Iliya Valov

Iliya Valov (; born 29 December 1961 in Knezha) is a Bulgarian former football goalkeeper who played for Bulgaria.

Career

Valov made 180 appearances for Botev Vratsa from 1981 to 1988. He was the number two goalkeeper to Borislav Mihaylov in Bulgaria's squad at Mexico 86. He made a total of 31 caps with the national team.

During his career he saved 12 penalty kicks in the top division of Bulgarian football.

After retiring as a player, Valov worked as a goalkeeping coach for Cherno More Varna until 2004 before following coach Plamen Markov to CSKA Sofia.

He is the father of Valentin Iliev.

References

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1961 births

Living people

People from Knezha

Bulgarian men's footballers

Bulgaria men's international footballers

POFC Botev Vratsa players

PFC CSKA Sofia players

FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players

Berliner FC Dynamo players

FK Austria Wien players

FC Dobrudzha Dobrich players

Denizlispor footballers

1986 FIFA World Cup players

First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players

Austrian Football Bundesliga players

Süper Lig players

Expatriate men's footballers in East Germany

Expatriate men's footballers in Austria

Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey

Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey

Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers

DDR-Oberliga players

Men's association football goalkeepers