# Atanas Golomeev

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Bulgarian basketball player and coach (1947–2023)

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Atanas Golomeev Personal information Born (1947-07-05)5 July 1947 Sofia, Bulgaria Died 12 August 2023(2023-08-12) (aged 76) Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg) Career information College McGill (1968–1969) Playing career 1965–1984 Position Center Coaching career 1985–1986 Career history Playing 1965–1968 CSKA Sofia 1969–1974 Academic Sofia 1974–1981 Levski Sofia 1981–1983 Adana 1983–1984 Levski Sofia Coaching 1985–1986 Levski Sofia Career highlights As a player 2× FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer (1973, 1975) FIBA European Selection (1977) 10× Bulgarian League champion (1967, 1968, 1970–1973, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982) 4× Bulgarian Cup winner (1976, 1979, 1982, 1983) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) As a head coach Bulgarian League champion (1986) FIBA Hall of Fame

**Atanas Golomeev** ([Bulgarian](/source/Bulgarian_language): Атанас Голомеев 5 July 1947 – 12 August 2023) was a Bulgarian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall, he played at the [center](/source/Center_(basketball)) position. He is the most decorated Bulgarian basketball player of all time. He was named one of [FIBA's 50 Greatest Players](/source/FIBA's_50_Greatest_Players_(1991)), in 1991. In 2019, he was inducted into the [FIBA Hall of Fame](/source/List_of_members_of_the_FIBA_Hall_of_Fame).

## College career

Golomeev played [college basketball](/source/College_basketball) at [McGill University](/source/McGill_University), with the [McGill Redmen](/source/McGill_Redmen), in the 1968–69 season. He played in 24 games, and averaged 37.5 points per game, with a single-game scoring high of 57 points.[1]

## Club career

During his [club](/source/Sports_club) career, Golomeev won 10 [Bulgarian League](/source/National_Basketball_League_(Bulgaria)) championships (1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1981, and 1982), and 4 [Bulgarian Cups](/source/Bulgarian_Basketball_Cup) (1976, 1979, 1982, and 1983).

## National team career

As a member of the senior men's [Bulgarian national basketball team](/source/Bulgarian_national_basketball_team), Golomeev participated in five [EuroBasket](/source/EuroBasket) competitions ([1969](/source/1969_EuroBasket), [1971](/source/1971_EuroBasket), [1973](/source/1973_EuroBasket), [1975](/source/1975_EuroBasket), and [1977](/source/1977_EuroBasket)).[2] At the [EuroBasket 1973](/source/EuroBasket_1973) and [EuroBasket 1975](/source/EuroBasket_1975), he was [the top scorer of the tournament](/source/EuroBasket_Top_Scorer), scoring 156 and 160 points respectively.[3][4] He earned [EuroBasket All-Tournament Team](/source/EuroBasket_All-Tournament_Team) selections four times, in [1971](/source/EuroBasket_1971), [1973](/source/EuroBasket_1973), [1975](/source/EuroBasket_1975), and [1977](/source/EuroBasket_1977).

## Death

Atanas Golomeev died on 12 August 2023, at the age of 76.[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Atanas Golomeev, Bulgarian legend.](http://www.euroleague.net/features/voices/2014-2015/vladimir-stankovic/i/5othwcjatgxnvx7j/atanas-golomeev-bulgarian-legend)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [FIBA tournament profile](https://web.archive.org/web/20210421041715/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/63974/sid/2253/tid/253/_/1971_European_Championship_for_Men/index.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [1973 leading scorers](https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/rpp//tid/253/sid/2254/sp/ALL/ss/PT/srid/ALL/_/1973_European_Championship_for_Men/player-leaders.html)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [1975 leading scorers](https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/rpp//tid/253/sid/2255/sp/ALL/ss/PT/srid/ALL/_/1975_European_Championship_for_Men/player-leaders.html)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Почина баскетболната легенда Атанас Голомеев"](https://gong.bg/basketball/bg-basketball/pochina-basketbolnata-legenda-atanas-golomeev-748593). *Gong.bg* (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 13 August 2023.

