Category | Player Date of Birth | 21.01.1950 Date of Death | 16.08.2019 Position | Center Height | 183cm (6'0") Country | Bulgaria
Clubs
Maritsa Plovdiv (1971 – 1979)
Roma (1981 – 1983)
Club Highlights
Three-time Bulgarian League champion (1971, 1973, 1974)
Four-time Bulgarian Cup silver medallist
Four-time Bulgarian Cup bronze medallist
Two Liliana Ronchetti finals
National Team
Played in eight EuroBasket tournaments (1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981)
EuroBasket silver medalist (1972)
Olympic Games bronze medalist (1976)
Olympic Games silver medalist (1980)
Eight-time Balkan Games gold medalist
Played in twelve Balkan Games
Two third-place finishes at Youth Festival and University Games
World Festival silver medallist (1973)
William Jones Cup bronze medallist (1983)
Individual Highlights
Three-time European Selection captain (1972, 1976, 1981)
Played 580 games with the national team.
Captain of Bulgarian national team from 1974 until 1981
First Bulgarian professional player to play abroad
Two-time Best Athlete of Plovid
Honorary citizen of Karlovo (1985)
Honorary citizen of Plovdiv (2000)
2004 Olympic torch bearer
Best athlete of the Avelino International Tournament (1969)