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Dimitar Penev

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Dimitar Dushkov Penev (Bulgarian: Димитър Душков Пенев, born 12 July 1945) is a Bulgarian football coach and former player and central defender of CSKA Sofia. He played 90 games for Bulgaria national team and scored two goals. He is regarded as one of his country's best ever defenders, winning Bulgarian footballer of the year in 1967 and 1971, he also participated in three world cups for his national team in 1966, 1970 and 1974. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dimitar Penev is the 1,089th most popular soccer player (down from 888th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dimitar Penev ranks 1,089 out of 21,273. Before him are Marek Hamšík, Esteban Cambiasso, Periko Alonso, Diego Godín, Thomas Häßler, and Winfried Schäfer. After him are Giorgio Chiellini, David Platt, Cliff Jones, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Enzo Maresca, and Harry Gregg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Dimitar Penev ranks 237. Before him are Jörg Immendorff, Pablo Forlán, Pinarayi Vijayan, David Purley, Werner Schroeter, and Zdeňka Vávrová. After him are Eric Woolfson, Bianca Jagger, Barry Bostwick, Richard Long, Maryla Rodowicz, and Gabriela Andersen-Schiess.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Dimitar Penev ranks 110 out of 415. Before him are Georgi Asparuhov (1943), Dorothea of Bulgaria (1355), Telerig of Bulgaria (706), Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria (1899), Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria (1898), and Kormisosh (700). After him are Malamir of Bulgaria (810), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (1941), Philipp Kirkorov (1967), Stefka Kostadinova (1965), Krasimir Balakov (1966), and Maxim of Bulgaria (1914).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Dimitar Penev ranks 6. Before him are Hristo Stoichkov (1966), Petar Zhekov (1944), Dimitar Berbatov (1981), Trifon Ivanov (1965), and Georgi Asparuhov (1943). After him are Krasimir Balakov (1966), Hristo Bonev (1947), Emil Kostadinov (1967), Stefan Abadzhiev (1934), Kiril Ivkov (1946), and Ivan Dimitrov (1935).

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