Dimitar Yakimov
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov | ||
Date of birth | 12 August 1941 | ||
Place of birth | Šlegovo, Kingdom of Bulgaria (now North Macedonia) | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1958–1960 | Septemvri Sofia | 21 | (10) |
1960–1974 | CSKA Sofia | 287 | (141) |
Total | 308 | (151) | |
International career | |||
1959–1973 | Bulgaria | 67[1] | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov (Bulgarian: Димитър Николов Якимов; born 12 August 1941) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. He represented Septemvri Sofia and CSKA Sofia at club level, and the Bulgaria national team internationally.
International career
[edit]Yakimov was part of the Bulgaria under-18 team that won the 1959 UEFA European Under-18 Championship. On 11 October 1959, he first played for the Bulgarian senior squad, in a match versus France.[2] Yakimov played for Bulgaria at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[3][4]
Honours
[edit]Septemvri Sofia
CSKA Sofia
- Bulgarian League (7): 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73
- Bulgarian Cup: 1960–61, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1971–72
Individual
- Bulgarian League top scorer: 1970–71
- World XI: 1966, 1967[5]
References
[edit]- ^ player stats EU Football. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ "Bulgaria 1–0 France 11.10.1959". eu-football.info.
- ^ "Dimitar Yakimov Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ "Dimitar Yakimov". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Eric Batty's World XI – The Sixties". Beyond The Last Man. 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
Categories:
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Bulgarian men's footballers
- Bulgaria men's international footballers
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- PFC Septemvri Sofia players
- PFC CSKA Sofia players
- Olympic footballers for Bulgaria
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- 1962 FIFA World Cup players
- 1966 FIFA World Cup players
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- Men's association football forwards
- Men's association football midfielders
- Macedonian Bulgarians
- People from Kratovo Municipality
- 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen