Hristo Iliev (footballer)

Hristo Iliev
Personal information
Full name	Hristo Bristov Iliev
Date of birth	11 May 1936
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of death	24 March 1974 (aged 37)
Place of death	Bulgaria
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1954–1959	Levski Sofia
1959–1961	Botev Plovdiv
1961–1968	Levski Sofia
Total
International career
1955–1963	Bulgaria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hristo Bristov Iliev (Bulgarian: Христо Бристов Илиев; 11 May 1936 – 24 March 1974) was a Bulgarian footballer.^[1] He played as a forward and spent the majority of his career with Levski Sofia. Iliev also represented Bulgaria at international level in the 1962 World Cup and in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics,^[2] where Bulgaria did reach the 5th place in the final ranking.

Iliev died in a car crash on 24 March 1974.^[3]

Honours

^ "Hristo Iliev". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hristo Iliev Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
^ "Левски се поклони пред Патрата" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 11 May 2017.