Andrey Zhelyazkov

Andrey Zhelyazkov
Personal information

Full name	Andrey Zhelyazkov
Date of birth	(1952-07-09) 9 July 1952
Place of birth	Radnevo, Bulgaria
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1960–1969	Minyor Radnevo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1971	Minyor Radnevo	58	(21)
1971–1981	Slavia Sofia	293	(124)
1981–1984	Feyenoord	76	(30)
1984–1985	Slavia Sofia	23	(6)
1985–1986	RC Strasbourg	33	(1)
1986–1987	Beerschot	32	(1)
1988–1989	Slavia Sofia	22	(4)
Total		537	(187)
National team
1974–1986	Bulgaria	54	(14)
Teams managed
1992–1997	Levski Sofia
1997–2004	Player's Agent
2004–	Feyenoord (scout)
2012	Ludogorets Razgrad (scout)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Andrey Zhelyazkov (Bulgarian: Андрей Желязков; born 9 July 1952 in Radnevo) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a forward. He spent 12 years of his career playing for Slavia Sofia and is the club's all-time top goalscorer in the A Group with 136 goals. Zhelyazkov is also the most capped player in the history of the club with 338 league appearances. He participated in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Career

Zhelyazkov played in his home country for Minyor Radnevo and Slavia Sofia, in the Netherlands for Feyenoord, in France with RC Strasbourg, in Belgium for Beerschot, and for the Bulgaria national football team.^[1] With Slavia he won the Bulgarian Cup in 1975 and 1980 and reached the final twice more in 1972 and 1981. He hold Slavia's record for both most caps with 338 and most goals 136.

Feyenoord

In 1981, Zhelyazkov joined Eredivisie side Feyenoord. During 1983–84 season he formed a successful partnership with Johan Cruijff and Ruud Gullit, which led Feyenoord to the first league title since 1974. They contributed a total of 34 goals in the campaign.

Honours

Club

Slavia Sofia

Bulgarian Cup (2): 1975, 1980

Feyenoord

Individual

Bulgarian Footballer of the Year: 1980

References

↑ Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Bulgaria - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 August 2009.

External links

Andrey Zhelyazkov at National-Football-Teams.com

Andrey Zhelyazkov in 1981

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Awards
Preceded by Atanas Mihaylov	Bulgarian Footballer of the Year 1980	Succeeded by Georgi Velinov

Bulgaria squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup

1 Mihaylov 2 Sirakov 3 Arabov 4 Petrov 5 G. Dimitrov (c) 6 Zhelyazkov 7 Iskrenov 8 Sadakov 9 Mladenov 10 Gospodinov 11 Getov 12 Zdravkov 13 A. Markov 14 P. Markov 15 Yordanov 16 Dragolov 17 Kolev 18 Velichkov 19 Pashev 20 Kostadinov 21 Dyakov 22 Valov Coach: Vutsov

PFC Levski Sofia – managers

B.Vasilev (1921–23)
Borisov (1923–24)
B.Vasilev (1924–27)
Kachev (1927–32)
Genev (1932–33)
Radoyev (1933)
Kapaivanov (1934)
Djovenfeld (1934–35)
Radoyev (1936)
Yovovich (1936–37)
Radoyev (1937–38)
Mutafchiev (1938–39)
Panchev (1939–40)
Stružka (1940–41)
Panchev (1941–44)
Radoyev (1944–48)
Somlai (1948–49)
Radoyev (1950–51)
Angelov (1951–52)
Petkov (1952)
Mutafchiev (1953)
Spasov (1954–56)
Pachedzhiev (1956–60)
Georgiyev (1960)
Chakyrov (1961–64)
Mladenov (1964)
Vytlačil (1965–66)
Chakyrov (1966–68)
Spasov (1969)
Chakyrov (1969)
Vytlačil (1970)
Arsov (1970–73)
Doychinov (1973–75)
I. Vutsov (1975–76)
Spasov (1976–77)
I. Vutsov (1977–80)
Mladenov (1980–81)
Zhechev (1981–83)
Metodiev (1983–85)
Ivkov (1985–86)
Panov (1986–87)
Metodiev (1987–88)
Zhechev (1989)
Panov (1989–90)
Metodiev (1990–91)
Dermendzhiev (1991)
Vutov (1992–93)
G. Vasilev (1993–95)
Kyuchukov (1995–96)
Tsvetkov (1996)
Zhelyazkov (1996–97)
Grozdanov (1997)
Valchev (1998)
Hroznyi (1998)
Stankov (1998–99)
Petrović (1999)
Dimitrov (1999–00)
Fedotov (2000)
Petrović (2000–01)
Todorov (2001)
Abramczik (2001)
Muslin (2002–03)
Todorov (2003)
G. Vasilev (2003–04)
Stoilov (2004–08)
V. Vutsov (2008)
Velev (2008–09)
Dostanić (2009)
G. Ivanov & Zdravkov (2009–10)
Petrov (2010–11)
G. Ivanov (2011)
Kostov (2011–12)
G. Ivanov (2012)
Petrov (2012)
Iliev (2012–13)
Mitov (2013)
Jokanović (2013)
Zdravkov (2013–14)
Topuzakov (2014)
Murcia (2014)
G. Ivanov (2014)
Stoev (2015–16)
Petrović (2016–)

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