Iliya Valov

Iliya Valov

Personal information
Date of birth	29 December 1961
Place of birth	Knezha, Bulgaria
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1971–1980	Botev Vratsa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1980–1988	Botev Vratsa	180	(0)
1988–1990	CSKA Sofia	46	(0)
1990	Lokomotiv Sofia	15	(0)
1991	Berliner FC Dynamo	10	(0)
1991–1992	Austria Wien	8	(0)
1992	Dobrudzha Dobrich	12	(0)
1992–1994	Karşıyaka	54	(0)
1994–1995	Denizlispor	29	(0)
Total		354	(0)
National team
1983–1990	Bulgaria	31	(0)
Teams managed
1999–2002	Botev Vratsa
2002–2004	Cherno More (goalkeeping coach)
2006–2007	CSKA Sofia (goalkeeping coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Iliya Valov (born 29 December 1961 in Knezha) is a Bulgarian former football goalkeeper who played for Bulgaria.

Career

Valov made 180 appearances for Botev Vratsa from 1981 to 1988. He was the number two goalkeeper to Borislav Mihaylov in Bulgaria's squad at Mexico 86. He made a total of 31 caps with the national team.

After retiring as a player, Valov worked as a goalkeeping coach for Cherno More Varna until 2004 before following coach Plamen Markov to CSKA Sofia.

He is the father of Valentin Iliev.

References

• Iliya Valov at National-Football-Teams.com