Stancho Bonchev

Stancho Vasilev Bonchev (Bulgarian: Станчо Василев Бончев) (1 May 1942-2013) was a Bulgarian football goalkeeper.[1] He is legendary player of Lokomotiv Plovdiv and holds the record for the goalkeeper with the most First League appearances - 359 in total (331 league appearances for Lokomotiv Plovdiv and 28 for CSKA Sofia). Stancho Bonchev is also "best footballer of Plovdiv" for 1965 and "Master of Sports" since 1978.[2]

Stancho Bonchev
Bonchev (right) playing for Lokomotiv Plovdiv against Juventus in 1969
Personal information
Full name Stancho Vasilev Bonchev
Date of birth (1942-05-01)1 May 1942
Place of birth Medovnica, Bulgaria
Date of death 12 October 2013(2013-10-12) (aged 71)
Place of death Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1960 Benkovski Vidin ? (?)
1960–1962 Sliven ? (?)
1962–1967 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 112 (0)
1967–1969 CSKA Sofia 28 (0)
1969–1980 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 219 (0)
International career
1965–1968 Bulgaria 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bonchev played for the Bulgaria national football team in the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying rounds.[3]

Honours

CSKA Sofia

References

  1. "Bonchev". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Отиде си легенда на Локо (Пд)" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. Haisma, Marcel & van den Elsen, John (7 February 2007). "European Championship 1968 (Details)". RSSSF.


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