Hristo Bonev

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Hristo Bonev (Bulgarian: Христо Бонев) (born February 3, 1947 in Plovdiv) is a former Bulgarian football (soccer) player, the all-time leading scorer for the Bulgarian national team.

Between 1967 and 1979, Bonev played for the Bulgarian national team 96 times, scoring a record 47 goals. He played for his country at the 1970 and 1974 World Cups. Most of Bonev's club career was spent with Lokomotiv Plovdiv, but he also played for CSKA Sofia and later briefly came out of retirement to play for Oxford United in 1982, before an injury to his thigh muscle ended his playing career.

Preceded by: Dimitar Penev	Bulgaria national football team manager 1996-1998	Succeeded by: Dimitar Dimitrov

	Bulgaria squad - 1970 World Cup
1 Simeonov \| 2 Shalamanov \| 3 Dimitrov \| 4 Aladzhov \| 5 Davidov \| 6 Penev \| 7 Popov \| 8 Bonev \| 9 Zhekov \| 10 Yakimov \| 11 Dermendzhiev \| 12 Gaydarski \| 13 Yordanov \| 14 Zhechev \| 15 Gaganelov \| 16 Nikodimov \| 17 Kolev \| 18 Marashliev \| 19 Asparuhov \| 20 Mitkov \| 21 Grigorov \| 22 Kamenski \| Coach: Bozhkov

	Bulgaria squad - 1974 World Cup
1 Goranov \| 2 Zafirov \| 3 Zhechev \| 4 Velichkov \| 5 Kolev \| 6 Penev \| 7 Voynov \| 8 Bonev \| 9 Mihailov \| 10 Stoyanov \| 11 Denev \| 12 Aladzhov \| 13 Mladen Vasilev \| 14 Milanov \| 15 Panov \| 16 Grigorov \| 17 Nikodimov \| 18 Tsonyo Vasilev \| 19 Ivkov \| 20 Borisov \| 21 Staykov \| 22 Simeonov \| Coach: Mladenov

	Bulgaria squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Zdravkov \| 2 Kishishev \| 3 T. Ivanov \| 4 I. Petkov \| 5 Yordanov \| 6 Yankov \| 7 Kostadinov \| 8 Stoichkov \| 9 Penev \| 10 Balakov \| 11 Iliev \| 12 Mikhailov \| 13 Ginchev \| 14 Hristov \| 15 Zafirov \| 16 Nankov \| 17 Stoilov \| 18 Borimirov \| 19 Bachev \| 20 G. Ivanov \| 21 Kirilov \| 22 M. Petkov \| Coach: Bonev