Petko Petkov (footballer)

Petko Petkov

Personal information
Date of birth	3 August 1946
Place of birth	Sinitevo, Bulgaria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1964–1968	Gorubso Madan	?	(?)
1968–1980	Beroe	259	(144)
1980–1982	Austria Wien	51	(10)
National team
1970-1980	Bulgaria	33	(5)
Teams managed
1983–1985	Beroe
1987–1989	Beroe
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Petko Petkov (Bulgarian: Петко Петков) (born 3 August 1946 in Sinitevo) is a Bulgarian former football player.^[1]

Career

In his career Petkov played for Gorubso Madan, Beroe Stara Zagora and Austria Wien.

Beroe

For Beroe he scored 144 goals in A PFG. This makes him the club's best goalscorer of all time in the top division. During the 1974-75 season he scored the fantastic 53 goals in the second division.

For the Bulgaria national football team, he was capped 33 times, scoring 5 goals.

Honours

• Bulgarian League Top Scorer - 2 times: 1974 (with 20 goals); 1976 (with 19 goals)

References

1. Petko Petkov at National-Football-Teams.com