Manol Manolov

Manol Manolov () (4 August 1925 – 16 December 2008) was a Bulgarian football defender and manager. He was born in Sofia. Manolov featured in 57 games for the Bulgaria national football team and won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Between 1948 and 1962 he played in 239 matches and scored 8 goals for CSKA Sofia. He was honoured as Bulgarian Footballer of the Year in 1958. Manolov won the top Bulgarian league, the A PFG, a record twelve times (all with CSKA), as well as the Bulgarian Cup, four times (all with CSKA). He coached Beroe, CSKA Sofia, Hebar Pazardzhik, Ethnikos Piraeus, Apollon Athens, Slavia and Panserraikos.

Honours

Player

CSKA Sofia

Bulgarian League (12): 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 Bulgarian Cup (5): 1951, 1954, 1955, 1960,1961

Coach

CSKA Sofia

Bulgarian League: 1971, 1972, 1973

Bulgarian Cup: 1972, 1973, 1985

Cup of the Soviet Army: 1985

References

External links

Bulgarian record-holder Manolov dies, UEFA.com

1925 births

2008 deaths

Bulgarian men's footballers

Bulgaria men's international footballers

PFC Septemvri Sofia players

PFC CSKA Sofia players

Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Olympic footballers for Bulgaria

Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria

First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players

Bulgarian football managers

PFC Cherno More Varna managers

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora managers

PFC CSKA Sofia managers

PFC Hebar Pazardzhik managers

Apollon Smyrnis F.C. managers

Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. managers

Panserraikos F.C. managers

Olympic medalists in football

Footballers from Sofia

Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's association football defenders

Bulgarian expatriate football managers

Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece

Expatriate football managers in Greece