Georgi Iliev (footballer, born 1956)

Georgi Iliev, nicknamed The Michael (Bulgarian: Георги Илиев, Майкъла) (born 15 September 1956) is a retired Bulgarian footballer and manager.

Georgi Iliev
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-09-15) 15 September 1956
Place of birth Bankya, Bulgaria
Playing position(s) Defender
National team
Bulgaria 5 (0)

Career

In his career, Iliev played for Sliven, CSKA Sofia, Slavia Sofia, Loko Sofia and Dunav Ruse. With CSKA Sofia, he won 4 A PFG titles between 1980 and 1983 and was also Bulgarian Cup holder twice – in 1981 and 1983. Iliev managed the "armymen" from 1990 to 1993.[1]

He is also a businessman. Iliev is married to Elizabeth and they have three sons – George, Georg and Georgi.[2] In October 2016, he labels Champion's League winning coach Ljupko Petrovic a "snail (охльов)".

gollark: ... North Korea did, presumably?
gollark: Instead of getting disappeared for complaining or whatever.
gollark: I would be mildly less unhappy with authoritarian countries if they actually would let you leave.
gollark: It is *much* harder to choose to move off one of the big social networking sites than it is to switch restaurants.
gollark: That quote on the right seems wrong.

References
  1. events bg editors. "Рожденици: Георги Илиев – футболист" (in Bulgarian). events.bg. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  2. Blagoeva, Sonya; Veleva, Tatyana (9 April 2005). "Георги Илиев – Майкъла: големият син ни спаси от цунамито" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
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