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Vasil Metodiev

1935 - 2019

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Vasil Metodiev (Bulgarian: Васил Методиев; (6 January 1935 – 29 July 2019), nicknamed Shpaydela, was a Bulgarian football midfielder who played for Bulgaria in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Lokomotiv Sofia. He was the legendary coach of Levski Sofia, where he won three Bulgarian championships in 1984, 1985 and 1988, two Bulgarian Cup titles in 1984 and 1991, two Cup of the Soviet Army titles in 1984 and 1988, including one treble in 1984. During the 1984–85 season, as coach of Levski, he eliminated German champions VfB Stuttgart for the European Cup, which makes Metodiev the only Bulgarian coach to have knocked out a Bundesliga winner. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasil Metodiev is the 5,493rd most popular soccer player (down from 5,347th in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 264th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Vasil Metodiev ranks 5,493 out of 21,273. Before him are Tatsuya Kawahara, Rodrigo Bentancur, Diego Fuser, Cuca, Artur Boruc, and Takuya Ito. After him are Stefan Majewski, Everton Nogueira, Bukayo Saka, Bernd Krauss, Blazhe Ilijoski, and Lee Jung-soo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Vasil Metodiev ranks 495. Before him are Albert Heath, Billy Whelan, Larry Kramer, Bob Gibson, Susan Cooper, and Väinö Huhtala. After him are Franco Trincavelli, Jim Hall, Vic Elford, Jane Dee Hull, Arnold Kopelson, and Derek Kevan. Among people deceased in 2019, Vasil Metodiev ranks 511. Before him are Neil Innes, Joseph Pilato, Martin Feldstein, Ugo Colombo, Zaza Urushadze, and Muriel Pavlow. After him are Héctor Santos, John McEnery, Atli Eðvaldsson, Eddie Money, Abdul Hamid, and Andre Matos.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Vasil Metodiev ranks 257 out of 415. Before him are Ivan Zafirov (1947), Tsetska Tsacheva (1958), Stefan Sofiyanski (1951), Andrey Zhelyazkov (1952), Kiril Rakarov (1932), and Atanas Mihaylov (1949). After him are Khristo Markov (1965), Todor Diev (1934), Halil Mutlu (1973), Svetla Otsetova (1950), Borislav Mikhailov (1963), and Basri Dirimlili (1929).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Vasil Metodiev ranks 38. Before him are Martin Petrov (1979), Nasko Sirakov (1962), Georgi Naydenov (1931), Ivan Zafirov (1947), Andrey Zhelyazkov (1952), and Kiril Rakarov (1932). After him are Todor Diev (1934), Borislav Mikhailov (1963), Basri Dirimlili (1929), Rumyancho Goranov (1950), Pavel Panov (1950), and Daniel Borimirov (1970).

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