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Hristo Stoichkov

1966 - Today

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Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgarian: Христо Стоичков Стоичков, pronounced [ˈxristo stoˈit͡ʃkof]; born 8 February 1966) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who is a football commentator for TUDN. A prolific forward, he is regarded as one of the best forwards of all time, and as the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all time. He was runner-up for the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1992 and 1994, and received the Ballon d'Or in 1994. In 2004, Stoichkov was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.At club level, Stoichkov spent six years at CSKA Sofia and became the top goalscorer in Europe in 1990, receiving the European Golden Shoe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hristo Stoichkov has received more than 3,148,569 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 65 in 2019). Hristo Stoichkov is the 74th most popular soccer player (up from 89th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 26th 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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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Hristo Stoichkov ranks 74 out of 16,880Before him are Silvio Piola, Matthias Sindelar, Gheorghe Hagi, Gianluigi Buffon, Nándor Hidegkuti, and Gabriel Batistuta. After him are Leônidas, Andriy Shevchenko, Alisha Lehmann, Rivaldo, Gordon Banks, and Francesco Totti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Hristo Stoichkov ranks 10Before him are Romário, George Weah, Jimmy Wales, Roman Abramovich, Mikhail Mishustin, and Vincent Cassel. After him are Helena Bonham Carter, Adam Sandler, Grigori Perelman, Eric Cantona, René Higuita, and Halle Berry.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Hristo Stoichkov ranks 23 out of 372Before him are Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1937), Kubrat (605), Saint Naum (830), Boris I of Bulgaria (828), Tiberius II Constantine (520), and Tzvetan Todorov (1939). After him are Fritz Zwicky (1898), Sylvie Vartan (1944), Kaloyan of Bulgaria (1168), Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria (1195), Ratko Janev (1939), and Vlado Chernozemski (1897).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Hristo Stoichkov ranks 1After him are Trifon Ivanov (1965), Georgi Asparuhov (1943), Dimitar Berbatov (1981), Dimitar Penev (1945), Petar Zhekov (1944), Emil Kostadinov (1967), Krasimir Balakov (1966), Aleksandar Shalamanov (1941), Yordan Letchkov (1967), Hristo Bonev (1947), and Lyuboslav Penev (1966).