Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marian Hristov | ||
Date of birth | 29 July 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Botevgrad, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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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) | |
National team | |||
1996–2007 | Bulgaria | 45 | (4) |
Teams managed | |||
2010–2011 | Balkan Botevgrad | ||
2013– | Levski Sofia (assistant manager) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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.
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.