Hristo Bonev
{{short description|Bulgarian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{family name hatnote|Atanasov|Bonev|lang=Bulgarian}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hristo Bonev
| image = Hristo bonev in 2016.jpg
| caption = Bonev in 2016
| fullname = Hristo Atanasov Bonev
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1947|2|3}}
| birth_place = Plovdiv, Bulgaria
| height = 1.81 m
| position = Attacking midfielder
| years1 = 1964–1967
| clubs1 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv
| caps1 = 64
| goals1 = 19
| years2 = 1967–1968
| clubs2 = CSKA Sofia
| caps2 = 6
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 1968–1981
| clubs3 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv
| caps3 = 337
| goals3 = 161
| years4 = 1981–1982
| clubs4 = AEK Athens
| caps4 = 10
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1982–1984
| clubs5 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv
| caps5 = 6
| goals5 = 0
| totalcaps = 422
| totalgoals = 185
| nationalyears1 = 1967–1979
| nationalteam1 = Bulgaria
| nationalcaps1 = 96
| nationalgoals1 = 48
| manageryears1 = 1983–1985
| managerclubs1 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv
| manageryears2 = 1987–1988
| managerclubs2 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv
| manageryears3 = 1988–1990
| managerclubs3 = Panathinaikos
| manageryears4 = 1990–1993
| managerclubs4 = AEL
| manageryears5 = 1993–1994
| managerclubs5 = Ionikos
| manageryears6 = 1994–1996
| managerclubs6 = APOEL
| manageryears7 = 1996–1998
| managerclubs7 = Bulgaria
| manageryears8 = 1997–1998
| managerclubs8 = Lokomotiv Sofia
| manageryears9 = 2000
| managerclubs9 = Sachsen Leipzig
| manageryears10 = 2010
| managerclubs10 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv
}}
Hristo Atanasov Bonev ({{langx|bg|Христо Aтанасов Бонев}}; born 3 February 1947), also known as Zuma ({{langx|bg|Зума}}), is a Bulgarian football manager and former player who last managed Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A PFG.{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|title=Bonev bids to rescue Loko Plovdiv|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=bul/news/newsid=1484638.html#bonevs+plovdiv+rescue+mission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704012835/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=bul/news/newsid=1484638.html#bonevs+plovdiv+rescue+mission|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2010|access-date=4 May 2010}} One of the greatest Bulgarian men's footballers, Bonev was renowned for his vision and technique.
Club career
Bonev started his career at Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 1964 where he played until 1981 with a brief spell at CSKA Sofia in 1967. During his spell at Lokomotiv Plovdiv, he became their star player, while also was called to play for the national team.
In 1981 he moved to Greece to play for AEK Athens.{{cite web|last=Mastrogiannopoulos |first=Alexander |title=Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/foreign-players-in-grk6080.html |date=11 May 2005 |access-date=17 August 2009 |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210204039/http://www.rsssf.com/players/foreign-players-in-grk6080.html |archive-date=10 December 2008}} In AEK, his offer was meager, due to his knee injury, which, among other things, cost him his career. He stayed at AEK for 1 and a half years completing 10 official appearances. He left in the summer of 1982 suffering from a knee injury, although events proved that he wanted to try his luck in England and Oxford United offered him a trial but with a better-paying contract option. In order to obtain his freedom then, he convinced the president of the club Zafiropoulos by proposing his compatriot Angel Kolev with a small amount of money, but just like Bonev, he didn't help the team. The experiment in England did not catch on, as Bonev was betrayed by his knee and so he left Oxford with just 3 appearances in pre-season friendlies.
He returned to Lokomotiv Plovdiv to end his career in 1984 at the age of 37.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kitrinomavro.gr/aekpedia/2015/05/23/%CF%87%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%BC%CF%80%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%86/|title=Χρίστο Μπόνεφ|website=kitrinomavro.gr}} Bonev has played in 404 games and has scored 180 goals in the A group for Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He has played also 14 games and has scored 6 goals in the UEFA Cup with "The Smurfs" (the nickname of Lokomotiv Plovdiv).{{cite web|url=https://www.loko-pd.com/statistics/ |title=Локомотив Пловдив – Статистика |language=bg |access-date=31 August 2022}} Bonev won the Cup of the Soviet Army in 1983, he is also vice-champion of Bulgaria for 1973, with two more bronze medals won - in 1969 and 1974.
International career
Bonev played for the Bulgaria national team 96 times, scoring a record 48 goals, between 1967 and 1979.{{cite web| last = Mamrud | first = Roberto|title=Hristo Bonev – Goals in International Matches|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/bonev-intlg.html|date=22 January 2009| website = RSSSF |access-date=17 August 2009}} He played for his country at the 1970 and 1974 World Cups.
