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Nikolay Iliev

1964 - Today

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Nikolay Stefanov Iliev (Bulgarian: Николай Стефанов Илиев; born 31 March 1964) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was part of the Bulgarian national team that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup. Iliev's spent most of his career with Levski Sofia, managing 196 appearances and 25 goals in the A PFG as well as participating in 19 matches and netting 2 goals in European tournaments. He also had a spell with Bologna in Serie A in the late 1980s and early 1990s, becoming the first Bulgarian footballer to ply his trade in the top Italian league. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Nikolay Iliev is the 7,033rd most popular soccer player (down from 6,518th in 2024), the 302nd most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 294th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nikolay Iliev ranks 7,033 out of 21,273. Before him are Paulo Jamelli, Rúben Dias, Jonathan de Guzmán, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, William Carvalho, and Shuhei Yamada. After him are Giuseppe Iachini, Philippe Vorbe, Juan Manuel Vargas, Umar Sadiq, Masaaki Kanno, and Toshiya Fujita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Nikolay Iliev ranks 629. Before him are Bharrat Jagdeo, Phil Hellmuth, Rinaldo Capello, Ilija Najdoski, Radiy Khabirov, and Cristina Cifuentes. After him are Giuseppe Iachini, Masaya Onosaka, Frank-Peter Roetsch, Leila Aboulela, Ruth Metzler, and Josip Weber.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Nikolay Iliev ranks 302 out of 415. Before him are Yordanka Fandakova (1962), Michael Arlen (1895), Yordan Yovchev (1973), Ivailo Marinov (1960), Valeri Bojinov (1986), and Nikolina Shtereva (1955). After him are Ivaylo Yordanov (1968), Ginka Zagorcheva (1958), Yordan Mitkov (1956), Serafim Todorov (1969), Iliya Valov (1961), and Dimitar Ivankov (1975).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Nikolay Iliev ranks 50. Before him are Pavel Panov (1950), Daniel Borimirov (1970), Stoycho Mladenov (1957), Zhivko Gospodinov (1957), Plamen Markov (1957), and Valeri Bojinov (1986). After him are Ivaylo Yordanov (1968), Iliya Valov (1961), Dimitar Ivankov (1975), Petar Aleksandrov (1962), Stiliyan Petrov (1979), and Zdravko Zdravkov (1970).

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