Nikola Yordanov () (23 October 1938 – 31 July 1991)EU-Football: Nikola Yordanov
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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 ...

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player. He was the top scorer of the 1962 championship (with 23 goals for

Dunav Ruse FC Dunav (, officially named ''"Дунав от Русе"'') is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Ruse, which currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. Part of a larger spor ...

Biography

A native of

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, Yordanov played as a forward for

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and Lokomotiv Ruse. Starting from 2011, an international youth tournament is being held every summer in Ruse, to honor Nikola Yordanov.

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1938 births 1991 deaths Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers FC Dunav Ruse players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Ruse, Bulgaria 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-bio-stub