Krasimir Balakov

Retired
Last club: VfB Stuttgart Most games for: VfB Stuttgart Retired since: Jul 1, 2003

Date of birth/Age: Mar 29, 1966 (58)
Place of birth: Veliko Tarnovo
Citizenship: Bulgaria

Height: 1,76 m
Position: Attacking Midfield

Former International: Bulgaria
Caps/Goals: 92 / 16

Currently working as:

Manager Club: Loko Sofia

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Bulgaria
10		Bulgaria	Nov 2, 1988	92	16	Boris Angelov	22 years 07 months 04 days
	Bulgaria U21
-		Bulgaria U21	Sep 28, 1984	13	1	Dinko Dermendzhiev	18 years 05 months 30 days
	Bulgaria U20
-		Bulgaria U20	Aug 24, 1985	4	-	Boris Angelov	19 years 04 months 26 days
	Bulgaria U18
-		Bulgaria U18	-	-	-
	Bulgaria
-		Bulgaria Olympic Team	Nov 14, 1987	1	-	Hristo Mladenov	21 years 07 months 16 days

Stats of Krasimir Balakov

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			92	16	13	-	3	23	10	-	-	7	472'	7.550'
	World Cup qualification	30	8	8	-	2	2	3	-	-	4	317'	2.533'
	International Friendlies	28	4	1	-	1	14	1	-	-	3	511'	2.044'
	European Qualifiers	21	4	2	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	453'	1.810'
	World Cup	10	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	901'
	EURO	3	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	262'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Sharjah	Dec 24, 1988	U. A. E.	Bulgaria	0:1					46'		45'
		Sofia	Feb 21, 1989	Bulgaria	USSR	1:2						61'	61'
		Sofia	Mar 22, 1989	Bulgaria	Germany	1:2	AM					73'	73'
		Erfurt	Aug 23, 1989	East Germany	Bulgaria	1:1							90'
		Cesena	Sep 20, 1989	Italy	Bulgaria	4:0							90'
		Campinas	May 5, 1990	Brazil	Bulgaria	2:1							90'
		Solna, Stockholm	Sep 26, 1990	Sweden	Bulgaria	2:0							90'
			Apr 9, 1991	Denmark	Bulgaria	1:1	Not in squad
			May 28, 1991	Brazil	Bulgaria	3:0	Not in squad
		Stara Zagora	Aug 21, 1991	Bulgaria	Türkiye	0:0	Not in squad
		Sofia	Sep 25, 1991	Bulgaria	Italy	2:1							90'
			Apr 28, 1992	Switzerland	Bulgaria	0:2							90'
		Sofia	Aug 19, 1992	Bulgaria	Mexico	1:1							90'
		Trabzon	Aug 26, 1992	Türkiye	Bulgaria	3:2	Not in squad
		Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis	Nov 11, 1992	Portugal	Bulgaria	2:1		1				46'	45'
		Beja	Jan 10, 1993	Tunisia	Bulgaria	3:0	Not in squad
		Abu Dhabi	Feb 18, 1993	U. A. E.	Bulgaria	1:0	Not in squad
		Abu Dhabi	Feb 20, 1993	U. A. E.	Bulgaria	1:3	Not in squad
			Jan 19, 1994	Mexico	Bulgaria	1:1		1				88'	88'
		Muscat	Apr 15, 1994	Oman	Bulgaria	1:1	Not in squad
		Kaifan	Apr 28, 1994	Kuwait	Bulgaria	2:2	Not in squad
		Sofia	Jun 3, 1994	Bulgaria	Ukraine	1:1						46'	45'
		Buenos Aires	Feb 14, 1995	Argentina	Bulgaria	4:1	Not in squad
		Skopje	Apr 12, 1995	Macedonia	Bulgaria	0:0	Not in squad
