1966 - Today
Krasimir Genchev Balakov (Bulgarian: Красимир Генчев Балъков, pronounced [krɐsiˈmir ˈbaɫɐkof]; born 29 March 1966) is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who last served as the head coach of Bulgarian club CSKA 1948. A former attacking midfielder, he was a key member of the Bulgaria national team that finished fourth in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Krasimir Balakov has received more than 237,359 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Krasimir Balakov is the 1,046th most popular soccer player (up from 1,133rd in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 113th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Krasimir Balakov ranks 1,046 out of 16,923. Before him are Paul Pogba, Edílson, Alen Bokšić, Emre Belözoğlu, Sandro Salvadore, and Müller. After him are Ivica Horvat, Alexandre Villaplane, Diego Costa, Mário Jardel, Edoardo Reja, and Kepa Arrizabalaga.
1993 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 1,040
1971 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 1,041
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 1,042
1980 - Present
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 1,043
1939 - 2007
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 1,044
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 1,045
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 1,046
1926 - 2012
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 1,047
1905 - 1944
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 1,048
1988 - Present
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 1,049
1973 - Present
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 1,050
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 1,051
1994 - Present
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 1,052
Among people born in 1966, Krasimir Balakov ranks 80. Before him are Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Patricia Kaas, Thomas Häßler, Didier Queloz, Olivier Martinez, and Müller. After him are Anousheh Ansari, Bill Goldberg, Faure Gnassingbé, Åsa Larsson, Ali-Reza Pahlavi, and Carola Häggkvist.
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 74
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 75
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 76
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 77
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 78
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 79
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 80
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 81
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 82
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 83
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 84
1966 - 2011
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 85
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 86
Among people born in Bulgaria, Krasimir Balakov ranks 111 out of 313. Before him are Philipp Kirkorov (1967), Petar Zhekov (1944), Dorothea of Bulgaria (1355), Valko Chervenkov (1900), Nina Dobrev (1989), and Kormisosh (700). After him are Dimitar Berbatov (1981), Petar Stoyanov (1952), Emil Kostadinov (1967), Trifon Ivanov (1965), Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean (1960), and Vasil Radoslavov (1854).
1967 - Present
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 105
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 106
1355 - 1390
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 107
1900 - 1980
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 108
1989 - Present
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 109
700 - 756
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 110
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 111
1981 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 112
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 113
1967 - Present
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 114
1965 - 2016
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 115
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 116
1854 - 1929
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 117
Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Krasimir Balakov ranks 6. Before him are Hristo Stoichkov (1966), Boris Gaganelov (1941), Georgi Asparuhov (1943), Dimitar Penev (1945), and Petar Zhekov (1944). After him are Dimitar Berbatov (1981), Emil Kostadinov (1967), Trifon Ivanov (1965), Ivan Dimitrov (1935), Hristo Bonev (1947), and Yordan Letchkov (1967).
1966 - Present
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 1
1941 - 2020
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 2
1943 - 1971
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 3
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 4
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 5
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 6
1981 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 7
1967 - Present
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 8
1965 - 2016
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 9
1935 - 2019
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 10
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 11
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 12