Marian Hristov

Marian Hristov

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Personal information
Full name	Marian Hristov
Date of birth	(1973-07-29) 29 July 1973
Place of birth	Botevgrad, Bulgaria
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Levski Sofia (assistant manager)
Youth career
	Levski Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1994	Balkan Botevgrad	19	(6)
1994–1995	Slavia Sofia	26	(8)
1995–1997	Levski Sofia	56	(19)
1997–2004	1. FC Kaiserslautern	146	(26)
2004–2006	VfL Wolfsburg	17	(3)
2008–2011	Balkan Botevgrad	22	(4)
Total		286	(66)
International career
1996–2007	Bulgaria	45	(4)
Managerial career
2010-2011	Balkan Botevgrad
2013–	Levski Sofia (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 April 2013

Marian Hristov (Bulgarian: Мариян Христов) (born 29 July 1973) is a former Bulgarian footballer who last played for PFC Balkan Botevgrad of the Bulgarian B PFG. He is currently an assistant at Levski Sofia.

Career

Hristov's first club was PFC Balkan Botevgrad. He later played with Slavia Sofia (1994–95), Levski Sofia (1995–97), and has been champion of Germany with Kaiserslautern in 1998, reached a UEFA Cup Semi-final: 2001 and a Champions League, Quarter-final: 1999 (1997–2004). He also was the DFB-Pokal finalist in 2003.

For Bulgaria, he played at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2004.

By 27 March 2007, Hrıstov has retired from international football. Marian Hristov had earned 45 caps and scored four times for Bulgaria.

He has also expressed an interest in coaching his country.

International goals

Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 November 1996	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok	Thailand	1–0	4–0	Friendly
2.				2–0
3.	25 April 2001	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Norway	1–0	1–2	Friendly
4.	10 September 2003	Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella	Andorra	3–0	3–0	Euro 2004 qualifier

External links

• Marian Hristov profile at Fussballdaten
• Profile at LevskiSofia.info