Hristo Bonev

Hristo Atanasov Bonev (Bulgarian: Христо Aтанасов Бонев; born 3 February 1947), also known as Zuma (Bulgarian: Зума), is a former Bulgarian footballer. He last managed PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A PFG.[1] One of the greatest Bulgarian footballers, Bonev was renowned for his vision and technique.

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Atanasov and the family name is Bonev.
Hristo Bonev
Hristo Bonev in 2016
Personal information
Full name Hristo Atanasov Bonev
Date of birth (1947-02-03) 3 February 1947
Place of birth Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1967 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 64 (19)
1967–1968 CSKA Sofia 6 (5)
1968–1979 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 337 (161)
1979–1981 AEK Athens 10 (0)
1982–1984 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 6 (0)
Total 422 (185)
National team
1967–1979 Bulgaria 96 (48)
Teams managed
1983–1985 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1987–1988 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1988–1990 Panathinaikos
1990–1993 Larissa
1993–1994 Ionikos
1994–1996 APOEL
1996–1998 Bulgaria
1997–1998 Lokomotiv Sofia
2000 Sachsen Leipzig
2010 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Between 1967 and 1979, Bonev played for the Bulgarian national team 96 times, scoring a record 48 goals.[2] He played for his country at the 1970 and 1974 World Cups. Most of Bonev's club career was spent with Lokomotiv Plovdiv, but he also played for CSKA Sofia and AEK Athens FC[3] and later briefly came out of retirement to play for Oxford United in 1982, before an injury to his thigh muscle ended his playing career.

After his retirement he became a manager and initially went to Greece and became coach of Panathinaikos FC, AEL 1964, Ionikos FC. After Greece, he became manager of the Cypriot team APOEL FC in 1995 and until 1996 when he quit from his team, he won the Cup in his first year in Cyprus in 1995 and the Double the following season.

He went back to his home country to become manager of Lokomotiv Sofia and then he was appointed as head coach to his country's national team for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Despite a disappointing showing in France, with only one point achieved from three games, he continued as national coach, but after a 3–0 defeat to Poland in the first qualifying match for Euro 2000 in September 1998, he decided to resign from his post, stating "I believe I have taken the team as far as I am able, and now it is time for the players to respond to someone else who, I hope, can improve our results."

Bonev in 1974

International goals
Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bulgaria goal.
List of international goals scored by Hristo Bonev[4]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 9 October 1968 Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 2–0 2–0 Friendly
2 27 October 1968 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  Netherlands 1–0 2–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 15 June 1969  Poland 1–0 4–1
4 22 October 1969 Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands 1–1 1–1
5 7 December 1969 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 3–1 3–1
6 5 May 1970 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  Soviet Union 3–2 3–3 Friendly
7 2 June 1970 Estadio León, León, Mexico  Peru 2–0 2–3 1970 FIFA World Cup
8 9 June 1971 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Norway 1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
9 4–0
10 7 September 1971 Grünwalder Stadion, Munich, Germany West German Amateurs 1–3 1–3 Friendly
11 27 October 1971 Stadionul Național, Bucharest, Romania  Romania 1–1 1–1 Unofficial Friendly
12 10 November 1971 Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes, France  France 1–0 1–2 UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
13 24 November 1971 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  Spain 7–3 8–3 1972 Summer Olympics qualification
14 24 March 1972 Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria  Soviet Union 1–1 1–1 Friendly
15 16 April 1972 Stadion Beroe, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria  Poland 1–1 3–1 1972 Summer Olympics qualification
16 3–1
17 31 May 1972 Estadio El Plantío, Burgos, Spain  Spain 1–1 3–3
18 21 June 1972 Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria  Italy 1–0 1–0 Friendly
19 18 October 1972 Stadion Beroe, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria  Northern Ireland 1–0 3–0 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
20 3–0
21 19 November 1972 Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus  Cyprus 3–0 4–0
22 4–0
23 31 January 1973 Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens, Greece  Greece 2–2 2–2 Friendly
24 2 May 1973 Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria  Portugal 2–0 2–1 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
25 13 October 1973 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal 1–1 2–2
26 2–1
27 6 February 1974 Morphou Municipal Stadium, Morphou, Cyprus  Cyprus 2–1 4–1 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
28 3–1
29 4–1
30 8 February 1974 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait  Kuwait 2–0 3–1 Friendly
31 10 February 1974 1–1 2–1
32 2–1
33 31 March 1974 Z.T.E. Stadion, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary  Hungary 1–3 1–3
34 8 May 1974 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  Turkey 1–0 5–1 1973–76 Balkan Cup
35 2–0[1]
36 25 May 1974  North Korea 1–0 6–1 Friendly
37 5–0
38 6–1
39 19 June 1974 Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, Germany  Uruguay 1–0 1–1 1974 FIFA World Cup
40 13 October 1974 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  Greece 1–0 3–2 UEFA Euro 1976 qualification
41 11 June 1975  Malta 4–0 5–0
42 25 January 1976 National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan  Japan 1–1 3–1 Friendly
43 28 January 1976 Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka, Japan 1–0 1–1
44 5 May 1976 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  North Korea 1–0 3–0
45 2–0
46 22 September 1976  Turkey 1–0 2–2
47 9 October 1976  France 1–2 2–2 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
48 25 April 1979 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Argentina 1–1 1–2 Friendly
Notes
1 Some sources credit Bonev's second goal as an own-goal by Nikos Kovis.

References
  1. "Bonev bids to rescue Loko Plovdiv". uefa.com. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  2. Mamrud, Roberto (22 January 2009). "Hristo Bonev – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  3. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (11 May 2005). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  4. "Hristo Bonev". RSSSF.
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