Krassimir Balakov
Bulgarian association football player and manager
Krassimir Balakov (born 29 March 1966) is a former Bulgarian football player. He has played for Bulgaria national team.
.JPG) Balakov in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Krasimir Genchev Balakov | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1990 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 142 | (35) |
| 1991–1995 | Sporting CP | 138 | (43) |
| 1995–2003 | VfB Stuttgart | 236 | (54) |
| 2005 | VFC Plauen | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 517 | (132) | |
| National team | |||
| 1984–1987 | Bulgaria U21 | 29 | (3) |
| 1988–2003 | Bulgaria | 92 | (16) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2005 | VfB Stuttgart (assistant) | ||
| 2005 | VFC Plauen (player-manager) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Grasshoppers | ||
| 2007–2008 | St. Gallen | ||
| 2008–2010 | Chernomorets Burgas | ||
| 2011–2012 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 2012 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
| 2014–2015 | Litex Lovech | ||
| 2018–2019 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | ||
| 2019 | Bulgaria | ||
| 2020–2021 | CSKA 1948 | ||
| 2023–2024 | Septemvri Sofia | ||
| 2024 | Lokomotiv Sofia | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
changeClub career statistics
change| Club statistics | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Portugal | League | |||
| 1990–91 | Sporting Portugal | Portuguese Liga | 18 | 4 |
| 1991–92 | 32 | 7 | ||
| 1992–93 | 32 | 11 | ||
| 1993–94 | 29 | 15 | ||
| 1994–95 | 27 | 6 | ||
| Germany | League | |||
| 1995–96 | Stuttgart | Bundesliga | 34 | 7 |
| 1996–97 | 31 | 13 | ||
| 1997–98 | 31 | 11 | ||
| 1998–99 | 24 | 5 | ||
| 1999–2000 | 30 | 6 | ||
| 2000–01 | 28 | 6 | ||
| 2001–02 | 30 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Plauen | Oberliga | 1 | 0 |
| Country | Portugal | 138 | 43 | |
| Germany | 237 | 54 | ||
| Total | 375 | 97 | ||
International career statistics
changeInternational goals
change- Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Balakov goal.[2][3][4][5]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 May 1992 | Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland |  Finland |
1–0 | 3–0 | 1994 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | 9 September 1992 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |  France |
2–0 | 2–0 | 1994 World Cup qualifier |
| 3 | 11 November 1992 | Saint-Ouen, Paris, France |  Portugal |
1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly match |
| 4 | 19 January 1994 | SDCCU Stadium, San Diego, United States |  Mexico |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly match |
| 5 | 16 November 1994 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |  Moldova |
2–1 | 4–1 | Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 6 | 29 March 1995 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |  Wales |
1–0 | 3–1 | Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 7 | 26 April 1995 | Stadionul Republican, Chişinău, Moldova | Moldova |
1–0 | 3–0 | Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 8 | 1 September 1996 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel |  Israel |
1–0 | 1–2 | 1998 World Cup qualifier |
| 9 | 8 October 1996 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |  Luxembourg |
1–0 | 2–1 | 1998 World Cup qualifier |
| 10 | 14 December 1996 | Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus |  Cyprus |
2–1 | 3–1 | 1998 World Cup qualifier |
| 11 | 8 June 1997 | Neftochimik Stadium, Burgas, Bulgaria | Luxembourg |
3–0 | 4–0 | 1998 World Cup qualifier |
| 12 | 28 March 2001 | Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |  Northern Ireland |
1–0 | 4–3 | 2002 World Cup qualifier |
| 13 | 15 August 2001 | Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |  Macedonia |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly match |
| 14 | 21 August 2002 | Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |  Germany |
2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly match |
| 15 | 16 October 2002 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |  Andorra |
2–0 | 2–1 | Euro 2004 qualifier |
Managerial statistics
change- As of 18 October 2019
| Team | From | To | Competition | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | ||||
| Grasshopper Club Zürich | 16 January 2006 | 21 May 2007 | Swiss Super League | 53 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 35.85 | 71 | 54 | +17 |
| UEFA Cup | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 50.00 | 21 | 18 | +3 | |||
| Total | 65 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 38.46 | 92 | 72 | +20 | |||
| Chernomorets Burgas | 14 December 2008 | 6 December 2010 | Bulgarian A Professional Football Group | 60 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 48.33 | 79 | 54 | +25 |
| Bulgarian Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | 5 | 2 | +3 | |||
| Total | 62 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 48.39 | 84 | 56 | +28 | |||
| Hajduk Split | 31 May 2011 | 22 March 2012 | Prva HNL | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 59.09 | 42 | 17 | +25 |
| Croatian Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | 9 | 4 | +5 | |||
| UEFA Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | –2 | |||
| Total | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 57.14 | 51 | 23 | +28 | |||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 22 March 2012 | 17 May 2012 | Bundesliga | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12.50 | 7 | 18 | –11 |
| Total | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12.50 | 7 | 18 | –11 | |||
| Litex Lovech | 27 May 2014 | 11 July 2015 | Bulgarian A Professional Football Group | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 51.61 | 49 | 32 | +17 |
| Bulgarian Cup | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.00 | 9 | 7 | +2 | |||
| Europa League | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | 8 | 6 | +2 | |||
| Total | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 50.00 | 66 | 45 | +21 | |||
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 4 January 2018 | 14 May 2019 | First Professional Football League | 52 | 24 | 10 | 18 | 46.15 | 65 | 56 | +9 |
| Bulgarian Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 | 6 | 1 | +5 | |||
| Total | 55 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 47.27 | 71 | 57 | +14 | |||
| Bulgaria national football team | 14 May 2019 | 18 October 2019 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.00 | 3 | 15 | -12 |
| Friendly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 3 | -2 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.00 | 4 | 18 | -14 | |||
| Career totals | League | 226 | 102 | 55 | 69 | 45.13 | 313 | 231 | +82 | ||
| National League Cup | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 64.29 | 29 | 14 | +15 | |||
| European League Cup | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 40.00 | 29 | 26 | +3 | |||
| Nation | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.00 | 4 | 18 | -14 | |||
| Total | 266 | 119 | 63 | 84 | 44.74 | 375 | 289 | +86 | |||
Honours
changeEtar Veliko Tarnovo
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[6][7][8]
- FIFA XI (Reserve): 1996[9]
References
change- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Krasimir Balakov". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ↑ "Krasimir Balakov - matches and goals for Bulgaria". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ↑ "Portugal v Bulgaria, 11 November 1992". 11v11.com. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ↑ "България би Андора с измамното 2:1". segabg.com (in Bulgarian). 17 October 2002. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ↑ "Балъков подари вратовръзка на бившия си шеф в Щутгарт". blitz.bg (in Bulgarian). 27 March 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ↑ "Bundesliga Historie 1995/96" (in German). kicker.
- ↑ "Bundesliga Historie 1996/97" (in German). kicker.
- ↑ "Bundesliga Historie 1997/98" (in German). kicker.
- ↑ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (20 October 2015). "FIFA XI's Matches – Full Info". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
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