Iliya Kirchev

Iliya Kirchev
Personal information
Date of birth	(1932-12-28)28 December 1932
Place of birth	Dolni Chiflik, Bulgaria
Date of death	September 11, 1997(1997-09-11) (aged 64)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1965	Spartak Varna	319	(3)
National team
1957–1963	Bulgaria	7	(0)
Teams managed
1973–1974	Spartak Varna
1978–1979	Spartak Varna
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
	1956 Melbourne	Team Competition

Iliya Kirchev (Bulgarian: Илия Кирчев) (born 28 December 1932 in Dolni Chiflik) was a Bulgarian football player.

Career

Kirchev was a central defender. He played with PFC Spartak Varna and earned 286 caps in Bulgarian first division. For the Bulgaria national football team Kirchev featured in 7 games^[1] and won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He died at the age of 64 in 1997.

Bulgaria squad – 1956 Summer Olympics Third Place

1 Naydenov 2 Rakarov 3 Manolov 4 Kovachev 5 Bozhkov 6 G. Stoyanov 7 Diev 8 G. Dimitrov 9 Milanov 10 Kolev 11 Panayotov 12 Yosifov 13 Yanev 14 Goranov 15 Kirchev Coach: Ormandzhiev

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