## External links

- [FIBA Profile](https://web.archive.org/web/20180321130340/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/Atanas%20Golomeev/pid//_//players.html)

- [FIBA Europe Profile](http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_1977.roundID_2256.playerID_63974.teamID_253.html)

- [Atanas Golomeev](https://www.fiba.basketball/hall-of-fame/Atanas-Golomeev) at the [FIBA Hall of Fame](/source/FIBA_Hall_of_Fame)

v t e FIBA Hall of Fame inductees FIBA Members Players Amaury Arcain A. Belov S. Belov Berkovich Bilé Bilić Bira Bird Bogut Borrell Cameron Chazalon Ćosić Cruz Dalipagić Daneu Delibašić Divac Donovan Dumerc Dydek Edwards Epi Fasoulas Faye Fijalkowski Furlong Galis Gasol A. Gaze Giannakis Golomeev González Haixia Hendrawan Herrera Horáková Jean-Jacques Jordan Łopatka Kićanović Korać Kropilák Kukoč Leslie Lijie Loyzaga Machanguana R. Maher Marcari Marčiulionis Marques Martín Marzorati Mbengue Meneghin Meyers Miao C. Miller R. Miller Moglia Mourning Mujanović Nash Németh O'Neal Nowitzki Oberto Oga Olajuwon Ortiz Park Pauchard Paulauskas Penicheiro Penney Petrović Pollini Radovanović Raga Rigaudeau Robertson Robinson Rodríguez Ronchetti Russell Sabonis Sakandelidze Sako Sato Schmidt Schrempf Semjonova Silva Slavnić Smildziņa-Budovska Staley Stojaković Stoyanova Štreimikytė Tarakanov Taylor Timms Tkachenko Türkoğlu Valdemoro Valters Volkov Voynova Wang Warda Yao Zassoulskaya Zdovc Zheng Zídek Coaches Alekseyeva Auriemma Barbosa Canavesi Daly Díaz-Miguel Donohue Ferrándiz Gamba Garnier L. Gaze A. Gomelsky E. Gomelsky Hejková Iba Ivković Kanela Kondrashin Krzyzewski Magnano T. Maher Messina Ludwik Miętta Newell Nikolić Novosel Pešić Peterson Planas Primo Rubini Smith Stirling Summitt Tanjević VanDerveer Vasojević Yow Žeravica Zuoyun Contributors Founding Federations: Argentine Czechoslovak Greek Italian Latvian Portuguese Romanian Swiss Airaldi Rivarola Ashry Atakol Bouffard Busnel Calvo Carneiro Dos Reis Greim Hepp Jones Killian Klieger Kozłowski López Martín Naismith Otto Pitzl Popović Ramsay Samaranch Saporta Scuri Seguro de Luna Semashko Sèye Moreau Stanković Steitz Stern Šaper Ueda Vitale Wahby Yoon Technical officials Arabadjian Bain Belošević Blanchard Dimou Hopenhaym Kassai Kostin Lazarov Pfeuti Rae Reverberi Rigas Righetto Teams 1992 USA Men's "Dream Team"

v t e EuroBasket top scorers 1935: Franceschini 1937: Jurciņš 1939: Veskila 1946: Stok 1947: Perrier 1949: Öztürk 1951: Mrázek 1953: Idlibi 1955: Škeřík 1957: Terrace 1959: Korać 1961: Korać 1963: Korać 1965: Korać 1967: Kolokithas 1969: Kolokithas 1971: Jurkiewicz 1973: Golomeev 1975: Golomeev 1977: Akerboom 1979: Młynarski 1981: Młynarski 1983: Galis 1985: Jamchi 1987: Galis 1989: Galis 1991: Galis 1993: Bilalović 1995: Marčiulionis 1997: Kattash 1999: Herreros 2001: Nowitzki 2003: P. Gasol 2005: Nowitzki 2007: Nowitzki 2009: P. Gasol 2011: Parker 2013: Parker 2015: P. Gasol 2017: Shved 2022: Antetokounmpo 2025: Dončić

v t e FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) FIBA Europe Krešimir Ćosić Dražen Dalipagić Ivo Daneu Mirza Delibašić Vlade Divac Dragan Kićanović Radivoj Korać Toni Kukoč Dražen Petrović Dino Rađja Petar Skansi Zoran Slavnić Alexander Belov Sergei Belov Stepas Butautas Otar Korkia Šarūnas Marčiulionis Anatoly Myshkin Modestas Paulauskas Arvydas Sabonis Sasha Volkov Viktor Zubkov Wayne Brabender Francisco Buscató Juan Antonio Corbalán Juan Antonio San Epifanio Clifford Luyk Fernando Martín Emiliano Rodríguez Pierluigi Marzorati Massimo Masini Dino Meneghin Antonello Riva Stanislav Kropilák Ivan Mrázek Jean-Paul Beugnot Alain Gilles Nikos Galis Georgios Kolokithas Willy Steveniers Atanas Golomeev François Németh Miki Berkovich FIBA Americas Teófilo Cruz Ricardo Duarte Bira Maciel Wlamir Marques Bob Morse Amaury Pasos Oscar Schmidt FIBA Oceania Andrew Gaze

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