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Ivan Kolev

1930 - 2005

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Ivan Petkov Kolev (Bulgarian: Иван Петков Колев) (Sofia) 1 November 1930 – 1 July 2005) was a Bulgarian football player and coach. He represented Bulgaria at both the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the 1966 FIFA World Cup, He also played for the Bulgarian Olympic team and won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Kolev played for Sportist Sofia from 1945 to 1948, VVS Sofia from 1949 to 1950, CSKA from 1950 to 1967 (304 matches, 90 goals in A PFG) and Sliven in 1967/68 season. He was the first Bulgarian nominated for the Ballon d'Or. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Kolev is the 2,881st most popular soccer player (down from 2,779th in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 193rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ivan Kolev ranks 2,881 out of 21,273. Before him are Jan Diddens, Willibald Kreß, Marco Antônio, Peter McParland, Joaquín, and Nando González. After him are Vicente Asensi, John Bosman, Albert Rust, Velimir Sombolac, Ion Bogdan, and Juan Acuña.

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Among people born in 1930, Ivan Kolev ranks 408. Before him are Vera T. Sós, Alphonse Alley, Aureliano Bolognesi, Alifa Rifaat, Anatoli Maslyonkin, and John Polkinghorne. After him are Harrison Young, Allan Bloom, Tony Trabert, Aleksandar Petaković, Horst Bienek, and Smail Hamdani. Among people deceased in 2005, Ivan Kolev ranks 233. Before him are John Love, Constant Nieuwenhuys, P. Bhanumathi, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Shoji Nishio, and César Lattes. After him are Harrison Young, Larry Collins, Shirley Horn, Annemarie Heinrich, Karen Lancaume, and Aulis Kallakorpi.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Ivan Kolev ranks 199 out of 415. Before him are Rusev (1984), Elisaveta Bagriana (1893), Nikola Mushanov (1872), Stefan Bozhkov (1923), Mariya Petkova (1950), and Pencho Slaveykov (1866). After him are Sophronius of Vratsa (1739), Dinko Dermendzhiev (1941), Georgi Gospodinov (1968), Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov (1951), Petar Gabrovski (1898), and Lyuben Berov (1925).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Ivan Kolev ranks 18. Before him are Ivan Dimitrov (1935), Yordan Letchkov (1967), Dobromir Zhechev (1942), Simeon Simeonov (1946), Lyuboslav Penev (1966), and Stefan Bozhkov (1923). After him are Dinko Dermendzhiev (1941), Zlatko Yankov (1966), Nikola Kotkov (1938), Boris Gaganelov (1941), Aleksandar Shalamanov (1941), and Kiril Metkov (1965).

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