Quantos jogos Balakov fez pela Bulgária?

Foram 92 partidas e 16 gols pela seleção búlgara entre 1988 e 2003.

O que Balakov fez na Copa de 1994?

Atuou nos sete jogos da Bulgária, quarta colocada, entrou na seleção do torneio e completou 31 dribles, o maior número da Copa.

Por quais clubes Balakov se destacou?

Pelo Sporting, campeão da Taça de Portugal em 1995, e pelo Stuttgart, campeão da DFB-Pokal em 1996-97.

Resposta rápida

Krasimir Balakov é um ex-meia búlgaro, quarto colocado na Copa de 1994 e eleito para a seleção do torneio. Fez 92 jogos e 16 gols pela Bulgária e foi destaque de Sporting e Stuttgart.

Krasimir Balakov

Krasimir Genchev Balakov was born on March 29, 1966, in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. An attacking midfielder, he started at Etar and transferred in 1991 to Sporting, where he won the Portuguese Cup in 1995. With Bulgaria, he was one of the protagonists of the fourth-place campaign at the 1994 World Cup, making the tournament's all-star selection. He also competed in Euro 1996 and the 1998 World Cup, earning 92 caps and 16 goals for the national team between 1988 and 2003. In 1995, he joined Stuttgart, a club where he made 236 appearances and scored 54 goals in the German league. There he won the DFB-Pokal in 1996-97 and the Intertoto Cups in 2000 and 2002, as well as reaching the European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1997-98. He was named Bulgaria's best player in 1995 and 1997. As a coach, he won the Intertoto Cup with Grasshopper and managed clubs such as Hajduk Split and Kaiserslautern, as well as Bulgaria's national team in 2019.