Keep up with Krassimir Balakov
Sports legend, entrepreneur, philantropist & football manager.
Player Career
TIMELINE & ACHIЕVEMENTS
Start of professional career
Etar Veliko Tarnovo, 1983
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Played for Bulgaria U21
1984 - 1987
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Played for Bulgaria National team
1988 - 2003
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Transferred to Sporting Lisbon
1990
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World Cup USA
4th in the world, 1994, Bulgaria National Team
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Portuguese Cup
Won Portuguese cup with Sporting Lisbon, 1995
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Transferred to VfB Stuttgart
236 caps and 54 goals, 1995
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Won DBF-Pokal
1996-97
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Retire
Retire from professional football in 2003
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Managerial Career
TIMELINE
VfB Stuttgart (assistant)
2003 – 2005
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Grasshoppers
2006 – 2007
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St. Gallen
2007 – 2008
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Chernomorets Burgas
2008 – 2010
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Hajduk Split
2011 – 2012
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FC Kaiserslautern
2012 - 2006
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Litex Lovech
2014 – 2015
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Etar Veliko Tarnovo
2018 – 2019
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Bulgarian National Team
2019 - 2020
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CSKA 1948
2020 – 2021
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Septemvri Sofia
2023
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Hobbies
CAUSES
Stuttgart Fußballschule
Krassimir Balakov has always had a heart for children and their concerns.
10 years FIFA ambassador for SOS children’s villages
In May 2008 it has been ten years since Krasimir Balakov was declared for FIFA ambassador for Bulgarian SOS children’s villages.
Stuttgart Fußballschule
Krassimir Balakov has always had a heart for children and their concerns.
10 years FIFA ambassador for SOS children’s villages
In May 2008 it has been ten years since Krasimir Balakov was declared for FIFA ambassador for Bulgarian SOS children’s villages.
PROJECTS
CASA BALA
A boutique chain of restaurants, in which one's own handwriting is strongly represented - from the menu to the interior.
NEWS
30 years after the greatest achievement of the Bulgarian national football team, the heroes have reunited with a charitable mission.
Lothar Matthaeus, Wolfgang Overath, Guenter Netzer, Mehmet Scholl, Michael Ballack… these are just some of the great German midfielders to grace the Bundesliga.
Krasimir Balakov has insisted English football has more of a problem with racism than Bulgaria despite the Euro 2020 qualifier on Monday night being held in a partially closed stadium.