			Jul 20, 1995	Uzbekistan	Bulgaria	0:0	Not in squad
			Jul 22, 1995	Hungary	Bulgaria	0:0	Not in squad
			Jul 25, 1995	Iraq	Bulgaria	1:0	Not in squad
			Jul 29, 1995	Malaysia	Bulgaria	0:2	Not in squad
		London	Mar 27, 1996	England	Bulgaria	1:0	Not in squad
		Trnava	Apr 24, 1996	Slovakia	Bulgaria	0:0							90'
		Sofia	May 28, 1996	Bulgaria	Macedonia	3:0						62'	62'
		Sofia	Jun 2, 1996	Bulgaria	U. A. E.	4:1				90'			90'
		Riad	Nov 6, 1996	Saudi Arabia	Bulgaria	1:0	Not in squad
		Bangkok	Nov 8, 1996	Thailand	Bulgaria	0:4	Not in squad
		Sofia	Mar 11, 1997	Bulgaria	Slovakia	0:1	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Mar 10, 1998	Argentina	Bulgaria	2:0	CM						90'
		Skopje	Mar 25, 1998	Macedonia	Bulgaria	1:0						73'	73'
		Sofia	Apr 22, 1998	Bulgaria	Morocco	2:1	Not in squad
		Sofia	Jun 5, 1998	Bulgaria	Algeria	2:0							90'
		Sofia	Nov 4, 1998	Bulgaria	Algeria	0:0	Not in squad
		Marrakech	Dec 23, 1998	Morocco	Bulgaria	4:1	Not in squad
		So Kon Po, Wanchai	Feb 16, 1999	Egypt	Bulgaria	3:1	Not in squad
		Stara Zagora	Mar 3, 1999	Bulgaria	Slovakia	2:0	Not in squad
		Brüssel	Mar 27, 1999	Belgium	Bulgaria	0:1	Not in squad
		Bratislava	May 19, 1999	Slovakia	Bulgaria	2:0	Not in squad
		Kiew	Aug 18, 1999	Ukraine	Bulgaria	1:1	Not in squad
			Nov 17, 1999	Greece	Bulgaria	1:0	Not in squad
		Sofia	Feb 9, 2000	Bulgaria	Slovakia	1:0	Not in squad
		Valparaiso	Feb 12, 2000	Chile	Bulgaria	3:2	Not in squad
		Sydney	Feb 15, 2000	Australia	Bulgaria	1:1	Not in squad
		Sofia	Mar 29, 2000	Bulgaria	Belarus	4:1						82'	82'
		Sofia	Apr 26, 2000	Bulgaria	Ukraine	0:1							90'
		Varna	Jul 26, 2000	Bulgaria	Azerbaijan	2:1	Not in squad
		Sofia	Aug 16, 2000	Bulgaria	Belgium	1:3						46'	45'
		Algier	Nov 14, 2000	Algeria	Bulgaria	1:2	Not in squad
			Jan 24, 2001	Mexico	Bulgaria	0:2	Not in squad
		Kingston	Jan 28, 2001	Jamaica	Bulgaria	0:0	Not in squad
		Amman	Feb 28, 2001	Jordan	Bulgaria	0:2	Not in squad
		Oslo	Apr 25, 2001	Norway	Bulgaria	2:1	Not in squad
		Sofia	Aug 15, 2001	Bulgaria	Macedonia	1:0		1				56'	56'
		Rijeka	Feb 13, 2002	Croatia	Bulgaria	0:0						59'	59'
		East Rutherford, New Jersey	Mar 27, 2002	Ecuador	Bulgaria	3:0							90'
		East Rutherford, New Jersey	Apr 17, 2002	Mexico	Bulgaria	1:0	Not in squad
		Sofia	Aug 21, 2002	Bulgaria	Germany	2:2	AM	1	1			84'	84'
		Granada	Nov 20, 2002	Spain	Bulgaria	1:0	Not in squad
		Larnaca	Feb 12, 2003	Bulgaria	Hungary	1:0	on the bench
		Kruševac	Mar 27, 2003	Serbia-Mont.	Bulgaria	1:2						46'	45'
		Sofia	Apr 30, 2003	Bulgaria	Albania	2:0						8'	8'
Squad: 29, Starting eleven: 27, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 1, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0,