Hristo Stoichkov

**Hristo Stoichkov** (born 8 February 1966) is a former Bulgarian football player. He has played for Bulgaria national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Hebros|1982–83|rowspan="2"|V Group|11|4|||–|–|–|11|4||||
|1983–84|21|10|||–|–|–|21|10||||||||
|rowspan="7"|CSKA Sofia|1984–85|rowspan="6"|A Group|11|0|3|0|–|||–|14|0|||
|1985–86|0|0|2|2|–|||–|2|2|||||||
|1986–87|25|6|2|0|—|7|1|—|34|7|||||||
|1987–88|27|14|4|4|—|7|5|—|38|23|||||||
|1988–89|26|23|7|3|—|8|7|—|41|33|||||||
|1989–90|30|38|5|7|—|3|2|1|1|39|48||||||
|rowspan="6"|Barcelona|1990–91|rowspan="5"|La Liga|24|14|5|2|—|8|6|1|0|38|22||
|1991–92|32|17|1|1|—|9|4|1|0|43|22||||||
|1992–93|34|20|4|0|—|5|0|3|3|46|23||||||
|1993–94|34|16|4|0|—|8|7|2|1|48|24||||||
|1994–95|27|9|2|2|—|8|3|2|3|39|17||||||
|Parma|1995–96|Serie A|23|5|2|0|—|5|2|—|30|7|||||
|rowspan="3"|Barcelona|1996–97|rowspan="2"|La Liga|22|7|4|0|—|7|0|2|1|35|8||
|1997–98|2|0|1|0|—|2|1|1|0|6|1||||||
|CSKA Sofia|1997–98|A Group|4|2|1|1|—|||—|5|3|||||
|Al-Nassr|1997–98|Saudi Premier League|||||||2|1|—|2|1||||
|rowspan="3"|Kashiwa Reysol|1998|rowspan="2"|J1 League|16|8|1|0|0|0|—|—|17|8|||
|1999|11|4|0|0|1|1|—|—|12|5|||||||
|rowspan="4"|Chicago Fire|2000|rowspan="3"|MLS|18|9|3|1|||||||21|10|
|2001|17|6|3|2|||||||20|8|||||
|2002|16|2|0|0|||||||16|2|||||
|D.C. United|2003|MLS|21|5|3|1|||||||24|6|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|Bulgaria|1987|3|0|
|1988|12|4|||
|1989|8|1|||
|1990|4|0|||
|1991|3|2|||
|1992|5|2|||
|1993|6|4|||
|1994|11|9|||
|1995|7|7|||
|1996|5|5|||
|1997|4|1|||
|1998|10|1|||
|1999|5|1|||

- _Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Stoichkov goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|21 January 1988|Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar||3–2|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|2|9 August 1988|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|3|24 August 1988|Stadion Hetman, Białystok, Poland||1–3|2–3|Friendly||||||||
|4|21 September 1988|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||2–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|5|11 October 1989|Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Varna, Bulgaria||4–0|4–0|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|6|25 September 1991|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||2–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|7|16 October 1991|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||2–0|4–0|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying||||||||
|8|19 August 1992|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|9|9 September 1992|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||1–0|2–0|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|10|28 April 1993|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||1–0|2–0|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|11|12 May 1993|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||1–0|2–2|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|12|8 September 1993|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||1–0|1–1|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|13|13 October 1993|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||2–0|4–1|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|14|26 June 1994|Soldier Field, Chicago, United States||1–0|4–0|1994 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|15|2–0|||||||||||||
|16|30 June 1994|Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States||1–0|2–0|1994 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|17|5 July 1994|Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States||1–0|1–1 (3–1 p.|1994 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|18|10 July 1994|Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States||1–1|2–1|1994 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|19|13 July 1994|Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States||1–2|1–2|1994 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|20|16 November 1994|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||1–0|4–1|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying||||||||
|21|3–1|||||||||||||
|22|14 December 1994|Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales||3–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying||||||||
|23|26 April 1995|Stadionul Republican, Chișinău, Moldova||2–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying||||||||
|24|3–0|||||||||||||
|25|7 June 1995|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||1–2|3–2|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying||||||||
|26|2–2|||||||||||||
|27|6 September 1995|Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania||1–0|1–1|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying||||||||
|28|11 October 1995|Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia||1–2|1–2|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying||||||||
|29|15 November 1995|Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany||1–0|1–3|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying||||||||
|30|28 May 1996|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||2–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|31|2 June 1996|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||2–0|4–1|Friendly||||||||
|32|9 June 1996|Elland Road, Leeds, England||1–0|1–1|UEFA Euro 1996||||||||
|33|13 June 1996|St James' Park, Newcastle, England||1–0|1–0|UEFA Euro 1996||||||||
|34|18 June 1996||1–2|1–3|UEFA Euro 1996|||||||||
|35|8 June 1997|Neftochimik Stadium, Burgas, Bulgaria||1–0|4–0|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|36|5 June 1998|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|—|19 February 1999|Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong|Hong Kong League XI|1–0|3–0|Carlsberg Cup, considered unofficial friendly||||||||
|37|31 March 1999|Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg||1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|rowspan="2"|Competition|colspan="8"|Record|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Bulgaria|rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|15 July 2004|rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|10 April 2007|align="left"|Competitive|align="left"|24|align="left"|20|align="left"|+4|
|align="left"|Friendlies|align="left"|24|align="left"|14|align="left"|+10|||||||
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Celta Vigo|rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|April 2007|rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|8 October 2007|align="left"|League|align="left"|18|align="left"|22|align="left"|–4|
|align="left"|Copa del Rey|align="left"|1|align="left"|2|align="left"|–1|||||||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Mamelodi Sundowns|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|29 June 2009|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|16 March 2010|align="left"|Premier Soccer League|align="left"|43|align="left"|24|align="left"|+19|
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Litex Lovech|rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|5 January 2012|rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|31 May 2013|align="left"|Bulgarian A Professional Football Group|align="left"|89|align="left"|38|align="left"|+51|
|align="left"|Bulgarian Cup|align="left"|14|align="left"|4|align="left"|+10|||||||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|CSKA Sofia|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|5 June 2013|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|8 July 2013|align="left"|Bulgarian A Professional Football Group|align="left"|0|align="left"|0|align="left"|0|

