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News
4.12.05
As coach of Bulgaria's national team, Stoichkov finished the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign disappointingly. After losing to Croatia and Sweden (who Bulgaria hasn't been able to defeat in over 20 years) the country has no option but to look forward to EURO 2008.
14.12.04
CSKA President Georgi Kalchev awarded Stoichkov a golden medal for his lifetime
achievements. It happened at the club's end of the year ceremony. Hristo was moved by the
gesture and proclaimed: "CSKA was a great experience in my life. I learned discipline at the club. I own credit to the late Dobri Djurov and Admiral Ivan Dobrev."
After his speech, Bulgaria's head coach handed over the medal to his former mentor
Dimitar Penev, who was also present at the event.
19.7.04
Hristo Stoichkov has been unanimously selected as head coach of the Bulgarian national team after the resignation of Plamen Markov. Markov voluntarily left his position after Bulgaria finished with three losses at Euro 2004. Internal sources confirm that Markov would not have been fired if he wanted to remain as head coach.
30.1.04
Bulgarian football legend Hristo Stoichkov played his farewell match in Barcelona, Spain. In front of 31,243 spectators, an all-star Barca Dream team defeated "the World" with 2-1.
[Read Full Story]
15.1.04
Stoichkov gets a job at Barça.
His task will be to develop Barcelona's attacking-oriented players in the club's youth programme.
[Read Full Story]
15.12.2003
Former Bulgaria striker Hristo Stoitchkov announced today the end of his 19-year playing career...
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15.10.2003
FC Barcelona's administration invited Stoichkov along with Jose Luis Bakero to
work at the club's youth program. Hristo has also announced that he has the desire
of coaching in the Spanish La Liga. [Read Full Story]
30.9.2003
D.C. United will play without its veteran goalkeeper Nick Rimando when they conclude a home-and-home series with the Metrostars at RFK Stadium.
D.C. forward Hristo Stoitchkov is expected to return for Sunday's game following knee surgery several weeks ago.
Three-time MLS champions, D.C. has not made the playoffs since 1996. The four top teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs with the top two earning home-field advantage.
Another win over the Metrostars this weekend will tie the season series and increase D.C.'s chances of winning the Atlantic Cup for the second straight year. The teams will meet for the third time in seven days when they play at Rutgers University for a place in the U.S. Open Cup Final.
5.9.2003
FC Barcelona showed that they knew the meaning of hospitality as they laid on a midnight feast for supporters attending their late-night fixture.
Former Barça stars Ronald Koeman and Hristo Stoichkov contributed with telephone messages broadcast over the stadium's PA system.
[Read Full Story]
21.8.2003
Hristo Stoichkov is expecting speedy recovery of 2-3 weeks after he recently had surgery.
The Bulgarian treated his injury picked up in a match between D.C. United and his former club Chicago Fire. [Read his interview taken after the operation]
11.8.2003
Stoichkov brought another victory for DC United in their match against the New England Revolution. The Bulgarian who came in the 77th minute, struck a powerful volley right at the keeper Matt Reese who mishandled the ball giving a chance for Dima Kovalenko to finish. This goal was volatile in the match, which finished with a 1-0 victory for DC. It also lifted Stoichkov's team from the bottom of the charts for the first time this season.
30.7.2003
DC United's official site has announced that Hristo Stoichkov received his green card and will no longer count as a Senior International player in the MLS.
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10.4.2003
Bulgarian Hristo Stoitchkov was fined $2,000 and suspended for D.C. United's first two matches of the Major League Soccer season for a challenge that left an opponent with a badly broken leg. [Read Full Story]
14.6.2002
Stoichkov has made predictions for the 1/16 round of the 2002 World Cup.
He actually guessed the early elimination of France and Argentina and was also correct in picking one the finalists, Brazil.
[Read Full Story]
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Interviews
Stoichkov is renowned for his wisecracks. On the following pages, you can browse some of Hristo's interviews.
17.5.2005
"Many of my players think that their only job is to show up at fancy discos"
[Read Full Interview]
9.6.2004
"Beat your opponent and he will respect you!"
[Read Full Interview]
21.8.2003
"If you play football, you get injured. If you don't play, you'll hit your head or bruise yourself at some other spot"
[Read Full Interview]
18.12.2000
"I Wasn't Suited to Work in Bulgaria, Because They Couldn't Control Me"
[Read Full Interview]
14.12.2000
"At the moment when Atanas Uzunov accepts a bribe he will no longer be my best man"
[Read Full Interview]
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