Zdravko Zdravkov

Zdravko Zdravkov

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Personal information
Full name	Zdravko Stoyanov Zdravkov
Date of birth	(1970-10-04) October 4, 1970
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Hangzhou Greentown (goalkeeping coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1993	Levski Sofia	66	(0)
1993–1994	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	19	(0)
1994–1995	Levski Sofia	12	(0)
1995–1997	Slavia Sofia	60	(0)
1997–1999	İstanbulspor	47	(0)
1999–2000	Adanaspor	24	(0)
2000–2002	İstanbulspor	58	(0)
2002	Cherno More	12	(0)
2003	İstanbulspor	18	(0)
2004	Litex Lovech	14	(0)
2004–2007	Çaykur Rizespor	93	(0)
Total		423	(0)
International career
1996–2005	Bulgaria	70	(0)
Managerial career
2012–2013	Levski Sofia (assistant)
2013–2014	Slavia Sofia (assistant)
2015	Interclube (goalkeeping coach)
2016–	Hangzhou Greentown (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zdravko Zdravkov (Bulgarian: Здравко Здравков; born 4 October 1970 in Sofia) is a former Bulgarian football goalkeeper. He ended his career at the end of 2006–07 season.

Career

On the club level, Zdravkov has played for Levski Sofia (1989–1995), Istanbulspor (1997–1999 and 2000–2002), Adanaspor (1999–2000), Cherno More (2002–2003), Litex Lovech (2003–2004) and Çaykur Rizespor (2004–2007). For Bulgaria, Zdravkov has been capped 70 times. He made his debut on 24 April 1996, against Slovakia in Trnava. He was the starting goalkeeper for his country at the Euro 1996, 1998 World Cup and Euro 2004.

Halfway through the France World Cup in 1998, with Bulgaria having played two games (0–0 against Paraguay and a 0–1 loss to Nigeria), Zdravkov was ranked as the 2nd best goalkeeper in form. Although he went on to concede 6 goals in Bulgaria's loss to Spain in the next game, Zdravkov was an exceptional performer at the World Cup.

December 2002 until January 2003, Zdravkov spent a trial period with Arsenal F.C., but did not eventually sign with the then-reigning FA Premier League champions.

Six years later, at UEFA Euro 2004, Zdravkov's age began to show. He did not concede any 'soft' goals and few could say he made any serious errors, but he was outclassed by some very talented Swedish, Danish and Italian attackers. Bulgaria lost 0–5 to Sweden, 0–2 to Denmark and 1–2 to Italy, and this was to be Zdravkov's final tournament as national team goalkeeper.

Personal

Zdravkov participated in the third season of Survivor BG, in Panama, but was evacuated due to serious health problems. He is married to Irena and they have three sons - Ivan, Yoan and Pavel.

External links

• Profile at LevskiSofia.info