Kiril Stankov Hristov (; 20 May 1949 – 7 May 1992) was an international Bulgarian

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who played for

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as a defender. During his club career, he won the national Bulgarian league six times. Stankov died at the age of 42.

International career

At the age of 19, Stankov won the silver medal with the Bulgarian Olympic team at the

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, where he featured in three games, including the final. Including these games, Stankov played twelve times for the senior national team.

Honours

Club

Bulgarian A PFG The First Professional Football League (), commonly known as Parva Liga or Bulgarian First League (currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons), is a professional association football league in Bulgaria and the highest level of t ...

(6): 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72,

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, 1974–75, 1975–76 *

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(4): 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974

Olympic

* Silver medal (1):

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* 1949 births 1992 deaths Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Bulgaria Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics PFC CSKA Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Olympic medalists in football Men's association football midfielders Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Men's association football defenders 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-Olympic-medalist-stub