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Ivan Kolev (footballer, born 1930)

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Ivan Kolev
Personal information
Full name Ivan Petkov Kolev
Date of birth (1930-11-01)1 November 1930
Place of birth Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Date of death 1 July 2005(2005-07-01) (aged 74)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1948 Sportist Sofia
1949–1950 VVS Sofia
1957–1967 CSKA Sofia 304 (90)
1967–1968 Sliven
International career
1950–1966 Bulgaria 75 (25)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Bulgaria
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Melbourne Team Competition

Ivan Petkov Kolev (Bulgarian: Иван Петков Колев) (Sofia) 1 November 1930 – 1 July 2005) was a Bulgarian footballer. He was capped 75 times for Bulgaria, and played for them at the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups.[1] He also played for Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics, where won a bronze medal.[2]

He was the first Bulgarian footballer nominated for the Ballon d'Or.

References

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  1. 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Ivan Kolev". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.