Hristo Bonev

Bulgarian footballer

Hristo Atanasov Bonev (Bulgarian: Христо Aтанасов Бонев; born 3 February 1947), also known as Zuma (Bulgarian: Зума), is a former Bulgarian footballer. He last managed Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A PFG.

Hristo Bonev
Hristo Bonev in 2016
Personal information
Full name Hristo Atanasov Bonev
Date of birth (1947-02-03) 3 February 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1967 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 64 (19)
1967–1968 CSKA Sofia 6 (5)
1968–1979 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 337 (161)
1979–1981 AEK Athens 10 (0)
1982–1984 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 6 (0)
Total 422 (185)
National team
1967–1979 Bulgaria 96 (48)
Teams managed
1983–1985 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1987–1988 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1988–1990 Panathinaikos
1990–1993 Larissa
1993–1994 Ionikos
1994–1996 APOEL
1996–1998 Bulgaria
1997–1998 Lokomotiv Sofia
2000 Sachsen Leipzig
2010 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was capped 96 times by Bulgaria bwtewwn 1967 and 1979, where he scored 48 goals. He played at the 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups. He mostly played for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, but he also played for CSKA Sofia and AEK Athens. In 1982, he came out of retirement to play for Oxford United in 1982.

After his retirement, he became a manager for Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He would also manage Panathinaikos, AEL Larissa, Ionikos, APOEL, the Bulgarian national team, Lokomotiv Sofia, and Sachsen Leipzig.

International goals

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Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bulgaria goal.
List of international goals scored by Hristo Bonev[1]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 October 1968 Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey   Turkey 2–0 2–0 Friendly
2 27 October 1968 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   Netherlands 1–0 2–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 15 June 1969   Poland 1–0 4–1
4 22 October 1969 Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands   Netherlands 1–1 1–1
5 7 December 1969 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg   Luxembourg 3–1 3–1
6 5 May 1970 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   Soviet Union 3–2 3–3 Friendly
7 2 June 1970 Estadio León, León, Mexico   Peru 2–0 2–3 1970 FIFA World Cup
8 9 June 1971 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway   Norway 1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
9 4–0
10 7 September 1971 Grünwalder Stadion, Munich, Germany   West German Amateurs 1–3 1–3 Friendly
11 27 October 1971 Stadionul Național, Bucharest, Romania   Romania 1–1 1–1 Unofficial Friendly
12 10 November 1971 Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes, France   France 1–0 1–2 UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
13 24 November 1971 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   Spain 7–3 8–3 1972 Summer Olympics qualification
14 24 March 1972 Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria   Soviet Union 1–1 1–1 Friendly
15 16 April 1972 Stadion Beroe, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria   Poland 1–1 3–1 1972 Summer Olympics qualification
16 3–1
17 31 May 1972 Estadio El Plantío, Burgos, Spain   Spain 1–1 3–3
18 21 June 1972 Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria   Italy 1–0 1–0 Friendly
19 18 October 1972 Stadion Beroe, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria   Northern Ireland 1–0 3–0 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
20 3–0
21 19 November 1972 Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus   Cyprus 3–0 4–0
22 4–0
23 31 January 1973 Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens, Greece   Greece 2–2 2–2 Friendly
24 2 May 1973 Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria   Portugal 2–0 2–1 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
25 13 October 1973 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal 1–1 2–2
26 2–1
27 6 February 1974 Morphou Municipal Stadium, Morphou, Cyprus   Cyprus 2–1 4–1 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
28 3–1
29 4–1
30 8 February 1974 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait   Kuwait 2–0 3–1 Friendly
31 10 February 1974 1–1 2–1
32 2–1
33 31 March 1974 Z.T.E. Stadion, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary   Hungary 1–3 1–3
34 8 May 1974 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   Turkey 1–0 5–1 1973–76 Balkan Cup
35 2–0[1]
36 25 May 1974   North Korea 1–0 6–1 Friendly
37 5–0
38 6–1
39 19 June 1974 Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, Germany   Uruguay 1–0 1–1 1974 FIFA World Cup
40 13 October 1974 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   Greece 1–0 3–2 UEFA Euro 1976 qualification
41 11 June 1975   Malta 4–0 5–0
42 25 January 1976 National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan   Japan 1–1 3–1 Friendly
43 28 January 1976 Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka, Japan 1–0 1–1
44 5 May 1976 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   North Korea 1–0 3–0
45 2–0
46 22 September 1976   Turkey 1–0 2–2
47 9 October 1976   France 1–2 2–2 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
48 25 April 1979 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Argentina 1–1 1–2 Friendly
Notes
1 Some sources credit Bonev's second goal as an own-goal by Nikos Kovis.

References

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  1. "Hristo Bonev". RSSSF.