Tsvetan Veselinov
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tsvetan Veselinov Dimitrov | ||
Date of birth | 27 April 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
Date of death | 25 February 2018 | (aged 70)||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
1957–1965 | Levski Sofia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965–1975 | Levski Sofia | 193 | (70) |
National team | |||
1968–1971 | Bulgaria | 6 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
1975–1980 | Levski Sofia (youth team) | ||
1987–1989 | US Sbeitla | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's Football | ||
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1968 Mexico City | Team competition |
Tsvetan Veselinov (Bulgarian: Цветан Веселинов; 27 April 1947 in Sofia – 25 February 2018) was a Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder.[1] He spent all 10 seasons of his career in the A Group with Levski Sofia, before retiring at the age of 28 in 1975.
With the Bulgarian national team he won a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2] Veselinov netted Bulgaria's only goal in the final against Hungary, a 4–1 defeat at Estadio Azteca on 26 October 1968.[3]
His death was announced on 25 February 2018. He was 70.[4]
Honours[]
Club[]
- Levski Sofia
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Меци Веселинов: Баща ми е мил и обличал Гунди и Котков за погребението!" (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. 27 August 2012.
- ^ "Цветан Веселинов: На "Герена" вече не ни познават" (in Bulgarian). duma.bg. 24 March 2014.
- ^ "Bulgaria 1–4 Hungary". fifa.com.
- ^ Почина легендарното крило на „сините” Цветан Веселинов – Меци (in Bulgarian)
External links[]
- Player Profile at LevskiSofia.info
Categories:
- 1947 births
- 2018 deaths
- Bulgarian footballers
- Bulgaria international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Footballers from Sofia
- Olympic footballers of Bulgaria
- Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics