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Dimitar Yakimov

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Dimitar Yakimov
Yakimov at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov
Date of birth (1941-08-12) 12 August 1941 (age 83)
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

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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

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Septemvri Sofia

CSKA Sofia

Individual

References

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  1. ^ player stats EU Football. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Bulgaria 1–0 France 11.10.1959". eu-football.info.
  3. ^ "Dimitar Yakimov Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Dimitar Yakimov". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  5. ^ "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.