Marian Hristov
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Marian Georgiev Hristov (Template:Langx) (born 29 July 1973) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer[1] who played as a midfielder. Since his retirement from playing, he has worked as an assistant manager.
Club career
Hristov started his professional career at PFC Balkan Botevgrad in 1993.[2] He then went on to play at Slavia Sofia (1994–95) and Levski Sofia (1995–97) before joining Kaiserslautern in 1997. During his tenure at the german club, he achieved notable success, winning the Bundesliga title in 1998, reaching the UEFA Champions League quarter-final in 1999 as well as the UEFA Cup semi-final in 2001. He was also runner-up for the DFB-Pokal in 2003.[2]
In 2004, Hristov joined VfL Wolfsburg, but missed most of the 2004–05 season due to a serious knee injury. He was able to return successfully towards the end of the 2005–06 season. Unfortunately, he was again out of the team for almost the entire 2006–07 season due to another injury, as a result of which his contract with VfL was not renewed in 2007.
International career
For Bulgaria, he played at the 1998 World Cup where he appeared in two of the three games of the team, against Nigeria and Spain.
He was also part of the Bulgarian squad that reached the 2004 European Championship, and started in all three group stage matches.[2]
By 27 March 2007, Hristov had retired from international football, earning 45 caps and scoring four times for the national team.[2]
He has also expressed an interest in coaching his country.[3]
International goals
- Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hristov goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 November 1996 | Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Thailand | shortname alias = Thailand | flag alias = Flag of Thailand.svg | flag alias-1767 = Flag of Thailand (Ayutthaya period).svg | flag alias-1782 = Flag of Thailand (1782).svg | flag alias-1817 = Flag of Thailand (1817).svg | flag alias-1855 = Flag of Thailand 1855.svg | flag alias-1893 = State Flag of Thailand (1916).svg | flag alias-1916 = Flag of Siam (1916).svg | flag alias-marines=Flag of the Royal Thai Marine Corps.svg | link alias-marines=Royal Thai Marine Corps | border-marines= | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Thailand.svg | link alias-naval = Royal Thai Navy | flag alias-navy = Flag of the Royal Thai Navy.svg | link alias-navy = Royal Thai Navy | flag alias-military=Flag of the Royal Thai Armed Forces HQ.svg | link alias-military=Royal Thai Armed Forces | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Royal Thai Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Royal Thai Air Force | flag alias-army= Flag of the Royal Thai Army.svg | link alias-army=Royal Thai Army | flag alias-sanctionedFB = THA AFF 2020.png | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant =
}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|4–0 || rowspan="2"|Friendly | ||
| 2 | 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 25 April 2001 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo | {{safesubst: Template:Yesno | alias = Norway | flag alias = Flag of Norway.svg | flag alias-old kingdom = Royal Standard of Norway.svg | flag alias-1814 = Flag of Norway (1814–1821).svg | flag alias-1818 = Swedish and Norwegian merchant flag 1818-1844.svg | flag alias-1844 = Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Norway, state.svg | border-state = | flag alias-army = Flag of the Norwegian Army.svg | border-army = | link alias-army = Norwegian Army | flag alias-war = Flag of Norway, state.svg | link alias-war = Norwegian Armed Forces | border-war = | flag alias-naval = Naval Jack of Norway.svg | border-naval = | link alias-naval = Royal Norwegian Navy | flag alias-air force = Royal Norwegian Air Force Flag.svg | border-air force = | link alias-air force = Royal Norwegian Air Force | flag alias-navy = Flag of Norway, state.svg | border-navy = | link alias-navy = Royal Norwegian Navy | flag alias-coast guard = Norwegian Coast Guard Racing Stripe.svg | link alias-coast guard = Norwegian Coast Guard | border-coast guard = | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–2 || Friendly |
| 4 | 10 September 2003 | Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Andorra | flag alias = Flag of Andorra.svg | flag alias-1806 = Flag of Andorra (1806–1866).svg | flag alias-1866 = Flag of Andorra (1866–1934).gif | flag alias-1934 = Flag of Andorra (1934–1939).svg | flag alias-civil = Flag of Andorra (civil).svg | var2 = 1866 | var3 = 1934 | var4 = civil | size = | name = | variant = | altlink = national football team
}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|3–0 || Euro 2004 qualifier |
Honours
1. FC Kaiserslautern
- Bundesliga: 1997–98
- DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2002–03
References
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External links
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- Living people
- 1973 births
- Men's association football midfielders
- Bulgarian men's footballers
- 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen
- People from Botevgrad
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- PFC Slavia Sofia players
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern players
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Bundesliga players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
- Bulgaria men's international footballers
- Footballers from Sofia Province