Iliya Dyakov ( Bulgarian: Илия Дяков; born 29 September 1963) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

n former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender. He was selected for the

squad at the

1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-tea ...

but did not play. He did play in the qualifying campaigns for the

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

tournament, winning 5 caps. In club football, he spent his whole career in his native country, where he represented his hometown club Dobrudzha Dobrich,

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sports Club of the Army'' ...

, and

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia 1913 () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground is the Stadion Aleksandar Sh ...

. He is married to

Paulina Nikolova Paulina Nikolova née Kratseva (; born 3 June 1967) is a retired Bulgarian group rhythmic gymnast who now coaches. She was a double gold medalist at the World Championships. Nikolova was one of the Golden Girls of Bulgaria that dominated rhythmic ...

, a group rhythmic gymnast who competed for

and is the 1985 World Group all-around champion. Together they have 3 children, Paola, Denis and Stiliana who is a successful rhythmic gymnast.

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* 1963 births Living people Footballers from Dobrich Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers FC Dobrudzha Dobrich players PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Slavia Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Men's association football central defenders 1986 FIFA World Cup players 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-bio-stub