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Hristo Stoichkov

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Hristo Stoichkov Stoichkov (Bulgarian: Христо Стоичков Стоичков; born 8 February 1966) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer and current football commentator for TUDN. A prolific forward, he is widely regarded as the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all time. He was the runner-up for the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1992 and 1994 and received the Ballon d'Or in 1994. He was also named the BTA Best Balkan Athlete of the Year in 1994. In 2004, Stoichkov was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hristo Stoichkov is the 92nd most popular soccer player (down from 87th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Bulgaria and the most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

Hristo Stoichkov is most famous for being a Bulgarian football player. He played for the Bulgarian national team and Barcelona FC. He is also known for being a three-time winner of the Golden Boot award.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Hristo Stoichkov ranks 92 out of 21,273. Before him are Raúl, Helenio Herrera, Guillermo Stábile, Yochanan Vollach, Xavi, and Xabi Alonso. After him are Lilian Thuram, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Oleg Blokhin, Luis Suárez, Eric Cantona, and Rob Rensenbrink.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Hristo Stoichkov ranks 9. Before him are Romário, Mike Tyson, Sophie Marceau, George Weah, Salma Hayek, and Grigori Perelman. After him are Eric Cantona, Tony Adams, Helena Bonham Carter, Vincent Cassel, A. R. Rahman, and James Gunn.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Hristo Stoichkov ranks 22 out of 415. Before him are Tiberius II Constantine (520), Boris I of Bulgaria (828), Talaat Pasha (1874), Kubrat (605), Saint Naum (830), and Kaloyan of Bulgaria (1168). After him are Tzvetan Todorov (1939), Ratko Janev (1939), Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria (1195), Sylvie Vartan (1944), Boris Christoff (1914), and Fritz Zwicky (1898).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Hristo Stoichkov ranks 1. After him are Petar Zhekov (1944), Dimitar Berbatov (1981), Trifon Ivanov (1965), Georgi Asparuhov (1943), Dimitar Penev (1945), Krasimir Balakov (1966), Hristo Bonev (1947), Emil Kostadinov (1967), Stefan Abadzhiev (1934), Kiril Ivkov (1946), and Ivan Dimitrov (1935).

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