Krum Ivanov Yanev () (9 January 1929 – 24 August 2012) was a Bulgarian footballer who played at both professional and international levels, as a forward.

Career

Yanev started his career with Spartak Plovdiv. In 1948–49 season he scored four goals in four matches for

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv), Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and ha ...

and then joined

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. In 1950 Yanev joined CDNA Sofia. For the club he played 157 matches, scoring 50 goals. With CSKA Sofia, he won eight A Group titles and two

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s. He earned 31 caps for

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, earning a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics; he also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

References

1929 births 2012 deaths Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Bulgaria Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in football First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Spartak Plovdiv players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Botev Plovdiv players PFC CSKA Sofia players Men's association football forwards Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-forward-stub