### Player

**CSKA Sofia**
- A Group: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90
- Bulgarian Cup: 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89
- Soviet Army Cup: 1984-85, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1989-90
- Bulgarian Supercup: 1989

**Barcelona**
- La Liga: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98
- Copa del Rey: 1996–97, 1997–98
- Supercopa de España: 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996;   Runner up:1990, 1993, 1997
- UEFA Champions League: 1991–92;   Runner up: 1993–94
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1996–97;   Runner up: 1990–91
- UEFA Super Cup: 1992, 1997
- Intercontinental Cup:   Runner up:1992

**Parma**
- Supercoppa Italiana:   Runner up:1995

**Al-Nassr**
- Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 1997–98

**Kashiwa Reysol**
- Japan Soccer League Cup / J.League Cup: 1999

**Chicago Fire**
- U.S. Open Cup: 2000
- Central Division: 2000, 2001
- MLS Cup 2000: Runner-up

**Bulgaria**
- FIFA World Cup Semi-finals (4th place): 1994 Bronze Medal

**Individual**
- Ballon d'Or: 1994
- European Golden Shoe: 1990
- European Cup Winners' Cup Top Scorer: 1989
- UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award / Onze d'Or: 1992
- Don Balón Award Best Foreign Player in La Liga: 1993-94
- IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer: 1994
- UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award / Onze d'Argent: 1994
- FIFA World Player of the Year: Runner-up: 1992, 1994
- FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe: 1994
- FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball: 1994
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1994
- Bulgarian Footballer of the Year(5): 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994
- A Group Top scorer(2): 1988–89, 1989–90
- Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year: 1994
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1996
- MLS Best XI: 2000
- The Era of the 'Dream Team' (1988-1996) - Barcelona Legend
- _World Soccer**s 100 Greatest Players of the 20th Century: 2000
- UEFA Jubilee Awards – Greatest Bulgarian Footballer of the last 50 Years: 2004
- FIFA 100: 2004
- Golden Foot: 2007, as football legend
- Sport Movies & TV – Milano International FICTS Fest - FICTS "Hall of Fame": 2013
- UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador - UNESCO Champion for Sport: 2016
- IFFHS: 2019, as football legend
- FourFourTwo - The 50 greatest Barcelona players of all time: 2022
- FourFourTwo - The 100 best football players of all time: 2022

**Records**
- All-time the only Football Player won Edition of the European Cup Winners' Cup and Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
- All-time Top Scorer in the Bulgarian First Professional Football League with 38 league goals in 30 games - season 1989–90.
- All-time FC Barcelona player with most red cards in the history (10 Red cards).

### Manager

**Mamelodi Sundowns**
- Premier Soccer League runner-up: 2009–10

**Individual_'
- Premier Soccer League: Coach of the Month: December 2009

### Further honours

- In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Bulgaria by the Bulgarian Football Union as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.
- In 2011 he was named honorary consul of Bulgaria in Barcelona. In October 2017 he was removed from the position on the request of the Spanish government over his criticisms of this government (especially the deputy prime minister, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría) in relation with the Catalan independence referendum, as well as the fact that he lives mainly in the United States.

#### Barcelona (official)

1. Copa Generalitat: 1991, 1993
1. Trofeo Ciudad de La Línea: 1991
1. Trofeo Ciudad de Marbella: 1993
1. Teresa Herrera Trophy: 1990, 1993
1. Trofeo Ciudad de Oviedo: 1996
1. Joan Gamper Trophy: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997

## Other websites

- Stoichkov's goal (FK) J.League official
- Hristo Stoichkov on BarcaMania.com (archived)
- Autobiography (archived)
- Stoichkov () – Profile, stats and news
- UEFA.com – Golden Player of Bulgaria