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Lyuboslav Penev

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Lyuboslav Mladenov Penev (Bulgarian: Любослав Младенов Пенев; born 31 August 1966) is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player. Penev played as a forward for several clubs in Bulgaria and Spain. He started his career at CSKA Sofia in 1984, winning two Bulgarian League titles and four Bulgarian Cups. In 1989 he moved to Valencia, where he established himself as among the most prolific goalscorers in La Liga. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Lyuboslav Penev is the 2,286th most popular soccer player (down from 2,129th in 2024), the 174th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 173rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Lyuboslav Penev ranks 2,286 out of 21,273. Before him are József Bencsics, Steve McManaman, Christian Piot, Karl-Heinz Körbel, Tomáš Ujfaluši, and Dwight Yorke. After him are Rafinha, Fulvio Collovati, José Berraondo, Vincent Candela, Daniel Killer, and Jock Stein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Lyuboslav Penev ranks 168. Before him are Teddy Sheringham, Olaf Thon, Antoine Fuqua, Ergin Ataman, Benedicta Boccoli, and Leon Lai. After him are Philip Reeve, Angelo Di Livio, Rainn Wilson, William Ruto, Dmitry Rybolovlev, and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Lyuboslav Penev ranks 174 out of 415. Before him are Nadya Nozharova (1916), Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927), Simeon Simeonov (1946), Georgi Atanasov (1933), Ivan II of Bulgaria (1300), and Aleko Konstantinov (1863). After him are Charles Champaud (1865), Ivan Kostov (1949), Lyuben Karavelov (1834), Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822), Peyo Yavorov (1878), and Azis (1978).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Lyuboslav Penev ranks 16. Before him are Stefan Abadzhiev (1934), Kiril Ivkov (1946), Ivan Dimitrov (1935), Yordan Letchkov (1967), Dobromir Zhechev (1942), and Simeon Simeonov (1946). After him are Stefan Bozhkov (1923), Ivan Kolev (1930), Dinko Dermendzhiev (1941), Zlatko Yankov (1966), Nikola Kotkov (1938), and Boris Gaganelov (1941).

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