Yordan Filipov (; 18 June 1946 - 27 July 1996) was a

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who played as a

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. He was maternal grandfather of Andrey Galabinov. In his career Filipov played for Rozova Dolina, Spartak Plovdiv,

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, Dunav Ruse, Rabat Ajax and Cherno More Varna, with whom he became the oldest player to appear in the Bulgarian A Group. Filipov played his last career game on 26 November 1988 at

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against

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at 42 years, 5 months and 8 days. Between 1965 and 1980 Filipov won nine A Group titles and four

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s with CSKA, playing 188 league matches.

Honours

Club

;CSKA Sofia * A Group (9): 1965–66, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1986–87 *

(4):

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1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

;Rabat Ajax *

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(1) : 1984–85 * Euro Cup (1) : 1984–85

References

External links

Player Profile
at chernomorefc.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Filipov, Yordan 1946 births 1996 deaths Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Rozova Dolina Kazanlak players PFC Spartak Plovdiv players PFC CSKA Sofia players FC Sliven players FC Dunav Ruse players PFC Cherno More Varna players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen