Hristo Stoichkov

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

Career statistics
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsHebros1982–83V Group114–––1141983–842110–––2110Total3214–––3214CSKA Sofia1984–85A Group11030––1401985–860022––221986–8725620—71—3471987–88271444—75—38231988–89262373—87—41331989–90303857—32113948Total119812316—251611168113Barcelona1990–91La Liga241452—861038221991–92321711—941043221992–93342040—503346231993–94341640—872148241994–9527922—83233917Total15176165003620117214108Parma1995–96Serie A23520—52—307Barcelona1996–97La Liga22740—70213581997–982010—211061Total24750009131419CSKA Sofia1997–98A Group4211——53Al-Nassr1997–98Saudi Premier League21—21Kashiwa Reysol1998J1 League1681000——17819991140011——125Total27121011——2913Chicago Fire2000MLS189312110200117632208200216200162Total5117635723D.C. United2003MLS21531246Total4522195726117740159602294

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsBulgaria198730198812419898119904019913219925219936419941191995771996551997411998101199951Total8337

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

+ List of international goals scored by Hristo StoichkovNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  21 January 1988  Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar   3–23–2  Friendly2  9 August 1988  Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway   1–1 1–1  Friendly3  24 August 1988  Stadion Hetman, Białystok, Poland   1–3 2–3  Friendly4  21 September 1988  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   2–2 2–2  Friendly5  11 October 1989  Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Varna, Bulgaria   4–0 4–0  1990 FIFA World Cup qualification6  25 September 1991  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   2–0 2–1  Friendly7  16 October 1991  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   2–0 4–0  UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying8  19 August 1992  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   1–1 1–1  Friendly9  9 September 1992  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   1–0 2–0  1994 FIFA World Cup qualification10  28 April 1993  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   1–0 2–0  1994 FIFA World Cup qualification11  12 May 1993  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   1–0 2–2  1994 FIFA World Cup qualification12  8 September 1993  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   1–0 1–1  1994 FIFA World Cup qualification13  13 October 1993  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   2–0 4–1  1994 FIFA World Cup qualification14 26 June 1994 Soldier Field, Chicago, United States  1–0 4–0 1994 FIFA World Cup15 2–016  30 June 1994  Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States   1–0 2–0  1994 FIFA World Cup17  5 July 1994  Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States   1–0 1–1 (3–1 p.  1994 FIFA World Cup18  10 July 1994  Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States   1–1 2–1  1994 FIFA World Cup19  13 July 1994  Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States   1–2 1–2  1994 FIFA World Cup20 16 November 1994 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying21 3–122  14 December 1994  Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales   3–0 3–0  UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying23 26 April 1995 Stadionul Republican, Chișinău, Moldova  2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying24 3–025 7 June 1995 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  1–2 3–2  UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying26 2–227  6 September 1995  Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania   1–0 1–1  UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying28  11 October 1995  Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia   1–2 1–2  UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying29  15 November 1995  Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany   1–0 1–3  UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying30  28 May 1996  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   2–0 3–0  Friendly31  2 June 1996  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   2–0 4–1  Friendly32  9 June 1996  Elland Road, Leeds, England   1–0 1–1  UEFA Euro 199633  13 June 1996 St James' Park, Newcastle, England   1–0 1–0  UEFA Euro 199634  18 June 1996   1–2 1–3  UEFA Euro 199635  8 June 1997  Neftochimik Stadium, Burgas, Bulgaria   1–0 4–0  1998 FIFA World Cup qualification36  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 friendly37  31 March 1999  Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg   1–0 2–0  UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying

Managerial statistics

TeamFromToCompetitionRecordGWDLWin %GFGAGDBulgaria15 July 200410 April 2007Competitive2420+4Friendlies2414+10Total4834+14Celta VigoApril 20078 October 2007League1822–4Copa del Rey12–1Total1924–5Mamelodi Sundowns29 June 200916 March 2010Premier Soccer League4324+19Total4324+19Litex Lovech5 January 201231 May 2013Bulgarian A Professional Football Group8938+51Bulgarian Cup144+10Total10342+61CSKA Sofia5 June 20138 July 2013Bulgarian A Professional Football Group000Total000Career totalsLeague15084+66Cup156+9Competitive2420+4Friendlies2414+10Total213124+89

Honours
Player
CSKA Sofia"Stoichkov: A gifted bad boy". FIFA.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015
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"Award rounds off Romario's perfect year". FIFA.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015
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 players of the 20th century|''World Soccers 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: 2022RecordsAll-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).

ManagerMamelodi SundownsPremier Soccer League runner-up: 2009–10Individual'''
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.Golden Players take centre stage . UEFA (29 November 2003).
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) 
 Copa Generalitat: 1991, 1993
 Trofeo Ciudad de La Línea: 1991
 Trofeo Ciudad de Marbella: 1993
 Teresa Herrera Trophy: 1990, 1993
 Trofeo Ciudad de Oviedo: 1996
 Joan Gamper Trophy: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997

 Notes 

 References 

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

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