Petko Petkov (footballer)

Petko Petkov

Petko Petkov c. 1974
Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-08-03) 3 August 1946
Place of birth	Sinitevo, Bulgaria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1968	Gorubso Madan	?	(?)
1968–1980	Beroe	260	(144)
1980–1982	Austria Wien	51	(10)
National team
1970–1980	Bulgaria	33	(5)
Teams managed
1983–1985	Beroe
1987–1989	Beroe
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Petko Petkov (Bulgarian: Петко Петков, born 3 August 1946) is a Bulgarian former football player.^[1]

Career

In his career Petkov played for Gorubso Madan, Beroe Stara Zagora and Austria Wien.

Beroe

For Beroe he scored 144 goals in A PFG. This makes him the club's best goalscorer of all time in the top division. During the 1974–75 season he scored the fantastic 53 goals in the second division.

For the Bulgaria national football team, he was capped 33 times, scoring 5 goals.

Honours

• Bulgarian League Top Scorer – 2 times: 1974 (with 20 goals); 1976 (with 19 goals)

References