SOCCER PLAYER

Aleksandar Kostov

1938 - 2019

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Aleksandar Dimitrov Kostov (Bulgarian: Александър Дми́тров Костов; 2 March 1938 – 15 April 2019) also known as Sasho, was a Bulgarian footballer and later coach. He represented Bulgaria at the FIFA World Cups in 1962 and 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aleksandar Kostov has received more than 23,265 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Aleksandar Kostov is the 5,198th most popular soccer player (down from 3,915th in 2019), the 259th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 225th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Aleksandar Kostov ranks 5,198 out of 21,273Before him are Diego Alves, Bruno Génésio, Tommy Lawton, Beto, Chicão, and Adem Ljajić. After him are Giacomo Bonaventura, Helton Arruda, Stanislav Lobotka, Kosovare Asllani, Lino Nessi, and Aurelio Vidmar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Aleksandar Kostov ranks 538Before him are Anne Buttimer, Arthur Scargill, Billy Mills, Alberto Orlando, John Connelly, and John Dean. After him are Jimmy Carl Black, Indira Nath, Neville Lederle, Wiesław Maniak, Abel Laudonio, and Napoleon Chagnon. Among people deceased in 2019, Aleksandar Kostov ranks 478Before him are Chuck Peddle, Stig Sollander, Gennadi Manakov, Akitsugu Konno, Žarko Varajić, and Johannes Schaaf. After him are Stanton T. Friedman, Donald Kalpokas, Robert Walker, Neville Lederle, Jerry Herman, and Napoleon Chagnon.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Aleksandar Kostov ranks 259 out of 415Before him are Asparuh Nikodimov (1945), Tsetska Tsacheva (1958), Petar Petrov (1955), Kiril Metkov (1965), Valentin Yordanov (1960), and Philip Dimitrov (1955). After him are Nikola Kovachev (1934), Pavel Panov (1950), Meglena Kuneva (1957), Vasil Metodiev (1935), Andrey Zhelyazkov (1952), and Vidin Apostolov (1941).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Aleksandar Kostov ranks 37Before him are Zhivko Gospodinov (1957), Stiliyan Petrov (1979), Basri Dirimlili (1929), Todor Diev (1934), Asparuh Nikodimov (1945), and Kiril Metkov (1965). After him are Nikola Kovachev (1934), Pavel Panov (1950), Vasil Metodiev (1935), Andrey Zhelyazkov (1952), Vidin Apostolov (1941), and Daniel Borimirov (1970).