Petar Zhekov

Petar Zhekov
Personal information
Full name Petar Petrov Zhekov
Date of birth 10 October 1944 (1944-10-10) (age 67)
Place of birth Knizhovnik, Bulgaria
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1962–1963 Dimitrovgrad 25 (8)
1963–1968 Beroe Stara Zagora 141 (101)
1968–1975 CSKA Sofia 167 (144)
National team
1964–1973 Bulgaria 44 (25)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver 1968 Mexico City Team competition

Petar Petrov Zhekov (Bulgarian: Петър Петров Жеков, born October 10, 1944) is a former Bulgarian football player, who won the silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]

Zhekov was born in Knizhovnik, Haskovo Province, and began his career in F.C. Dimitrovgrad. Later he moved to Beroe Stara Zagora, where he twice became Bulgaria's top goalscorer. Between 1968 and 1975 Zhekov played for CSKA Sofia and scored 144 goals for the team. This makes him the club's best goalscorer of all time.[2] He also won the European Golden Boot in 1969 and two European Bronze Boots.He has 333 appearances and a record of 253 goals in TBI A Football Group.

Contents

Career statistics

Club Season League Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dimitrovgrad 1962–63 25 8 – – 25 8
Beroe 1963–64 27 11 – – 27 11
1964–65 30 18 – – 30 18
1965–66 26 20 – – 26 20
1966–67 29 21 – – 29 21
1967–68 29 31 – – 29 31
CSKA Sofia 1968–69 29 36 0 0 29 36
1969–70 28 31 2 2 30 33
1970–71 27 16 4 2 31 18
1971–72 33 27 3 1 36 28
1972–73 31 29 4 2 35 31
1973–74 14 2 4 2 18 4
1974–75 5 3 1 0 6 3
Career totals 333 253 18 9 351 262

Honours

1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75

1969, 1972, 1973, 1974

Individual

1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973

References

  1. ^ "Petar Zhekov Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zh/petar-zhekov-1.html. Retrieved 2009-10-26. 
  2. ^ "Да продадеш "Златната обувка"" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. http://www.temasport.com/news/view/%D0%94%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%88+%22%D0%97%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0+%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0%22/news:10119. Retrieved 2011-07-16. 
Bulgaria squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup
Bulgaria squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup
1968: Eusébio | 1969: Zhekov | 1970: Müller | 1971: Skoblar | 1972: Müller | 1973: Eusébio | 1974: Yazalde | 1975: Georgescu | 1976: Kaiafas | 1977: Georgescu | 1978: Krankl | 1979: Kist | 1980: Vandenbergh | 1981: Slavkov | 1982: Kieft | 1983: Gomes | 1984: Rush | 1985: Gomes | 1986: Van Basten | 1987: Cămătaru / Polster | 1988: Çolak | 1989: Mateuţ | 1990: Sánchez / Stoichkov | 1991: Pančev | 1992: McCoist | 1993: McCoist | 1994: Taylor | 1995: Avetisyan | 1996: Endeladze | 1997: Ronaldo | 1998: Machlas | 1999: Jardel | 2000: Phillips | 2001: Larsson | 2002: Jardel | 2003: Makaay | 2004: Henry | 2005: Henry / Forlán | 2006: Toni | 2007: Totti | 2008: C. Ronaldo | 2009: Forlán | 2010: Messi | 2011: C. Ronaldo
Awards
Preceded by
Eusébio		 European Golden Boot
1968 – 1969		 Succeeded by
Gerd Müller