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Hristo Stoichkov

1966 - Today

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Hristo Stoichkov Stoichkov (Bulgarian: Христо Стоичков Стоичков; born 8 February 1966) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer and current football commentator for TUDN. A prolific forward, he is widely regarded as the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all time. He was the runner-up for the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1992 and 1994 and received the Ballon d'Or in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hristo Stoichkov has received more than 3,489,866 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia. Hristo Stoichkov is the 87th most popular soccer player (down from 74th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

Hristo Stoichkov is most famous for being a Bulgarian football player. He played for the Bulgarian national team and Barcelona FC. He is also known for being a three-time winner of the Golden Boot award.

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  • 65.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Hristo Stoichkov ranks 87 out of 21,273. Before him are Bobby Moore, Rudi Völler, Rob Rensenbrink, Kurt Hamrin, Bebeto, and Carlos Queiroz. After him are Peter Schmeichel, Gabriel Batistuta, Guillermo Stábile, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Andreas Brehme, and Fritz Walter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Hristo Stoichkov ranks 9. Before him are Jimmy Wales, Romário, Sophie Marceau, George Weah, Salma Hayek, and Roman Abramovich. After him are Grigori Perelman, Helena Bonham Carter, Eric Cantona, René Higuita, Vincent Cassel, and Halle Berry.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Hristo Stoichkov ranks 22 out of 415. Before him are Talaat Pasha (1874), Boris I of Bulgaria (828), Kubrat (605), Saint Naum (830), Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1937), and Kaloyan of Bulgaria (1168). After him are Sylvie Vartan (1944), Tzvetan Todorov (1939), Vasil Levski (1837), Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria (1195), Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (1350), and Vlado Chernozemski (1897).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Hristo Stoichkov ranks 1. After him are Petar Zhekov (1944), Dimitar Berbatov (1981), Trifon Ivanov (1965), Dimitar Penev (1945), Krasimir Balakov (1966), Georgi Asparuhov (1943), Hristo Bonev (1947), Emil Kostadinov (1967), Yordan Letchkov (1967), Nikola Kotkov (1938), and Stefan Abadzhiev (1934).

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