Managerial career
File:Bonev at Black and White Christmas.jpg
Before ending his career at Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bonev played as a player-coach for a season. After his retirement he became a manager and initially went to Greece and became coach of Panathinaikos in 1988, where he won the Greek Championship in 1990 and he is chosen for the Manager of the season in Greece.
Then he managed AEL for three seasons following a year at Ionikos, where he won the second division league and got his club promoted to the first division. After Greece, he became manager of the Cypriot team APOEL in 1995 and until 1996 when he quit from his team, he won the Cypriot Cup in his first year in Cyprus in 1995 and the Double the following season.
He went back to his home country to become manager of Lokomotiv Sofia and then he was appointed as head coach to his country's national team for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Despite a disappointing showing in France, with only one point achieved from three games, he continued as national coach, but after a 3–0 defeat to Poland in the first qualifying match for Euro 2000 in September 1998, he decided to resign from his post, stating "I believe I have taken the team as far as I am able, and now it is time for the players to respond to someone else who, I hope, can improve our results."
Honours
=As a player=
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
=As a manager=
Panathinaikos
Ionikos
APOEL
Individual
- Bulgarian Footballer of the Year: 1969, 1972, 1973
- Best Bulgarian Footballer of 20th century: Third place
- Best Footballer of Plovdiv for 20th century
- Stara Planina Orden – 1st Class
- Honorary citizen of Plovdiv
- Manager of the year in Greece: 1989–90
International goals
:Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bonev goal.{{cite web |title=Hristo Bonev |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/bonev-intlg.html |website=RSSSF}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Hristo Bonev |
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |
|---|
| align="center"|1
|{{dts|9 October 1968}} |Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey |{{fb|TUR}} |align="center"|2–0 |align="center"|2–0 |Friendly |
| align="center"|2
|{{dts|27 October 1968}} |Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |{{fb|NED}} |align="center"|1–0 |align="center"|2–0 |
| align="center"|3
|{{dts|15 June 1969}} |Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |{{fb|POL|1928}} |align="center"|1–0 |align="center"|4–1 |1970 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|4
|{{dts|22 October 1969}} |Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands |{{fb|NED}} |align="center"|1–1 |align="center"|1–1 |1970 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|5
|{{dts|7 December 1969}} |Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |{{fb|LUX}} |align="center"|3–1 |align="center"|3–1 |1970 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|6
|{{dts|5 May 1970}} |Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |{{fb|URS}} |align="center"|3–2 |align="center"|3–3 |Friendly |
| align="center"|7
|{{dts|2 June 1970}} |Estadio León, León, Mexico |{{flagdeco|Peru}} Peru |align="center"|2–0 |align="center"|2–3 |
| align="center"|8
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|9 June 1971}} |rowspan="2"|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |rowspan="2"|{{fb|NOR}} |align="center"|1–0 |align="center" rowspan="2"|4–1 |rowspan="2"| UEFA Euro 1972 qualification |
| align="center"|9
|align="center"|4–0 |
| align="center"|10
|{{dts|7 September 1971}} |Grünwalder Stadion, Munich, Germany |{{fbicon|GER}} West German Amateurs |align="center"|1–3 |align="center"|1–3 |Friendly |
| align="center"|11
|{{dts|27 October 1971}} |Stadionul Național, Bucharest, Romania |{{fb|ROU|1965}} |align="center"|1–1 |align="center"|1–1 | Unofficial Friendly |
| align="center"|12
|{{dts|10 November 1971}} |Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes, France |{{fb|FRA}} |align="center"|1–0 |align="center"|1–2 |
| align="center"|13
|{{dts|24 November 1971}} |Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |{{fb|ESP|1945}} |align="center"|7–3 |align="center"|8–3 |
| align="center"|14
|{{dts|24 March 1972}} |Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria |{{fb|URS}} |align="center"|1–1 |align="center"|1–1 |Friendly |
| align="center"|15
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|16 April 1972}} |rowspan="2"|Stadion Beroe, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria |rowspan="2"|{{fb|POL|1928}} |align="center"|1–1 |align="center" rowspan="2"|3–1 |rowspan="2"|1972 Summer Olympics qualification |
| align="center"|16
|align="center"|3–1 |
| align="center"|17
|{{dts|31 May 1972}} |Estadio El Plantío, Burgos, Spain |{{fb|ESP|1945}} |align="center"|1–1 |align="center"|3–3 |1972 Summer Olympics qualification |
| align="center"|18
