Georgi Vasilev (footballer, born 1945)

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| name = Gocho Vasilev

| image = Georgi Vasilev - Gocho in 2017.jpg

| fullname = Georgi Parvanov Vasilev

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1945|6|9}}

| birth_place = Sidirokastro, Greece

| height = {{Height|m=1.72}}

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1955–1962 | youthclubs1 = Pirin Gotse Delchev

| years1 = 1962–1963 | clubs1 = Pirin Gotse Delchev | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1963–1979 | clubs2 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv | caps2 = 386 | goals2 = 115

| years3 = 1980–1986 | clubs3 = Pirin Gotse Delchev | caps3 = | goals3 =

| nationalyears1 = 1968–1973 | nationalteam1 = Bulgaria | nationalcaps1 = 17 | nationalgoals1 = 4

| currentclub =

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Georgi Parvanov Vasilev ({{langx|bg|Георги Първанов Василев}}; born 9 June 1945), also known as "Gocho" ({{langx|bg|Гочо}}), is a Bulgarian former footballer who played as a forward. In his career, he played for Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Pirin Gotse Delchev.{{cite web|url=http://sport.plovdiv24.bg/646664.html |title=Големият Гочо Василев празнува днес рожден ден |date=9 June 2016 |language=bg |access-date=22 August 2022}}

Career

He started practicing football in 1959 in Gotse Delchev. Until 1963 he played for the team of Pirin Gotse Delchev, and after that, he was transferred to Lokomotiv Plovdiv and wore the shirt of the club until 1980. He returned to Pirin Gotse Delchev, where he played until 1986 and became the top scorer of the B group at the age of 42.

Vasilev has played in 386 games and has scored 115 goals in the A group for Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He has played 28 games and has scored 12 goals in the UEFA Cup with the Smurfs, of which he is also an international top scorer. Georgi Vasilev is a vice-champion of Bulgaria for 1973, with two more bronze medals won - in 1969 and 1974 with Lokomotiv Plovdiv.{{cite web|url=https://www.loko-pd.com/statistics/ |title=Локомотив Пловдив – Статистика |language=bg |access-date=22 August 2022}} He has awarded "Honorary sign of the city of Plovdiv" in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.plovdiv.bg/%D0%B2%D1%80%D1%8A%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD-%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4-%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2/ |title=Връчиха "Почетен знак на град Пловдив" на спортни легенди на Пловдив |language=bg |access-date=22 August 2022}}

Georgi Vasilev is the only Olympic medalist in football from Plovdiv, who won silver medal in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1968.

He has played in 17 games and has scored 10 goals for the national team of Bulgaria, and for the youth team he has 6 games and 6 goals. He played for Bulgaria national football team at the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference |title=Gocho Vasilev Biography and Statistics |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/georgi-vasilev-1.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914065350/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/georgi-vasilev-1.html |archivedate=2011-09-14 }}

References

Category:1945 births

Category:Living people

Category:Bulgarian men's footballers

Category:20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen

Category:Bulgaria men's international footballers

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:FC Pirin Gotse Delchev players

Category:PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players

Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players

Category:Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic footballers for Bulgaria

Category:Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria

Category:Olympic medalists in football

Category:Bulgarians from Aegean Macedonia

Category:Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Category:People from Sidirokastro