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Petar Zhekov

Petar Zhekov
Petar Zhekov c1970.jpg
Personal information
Full name Petar Petrov Zhekov
Date of birth (1944-10-10) 10 October 1944 (age 72)
Place of birth Knizhovnik, Bulgaria
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1963 Dimitrovgrad 25 (8)
1963–1968 Beroe Stara Zagora 141 (101)
1968–1975 CSKA Sofia 167 (144)
Total 333 (253)
National team
1964–1973 Bulgaria 44 (25)
Teams managed
1976–1977 Hebar Pazardzhik
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Petar Petrov Zhekov (Bulgarian: Петър Петров Жеков, born 10 October 1944) is a former Bulgarian football player, who won the silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Zhekov was born in Knizhovnik, Haskovo Province, and began his career at F.C. Dimitrovgrad. He was initially deployed as a defender, but on the advice of manager Hristo Hadzhiev switched to the forward position. Later he moved to Beroe Stara Zagora, where he twice became Bulgaria's top goalscorer. Between 1968 and 1975 Zhekov played for CSKA Sofia and scored 144 goals for the team. This makes him the club's best goalscorer of all time. He also won the European Golden Boot in 1969 and two European Bronze Boots. He has 333 appearances and a record of 253 goals in the Bulgarian A Group.

He later coached PFC Hebar Pazardzhik.

1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75



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