|{{dts|21 June 1972}} |Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria |{{fb|ITA}} |align="center"|1–0 |align="center"|1–0 |Friendly |
| align="center"|19
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|18 October 1972}} |rowspan="2"|Stadion Beroe, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria |rowspan="2"|{{fb|NIR}} |align="center"|1–0 |align="center" rowspan="2"|3–0 |rowspan="2"|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|20
|align="center"|3–0 |
| align="center"|21
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|19 November 1972}} |rowspan="2"|Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus |rowspan="2"|{{fb|CYP|1960}} |align="center"|3–0 |align="center" rowspan="2"|4–0 |rowspan="2"|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|22
|align="center"|4–0 |
| align="center"|23
|{{dts|31 January 1973}} |Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens, Greece |{{fb|GRE|1970}} |align="center"|2–2 |align="center"|2–2 |Friendly |
| align="center"|24
|{{dts|2 May 1973}} |Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria |{{fb|POR}} |align="center"|2–0 |align="center"|2–1 |
| align="center"|25
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|13 October 1973}} |rowspan="2"|Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal |rowspan="2"|{{fb|POR}} |align="center"|1–1 |align="center" rowspan="2"|2–2 |rowspan="2"|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|26
|align="center"|2–1 |
| align="center"|27
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|6 February 1974}} |rowspan="3"|Morphou Municipal Stadium, Morphou, Cyprus |rowspan="3"|{{fb|CYP|1960}} |align="center"|2–1 |align="center" rowspan="3"|4–1 |rowspan="3"|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|28
|align="center"|3–1 |
| align="center"|29
|align="center"|4–1 |
| align="center"|30
|{{dts|8 February 1974}} |Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait |{{fb|KUW}} |align="center"|2–0 |align="center"|3–1 |Friendly |
| align="center"|31
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|10 February 1974}} |rowspan="2"|Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait |rowspan="2"|{{fb|KUW}} |align="center"|1–1 |align="center" rowspan="2"|2–1 |rowspan="2"|Friendly |
| align="center"|32
|align="center"|2–1 |
| align="center"|33
|{{dts|31 March 1974}} |Z.T.E. Stadion, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary |{{fb|HUN}} |align="center"|1–3 |align="center"|1–3 |Friendly |
| align="center"|34
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|8 May 1974}} |rowspan="2"|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |rowspan="2"|{{fb|TUR}} |align="center"|1–0 |align="center" rowspan="2"|5–1 |rowspan="2"|1973–76 Balkan Cup |
| align="center"|35
|align="center"|2–0{{ref label|id1|1|1}} |
| align="center"|36
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|25 May 1974}} |rowspan="3"|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |rowspan="3"|{{fb|PRK}} |align="center"|1–0 |align="center" rowspan="3"|6–1 |rowspan="3"|Friendly |
| align="center"|37
|align="center"|5–0 |
| align="center"|38
|align="center"|6–1 |
| align="center"|39
|{{dts|19 June 1974}} |Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, Germany |{{fb|URU}} |align="center"|1–0 |align="center"|1–1 |
| align="center"|40
|{{dts|13 October 1974}} |Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |{{fb|GRE|1970}} |align="center"|1–0 |align="center"|3–2 |
| align="center"|41
|{{dts|11 June 1975}} |Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |{{fb|MLT}} |align="center"|4–0 |align="center"|5–0 |UEFA Euro 1976 qualification |
| align="center"|42
|{{dts|25 January 1976}} |National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan |{{fb|JPN|1870}} |align="center"|1–1 |align="center"|3–1 |Friendly |
| align="center"|43
|{{dts|28 January 1976}} |Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka, Japan |{{fb|JPN|1870}} |align="center"|1–0 |align="center"|1–1 |Friendly |
| align="center"|44
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|5 May 1976}} |rowspan="2"|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |rowspan="2"|{{fb|PRK}} |align="center"|1–0 |align="center" rowspan="2"|3–0 |rowspan="2"|Friendly |
| align="center"|45
|align="center"|2–0 |
| align="center"|46
|{{dts|22 September 1976}} |Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |{{fb|TUR}} |align="center"|1–0 |align="center"|2–2 |Friendly |
| align="center"|47
|{{dts|9 October 1976}} |Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria |{{fb|FRA}} |align="center"|1–2 |align="center"|2–2 |
| align="center"|48
|{{dts|25 April 1979}} |Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina |{{fb|ARG|alt}} |align="center"|1–1 |align="center"|1–2 |Friendly |
;Notes:
:{{note label|id1||1}} Some sources credit Bonev's second goal as an own-goal by Nikos Kovis.
References
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