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Iliya Kirchev

Personal information
Date of birth	(1932-12-28)28 December 1932
Place of birth	Dolni Chiflik, Bulgaria
Date of death	11 September 1997(1997-09-11) (aged 64)
Place of death	Varna, Bulgaria
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1965	Spartak Varna	319	(3)
International career
1957–1963	Bulgaria	7	(0)
Managerial career
1973–1974	Spartak Varna
1978–1979	Spartak Varna
Medal record Representing  Bulgaria Summer Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iliya Kirchev (Bulgarian: Илия Кирчев; 28 December 1932 – 11 September 1997) was a Bulgarian footballer.

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 and won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He died at the age of 64 in 1997.

Honours

International

Bulgaria

• Olympic Bronze Medal: 1956

References

1. "Iliya Kirchev". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
2. "Ilia Kirchev, international footballer".

External links

• Spartak Varna profile (in Bulgarian)
• Iliya Kirchev at National-Football-Teams.com
• Iliya Kirchev at Olympedia (archive)

Bulgaria squads

v t e Bulgaria squad – 1956 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists 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 & Milev v t e Bulgaria football squad – 1960 Summer Olympics 1 Abadzhiev 2 Debarksi 3 Diev 4 Dimitrov 5 Tsanev 6 Iliev 7 Kirchev 8 Kitov 9 Kolev 10 Kovachev 11 Largov 12 Manolov 13 G. S. Naydenov 14 G. Y. Naydenov 15 Nikolov 16 Parchanov 17 Penchev 18 Rakarov 19 Yakimov Coach: Ormandzhiev

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