Kirchev at Olympedia
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