{{Short description|Bulgarian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Simeon Chilibonov | fullname = Simeon Iliev Chilibonov | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|6|22}} | birth_place = Pomorie, Bulgaria | height = | currentclub = | position = Midfielder, Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1983–1986 | clubs1 = Naftex Burgas | caps1 = 104 | goals1 = 32 | years2 = 1986–1991 | clubs2 = Chernomorets Burgas | caps2 = 145 | goals2 = 32 | years3 = 1991–1992 | clubs3 = VfB Lübeck | caps3 = 20 | goals3 = 8 | years4 = 1992 | clubs4 = Dobrudzha | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 1993 | clubs5 = Shumen | caps5 = 6 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 1993 | clubs6 = Dobrudzha | caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 9 | years7 = 1994 | clubs7 = Slavia Sofia | caps7 = 24 | goals7 = 9 | years8 = 1995–1997 | clubs8 = Lokomotiv Sofia | caps8 = 45 | goals8 = 16 | years9 = 1997 | clubs9 = Vanspor | caps9 = 4 | goals9 = 1 | years10 = 1997–1998| clubs10 = Slavia Sofia | caps10 = 30 | goals10 = 9 | years11 = 1999 | clubs11 = Lokomotiv Sofia | caps11 = 14 | goals11 = 3 | years12 = 2000 | clubs12 = Naftex Burgas | caps12 = 8 | goals12 = 1 | years13 = 2000 | clubs13 = Kameno | caps13 = 12 | goals13 = 5 | years14 = 2000 | clubs14 = Hebar Pazardzhik | caps14 = | goals14 = | years15 = 2001 | clubs15 = Slanchev Bryag | caps15 = 11 | goals15 = 2 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = Bulgaria | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | manageryears1 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs1 = Chernomorets 919 }}
'''Simeon Chilibonov''' ({{langx|bg|Симеон Чилибонов}}) (born 22 June 1966) is a retired Bulgarian footballer.
==Career==
Coming through the youth ranks of OFC Pomorie, Chilibonov spent almost his entire career in Bulgaria, mainly playing in the top division of Bulgarian football. In the 1990s, he also had short spells in Germany and Turkey.<ref name="events66.bg">{{cite news|url=http://www.events.bg/bg/holidays/4673/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2---%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%88-%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82|title=Рожденици: Симеон Чилибонов - футболист| author=editors at events.bg|publisher=events.bg|language=bg|access-date=24 January 2015}}</ref> At a ceremony in December 2013, which commemorated 100 years since the founding of Slavia Sofia, Chilibonov received a prize as one of the most distinguished players in the club's history.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://topsport.ibox.bg/news/id_1359928344| title = "Славия" обяви 77 големи играчи, вижте всички отличени | language = bg | publisher = topsport.bg| date= 9 December 2013|access-date = 24 January 2015}}</ref>
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