Kiril Stankov

{{short description|Bulgarian footballer}} {{redirect|Kiril Hristov|the Bulgarian poet, fiction writer, playwright and translator|Kiril Hristov (writer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{family name hatnote|Stankov|Hristov|lang=Bulgarian}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kiril Stankov | image = | fullname = Kiril Stankov Hristov | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1949|05|20}} | birth_place = Sofia, Bulgaria | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1992|05|07|1949|05|20}} | death_place = | position = Defender / Midfielder | years1 = 1967–1977 | clubs1 = CSKA Sofia<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/30504/Kiril_Stankov.html |title=Kiril Stankov |publisher=National Football Teams |accessdate=10 September 2014}}</ref> | caps1 = 212 | goals1 = 3 | nationalyears1 = 1968–1976 | nationalteam1 = Bulgaria | nationalcaps1 = 12<ref name="eu-foot">{{cite web|url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=19941 |title=Kiril Stankov – national football team player |publisher=eu-football.info |accessdate=10 September 2014}}</ref> | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} {{MedalTop}} {{MedalCountry|{{BUL}}}} {{MedalSport | Men's Football}} {{MedalSilver | 1968 Mexico | Team Competition}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Kiril Stankov Hristov''' ({{langx|bg|Кирил Станков Христов}}; 20 May 1949 – 7 May 1992) was an international Bulgarian footballer who played for CSKA Sofia as a defender. During his club career, he won the national Bulgarian league six times. Stankov died at the age of 42.

==International career== At the age of 19, Stankov won the silver medal with the Bulgarian Olympic team at the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he featured in three games, including the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=58377/index.html |title=Kiril STANKOV |accessdate=10 September 2014 |publisher=FIFA |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911021412/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player%3D58377/index.html |archivedate=11 September 2014 }}</ref><ref name="eu-foot"/> Including these games, Stankov played twelve times for the senior national team.

==Honours== ===Club=== * '''Bulgarian A PFG (6)''': 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76 * '''Bulgarian Cup (4)''': 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974

===Olympic=== * '''Silver medal (1)''': 1968

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==External links== * {{NFT player|pid=30504}}

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