Panayot Panayotov (footballer)

Panayot Mitov Panayotov (Bulgarian: Панайот Митов Панайотов; 30 December 1930 – 1996) was a Bulgarian football forward who played for Bulgaria in the 1962 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Panayot Panayotov

Personal information
Full name	Panayot Mitov Panayotov
Date of birth	(1930-12-30)30 December 1930
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of death	1996 (aged 65)
Playing position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Sportist Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946–1949	Sportist Sofia
1949	Cherveno Zname
1950–1964	CSKA Sofia	294	(68)
National team
1952–1962	Bulgaria	45	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Mitov and the family name is Panayotov.

Career

Panayotov began his playing career with Sportist Sofia. In 1949, after merger of Sportist and Sredets, he joined the new formed club DSO Cherveno Zname.[2]

In early 1950, Panayotov joined CSKA Sofia, where he won eleven A Group titles and four Bulgarian Cups.[3] During his fourteen years with CSKA, he scored 68 goals in 294 matches.

Honours

Club

CSKA Sofia

• A Group (11): 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62
• Bulgarian Cup (4): 1951, 1954, 1955, 1961

International

Bulgaria

• Olympic Bronze Medal: 1956

References

1. 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile
2. "80 години от рождението на Панайот Панайотов - Гацо" (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. 30 December 2010.
3. "Панайот Панайотов - "Обичам красотата във футбола."" (in Bulgarian). cska-forever.com.

External links

• FIFA profile