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Aleksandar Shalamanov

1941 - 2021

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Aleksandar Stefanov Shalamanov (Bulgarian: Александър Cтефанов Шаламанов; 4 September 1941 – 25 October 2021) was a football player and professional alpine skier and is known as the only Bulgarian who has participated in the Winter Olympics (as an alpine skier in 1960) and in the FIFA World Cup. The 1964 Summer Olympics saw him as a reserve player of the volleyball team, but he did not play in a match. Shalamanov began his career as a defender with CSKA Sofia in 1960–61, but moved to Slavia Sofia in 1961 to remain there until 1974, when he retired after 263 matches in the Bulgarian Championship, three Bulgarian Cup trophies (1963, 1964 and 1966) and a Cup Winners' Cup semi-final in 1967.Shalamanov has twice been selected Best Bulgarian Footballer, in 1963 and 1966, and twice Best Bulgarian Sportsman, in 1967 and 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aleksandar Shalamanov has received more than 35,935 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandar Shalamanov is the 1,015th most popular soccer player, the 123rd most popular biography from Bulgaria and the 9th most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Aleksandar Shalamanov ranks 1,015 out of 16,880Before him are Dragan Pantelić, Zoltán Halmay, Emilio Recoba, Erik Nilsson, Michael Rummenigge, and Ion Andoni Goikoetxea. After him are Virgil van Dijk, Pál Csernai, Carlos Vidal, Bengt Gustavsson, Anton Ondruš, and Bafétimbi Gomis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Aleksandar Shalamanov ranks 230Before him are Walid Muallem, John Henry Schwarz, Amir Pnueli, Richie Havens, Stephen J. Cannell, and Salvador Sadurní. After him are Vyacheslav Vedenin, Daniel Schmid, Miriam Margolyes, Yevhen Marchuk, Andrea de Adamich, and Prince William of Gloucester. Among people deceased in 2021, Aleksandar Shalamanov ranks 283Before him are Jean-Marc Vallée, Fayez Tarawneh, Orlando Martínez, Pavol Molnár, Dragan Pantelić, and Lee Evans. After him are Vyacheslav Vedenin, Benoît Sokal, Justo Tejada, Marc Ferro, Almudena Grandes, and Jim Steinman.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Aleksandar Shalamanov ranks 123 out of 372Before him are Emil Kostadinov (1967), Malamir of Bulgaria (810), Krasimir Balakov (1966), Stamen Grigorov (1878), Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822), and Vasil Radoslavov (1854). After him are Petar Stoyanov (1952), Rosen Plevneliev (1964), John XIV of Constantinople (1282), Cniva (200), Philipp Kirkorov (1967), and Georgi Lozanov (1926).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Aleksandar Shalamanov ranks 9Before him are Georgi Asparuhov (1943), Dimitar Berbatov (1981), Dimitar Penev (1945), Petar Zhekov (1944), Emil Kostadinov (1967), and Krasimir Balakov (1966). After him are Yordan Letchkov (1967), Hristo Bonev (1947), Lyuboslav Penev (1966), Ivan Dimitrov (1935), Ivan Kolev (1930), and Stefan Bozhkov (1923).