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Krassimir Balakov
Personal information
Full name Krassimir Guenchev Balakov
Date of birth 29 March 1966 (1966-03-29) (age 43)
Place of birth    Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder (retired)
Club information
Current club PFC Chernomorets Burgas (manager)
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1983–1990
1991–1995
1995–2003
2005		 FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo
Sporting CP
VfB Stuttgart
VFC Plauen		 142 (35)
138 (43)
236 (54)
001 0(0)   
National team
1988–2003 Bulgaria 092 (16)
Teams managed
2003–2005
2005
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–		 VfB Stuttgart (Assistant)
VFC Plauen (Player-Manager)
Grasshopper
FC St. Gallen
PFC Chernomorets Burgas

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Krassimir Guenchev Balakov (Bulgarian: Красимир Балъков) (born 29 March 1966) is a former Bulgarian footballer and a key member of the Bulgarian national team that finished fourth in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. After Hristo Stoichkov, he is considered the greatest Bulgarian footballer of his generation.

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Club career

Balakov began his club career at the local FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo, before transferring to Portugal's Sporting in 1990, where he won the 1994/1995 Portuguese Cup. In 1995, he transferred to Germany's VfB Stuttgart where he won two UEFA Intertoto Cups (2000 and 2002) and a German Cup (1997), before retiring in 2003.

International

Balakov made 92 appearances for Bulgaria, between 1988 and 2003 (one of the best totals in national history) and scored 16 goals. Other than the 1994 FIFA World Cup, he also played for his country at Euro 96 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

Coaching career

He had been appointed on 16 January 2006 as a manager of Grasshopper-Club Zürich to replace Hanspeter Latour who left for 1. FC Köln. Balakov managed to win the Intertoto Cup thus qualified the club to the UEFA Cup for 2006–07 season. He had been appointed on 29 October 2007 as a manager of FC St. Gallen to replace Rolf Fringer.[1] Three days before the season ended, he was fired by the club management. In December 2008 he became manager of PFC Chernomorets Burgas in his homeland.

References

  1. ^ "Krassimir Balakov neuer Cheftrainer" (in German). fcsg.ch. http://www.fcsg.ch/newsdetails.asp?kid=5&id=887. Retrieved 29 October 2007.  
Grasshopper Club Zürich – Managers

Kürschner (1925–34) · Rappan (1935–48) · Walter (1948–50) · Treml (1950–55) · Hahnemann (1955–58) · Glišović (1958) · Pogačnik & Bickel (1958–60) · Vukosavljević (1960–63) · Bickel (1963–64) · Sing (1964–66) · Brunner & Schley (1966–67) · Skiba (1967–69) · Brunner & Schley (1969–70) · Hüssy (1970–73) · Vogel & Szabó (1973–76) · Johannsen (1976–79) · Sundermann (1979–80) · Konietzka (1980–82) · Weisweiler (1982–83) · Svab (1983) · Blažević (1983–85) · Konietzka (1985–86) · Jara (1986–88) · Hitzfeld (1988–91) · Svab (1991–92) · Beenhakker (1992–93) · Gross (1993–97) · Latour (1997) · Fringer (1998) · Hegi (1999) · Hodgson (1999–2000) · Hamberg (2000) · Zaugg (2000–02) · Koller (2002–03) · Bernegger (2003–04) · Geiger (2004) · Bernegger (2004) · Latour (2005–06) · Hamberg (2006) · Balakov (2006–07) · Latour (2007–09) · Sforza (2009–)
FC St. Gallen – Managers

