Hristo Bonev

Hristo Bonev
	Bonev in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Hristo Atanasov Bonev
Date of birth	3 February 1947 (age 74)
Place of birth	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
1983–1985	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1987–1988	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1988–1990	Panathinaikos
1990–1993	Larissa
1993–1994	Ionikos
1994–1996	APOEL
1996–1998	Bulgaria
1997–1998	Lokomotiv Sofia
2000	Sachsen Leipzig
2010	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hristo Atanasov Bonev (Bulgarian: Христо Aтанасов Бонев; born 3 February 1947), also known as Zuma (Bulgarian: Зума), is a Bulgarian footballer manager and former player who last managed PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A PFG.^[1] One of the greatest Bulgarian footballers, Bonev was renowned for his vision and technique.

Between 1967 and 1979, Bonev played for the Bulgaria national team 96 times, scoring a record 48 goals.^[2] He played for his country at the 1970 and 1974 World Cups. Most of Bonev's club career was spent with Lokomotiv Plovdiv, but he also played for CSKA Sofia and AEK Athens FC^[3] and later briefly came out of retirement to play for Oxford United in 1982,^{[citation needed]} before an injury to his thigh muscle ended his playing career.

After his retirement he became a manager and initially went to Greece and became coach of Panathinaikos FC, AEL 1964, Ionikos FC. After Greece, he became manager of the Cypriot team APOEL FC in 1995 and until 1996 when he quit from his team, he won the Cypriot Cup in his first year in Cyprus in 1995 and the Double the following season.

He went back to his home country to become manager of Lokomotiv Sofia and then he was appointed as head coach to his country's national team for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Despite a disappointing showing in France, with only one point achieved from three games, he continued as national coach, but after a 3–0 defeat to Poland in the first qualifying match for Euro 2000 in September 1998, he decided to resign from his post, stating "I believe I have taken the team as far as I am able, and now it is time for the players to respond to someone else who, I hope, can improve our results."

Bonev in 1974

International goals[]

Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bonev goal.^[4]

List of international goals scored by Hristo Bonev
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 October 1968	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2	27 October 1968	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Netherlands	1–0	2–0	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	15 June 1969	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Poland	1–0	4–1	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	22 October 1969	Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–1	1–1	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	7 December 1969	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3–1	3–1	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	5 May 1970	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Soviet Union	3–2	3–3	Friendly
7	2 June 1970	Estadio León, León, Mexico	Peru	2–0	2–3	1970 FIFA World Cup
8	9 June 1971	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	1–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
9	9 June 1971	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	4–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
10	7 September 1971	Grünwalder Stadion, Munich, Germany	West German Amateurs	1–3	1–3	Friendly
11	27 October 1971	Stadionul Național, Bucharest, Romania	Romania	1–1	1–1	Unofficial Friendly
12	10 November 1971	Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes, France	France	1–0	1–2	UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
13	24 November 1971	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Spain	7–3	8–3	1972 Summer Olympics qualification
14	24 March 1972	Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria	Soviet Union	1–1	1–1	Friendly
15	16 April 1972	Stadion Beroe, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	Poland	1–1	3–1	1972 Summer Olympics qualification
16	16 April 1972	Stadion Beroe, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	Poland	3–1	3–1	1972 Summer Olympics qualification
17	31 May 1972	Estadio El Plantío, Burgos, Spain	Spain	1–1	3–3	1972 Summer Olympics qualification
18	21 June 1972	Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria	Italy	1–0	1–0	Friendly
19	18 October 1972	Stadion Beroe, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	Northern Ireland	1–0	3–0	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
20	18 October 1972	Stadion Beroe, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	Northern Ireland	3–0	3–0	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
21	19 November 1972	Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus	Cyprus	3–0	4–0	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
22	19 November 1972	Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus	Cyprus	4–0	4–0	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
23	31 January 1973	Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens, Greece	Greece	2–2	2–2	Friendly
24	2 May 1973	Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria	Portugal	2–0	2–1	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
25	13 October 1973	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	Portugal	1–1	2–2	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
26	13 October 1973	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	Portugal	2–1	2–2	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
27	6 February 1974	Morphou Municipal Stadium, Morphou, Cyprus	Cyprus	2–1	4–1	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
28				3–1
29				4–1
30	8 February 1974	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	2–0	3–1	Friendly
31	10 February 1974	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	1–1	2–1	Friendly
32	10 February 1974	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	2–1	2–1	Friendly
33	31 March 1974	Z.T.E. Stadion, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary	Hungary	1–3	1–3	Friendly
34	8 May 1974	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Turkey	1–0	5–1	1973–76 Balkan Cup
35	8 May 1974	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Turkey	2–0^[1]	5–1	1973–76 Balkan Cup
36	25 May 1974	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	North Korea	1–0	6–1	Friendly
37				5–0
38				6–1
39	19 June 1974	Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, Germany	Uruguay	1–0	1–1	1974 FIFA World Cup
40	13 October 1974	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Greece	1–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 1976 qualification
41	11 June 1975	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Malta	4–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 1976 qualification
42	25 January 1976	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Japan	1–1	3–1	Friendly
43	28 January 1976	Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka, Japan	Japan	1–0	1–1	Friendly
44	5 May 1976	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	North Korea	1–0	3��0	Friendly
45	5 May 1976	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	North Korea	2–0	3��0	Friendly
46	22 September 1976	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Turkey	1–0	2–2	Friendly
47	9 October 1976	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	France	1–2	2–2	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
48	25 April 1979	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	1–1	1–2	Friendly

Notes: ¹ Some sources credit Bonev's second goal as an own-goal by Nikos Kovis.

References[]

^ "Bonev bids to rescue Loko Plovdiv". uefa.com. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
^ Mamrud, Roberto (22 January 2009). "Hristo Bonev – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (11 May 2005). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
^ "Hristo Bonev". RSSSF.

[1] "Bonev bids to rescue Loko Plovdiv". uefa.com. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

[2] Mamrud, Roberto (22 January 2009). "Hristo Bonev – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2009.

[3] Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (11 May 2005). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2009.

[4] "Hristo Bonev". RSSSF.

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