Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 September 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Sevlievo, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfield | ||
Youth career | |||
1970–1973 | Rakovski Sevlievo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1975 | Rakovski Sevlievo | ||
1975–1985 | CSKA Sofia | 235 | (42) |
1985–1987 | FC Metz | 69 | (10) |
1987–1990 | Grenoble Foot | 55 | (13) |
National team | |||
1978–1986 | Bulgaria | 38 | (6) |
Teams managed | |||
1988–1989 | Grenoble Foot | ||
1991–1992 | Yantra Gabrovo | ||
1995 | CSKA Sofia | ||
1996–1997 | Yantra Gabrovo | ||
1997–1998 | Minyor Pernik | ||
?–2001 | Vidima Rakovski | ||
2001–2004 | Bulgaria | ||
2005–2006 | Vidima Rakovski | ||
2006–2007 | CSKA Sofia | ||
2007 | Wydad Casablanca | ||
2008 | Bulgaria | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Plamen Markov (born 11 September 1957 in Sevlievo) is a retired Bulgarian international footballer who played as a midfielder.
He played for the Bulgaria national football team on 32 occasions, including a match in the 1986 World Cup against Argentina.
In June 1985 he moved from CSKA Sofia to join FC Metz, playing 87 matches for them. After the 1986–87 season he transferred to Grenoble.
His first coaching job came with Grenoble, and he was later in charge at his former club, CSKA Sofia, but he was sacked in 1995.
In 2001, he was appointed as coach of the Bulgaria national football team. He stepped down as coach of Bulgaria after the Euro 2004 tournament.
He was reappointed as Bulgaria coach in January 2008, but was sacked in December 2008 following three draws in their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.