Krassimir Balakov

Krassimir Balakov (born 29 March 1966) is a former Bulgarian football player. He has played for Bulgaria national team.

Career statistics

Club career statistics

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|1990–91||rowspan="5"|Sporting Portugal||rowspan="5"|Portuguese Liga||18||4
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|1991–92||32||7
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|1992–93||32||11
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|1993–94||29||15
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|1994–95||27||6

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|1995–96||rowspan="8"|Stuttgart||rowspan="8"|Bundesliga||34||7
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|1996–97||31||13
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|1997–98||31||11
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|1998–99||24||5
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|1999–2000||30||6
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|2000–01||28||6
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|2001–02||30||4
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|2002–03||28||2
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|2005–06||Plauen||Oberliga||1||0
138||43
237||54
375||97
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International career statistics
International goals
Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Balakov goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Krasimir BalakovNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  14 May 1992  Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland   1–0 3–0  1994 World Cup qualifier2  9 September 1992  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   2–0 2–0  1994 World Cup qualifier3  11 November 1992 Saint-Ouen, Paris, France   1–1 1–2  Friendly match4  19 January 1994  SDCCU Stadium, San Diego, United States   1–1 1–1  Friendly match5  16 November 1994  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   2–1 4–1  Euro 1996 qualifier6  29 March 1995  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   1–0 3–1  Euro 1996 qualifier7  26 April 1995  Stadionul Republican, Chişinău, Moldova   1–0 3–0  Euro 1996 qualifier8  1 September 1996  Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel   1–0 1–2  1998 World Cup qualifier9  8 October 1996  Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg   1–0 2–1  1998 World Cup qualifier10  14 December 1996  Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus   2–1 3–1  1998 World Cup qualifier11  8 June 1997  Neftochimik Stadium, Burgas, Bulgaria   3–0 4–0  1998 World Cup qualifier12  28 March 2001  Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   1–0 4–3  2002 World Cup qualifier13  15 August 2001  Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   Macedonia 1–0 1–0  Friendly match14  21 August 2002  Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   2–1 2–2  Friendly match15  16 October 2002  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   2–0 2–1  Euro 2004 qualifier

Managerial statistics

TeamFromToCompetitionRecordGWDLWin %GFGAGDGrasshopper Club Zürich16 January 200621 May 2007Swiss Super League7154+17UEFA Cup2118+3Total9272+20Chernomorets Burgas14 December 20086 December 2010Bulgarian A Professional Football Group7954+25Bulgarian Cup52+3Total8456+28Hajduk Split31 May 201122 March 2012Prva HNL4217+25Croatian Cup94+5UEFA Cup02–2Total5123+281. FC Kaiserslautern22 March 201217 May 2012Bundesliga718–11Total718–11Litex Lovech27 May 201411 July 2015Bulgarian A Professional Football Group4932+17Bulgarian Cup97+2Europa League86+2Total6645+21Etar Veliko Tarnovo4 January 201814 May 2019First Professional Football League6556+9Bulgarian Cup61+5Total7157+14Bulgaria national football team14 May 201918 October 2019UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A315-12Friendly13-2Total418-14Career totalsLeague313231+82National League Cup2914+15European League Cup2926+3Nation418-14Total375289+86

Honours
Etar Veliko Tarnovo
A Group: 1990–91

Sporting CP
 Portuguese Cup: 1995

VfB Stuttgart
 DFB-Pokal: 1996–97
 UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000, 2002
 DFB-Ligapokal finalist: 1997, 1998
 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finalist: 1997–98
 Bundesliga runner-up: 2002–03

Bulgaria
 FIFA World Cup fourth place: 1994

Individual
 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1994
 Bulgarian Footballer of the Year: 1995, 1997
kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
 FIFA XI (Reserve): 1996

References

Category:1966 births
Category:Living people
Category:Bulgarian footballers
Category:Bulgarian football managers