Reynolds (1912–14) · P. Neumeyer & O. Neumeyer (1914–17) · P. Neumeyer (1917–18) · P. Neumeyer & Ehrbar (1918–19) · P. Neumeyer, Haag, Heim & Frey (1919–20) · W. Townley (1920) · Haag & Heim (1920–21) · Haag & Ehrbar (1921–22) · Grundwald (1922) · Haag, Ehrbar & H. Baumgartner (1922–23) · W. Townley (1923–25) · Haag & Ehrbar (1925) · Haag & P. Neumeyer (1925–26) · Croisier (1926) · I. Baumgartner & Goldfarb (1926–27) · I. Baumgartner, Goldfarb & Prinz (1927–28) · W.Wilson (1928) · M.Higgins (1928–29) · Heim & Krüsi (1929) · Hintermann (1929–31) · Hintermann & Ehrbar (1931–32) · Lieb (1932–XX) · Fischer & Prinz (19XX–33) · Eckert (1933–34) · Smith (1934–38) · Volentik (1938–42) · Lehmann & Prinz (1942–43) · Lehmann (1943–45) · J. Townley (1945–49) · Kelly (1949–51) · Hack (1951–52) · Kerr (1952–54) · Prinz (1954) · Schäeffer, Berger & Prinz (1954–55) · Haag (1955–57) · Graham (1957–60) · Lachermeier (1960–63) · Pfister (1963–64) · Pfister & Eugster (1964–65) · Pfister (1965–66) · Popescu (1966–67) · Brodmann (1967–68) · Brodmann & Barras (1968) · Sing (1968) · Sing & Eugster (1968–70) · Führer & Eugster (1970) · Perušić & Eugster (1970–71) · Perušić & Schadegg (1971–74) · Schadegg (1974–75) · Sommer (1975–81) · Johannsen (1981–85) · Olk (1985–86) · Klimaschewski (1986–87) · Frei (1987–88) · Jara (1988–91) · Bigler (1991–92) · Looijen (1992–93) · Rapolder (1993–96) · Zünd (a.i.) (1996) · Hegi (1996–99) · Koller (1999–2002) · Castella (2002) · Staub (a.i.) (2002) · Peischl (2002–05) · Weiler (a.i.) (2005) · Zünd (2005) · Loose (2005–06) · Weiler (a.i.) (2006) · Fringer (2006–07) · Balakov (2007–08) · Forte (2008–)

Simple English

Krassimir Balakov
Personal information
Full name Krassimir Guenchev Balakov
Date of birth 29 March 1966 (1966-03-29) (age 44)
Place of birth    Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder (retired)
Senior clubs
Years Club
1982-1990
1991-1995
1995-2003
2005 		Etar Veliko Tarnovo
Sporting Portugal
Stuttgart
Plauen
National team
1988-2003 Bulgaria
Teams managed
2005
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008- 		Plauen
Grasshopper Zürich
St. Gallen
Chernomorets Burgas

Krassimir Balakov (born 29 March 1966) is a former Bulgarian football player. He has played for Bulgaria national team.

Club career statistics

[1]

Club Performance League
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals
PortugalLeague
1990/91Sporting PortugalPortuguese Liga184
1991/92327
1992/933211
1993/942915
1994/95276
GermanyLeague
1995/96StuttgartBundesliga347
1996/973113
1997/983111
1998/99245
1999/00306
2000/01286
2001/02304
2002/03282
2005/06PlauenOberliga10
CountryPortugal 13843
Germany 23754
Total 37597

International career statistics

[2]

Bulgaria national team
YearAppsGoals
198820
198970
199050
199150
199263
199360
1994122
199572
199694
199741
199860
199900
200060
200182
200262
200330
Total9216

References

  1. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=14259
  2. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/balakov-intl.html
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Bulgaria squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
1 Mikhailov • 2 Kremenliev • 3 Ivanov • 4 Tsvetanov • 5 Houbchev • 6 Yankov • 7 Kostadinov • 8 Stoichkov • 9 Letchkov • 10 Sirakov • 11 Borimirov • 12 Nikolov • 13 Yordanov • 14 Guentchev • 15 Iliev • 16 Kiriakov • 17 Mihtarski • 18 Aleksandrov • 19 Georgiev • 20 Balakov • 21 Yotov • 22 Andonov • Coach: Penev
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Bulgaria squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Zdravkov • 2 Kishishev • 3 T. Ivanov • 4 I. Petkov • 5 Yordanov • 6 Yankov • 7 Kostadinov • 8 Stoichkov • 9 Penev • 10 Balakov • 11 Iliev • 12 Mikhailov • 13 Ginchev • 14 Hristov • 15 Zafirov • 16 Nankov • 17 Stoilov • 18 Borimirov • 19 Bachev • 20 G. Ivanov • 21 Kirilov • 22 M. Petkov • Coach: Bonev

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