Petar Zhekov

Petar Zhekov

Zhekov at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Petar Petrov Zhekov
Date of birth	(1944-10-10)10 October 1944
Place of birth	Knizhovnik, Bulgaria
Date of death	18 February 2023(2023-02-18) (aged 78)
Place of death	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	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)
International career
1964–1973	Bulgaria	44	(25)
Managerial career
1976–1977	Hebar Pazardzhik
2000	Dobrudzha Dobrich
Medal record Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petar Petrov Zhekov (Bulgarian: Петър Петров Жеков, 10 October 1944 – 18 February 2023)^[1] was a Bulgarian footballer, widely regarded as one of the best forwards in the history of the Bulgarian football. He won the silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Zhekov was born in

in 1969 and two European Bronze Boots. He had 333 appearances and a record of 253 goals in the Bulgarian A Group.He is CSKA's all-time top scorer with 175 goals

Zhekov later coached

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dimitrovgrad	1962–63	25	8	–		25	8
Beroe	1963–64	27	11	–		27	11
	1964–65	30	18	–		30	18
	1965–66	26	20	–		26	20
	1966–67	29	21	–		29	21
	1967–68	29	31	–		29	31
CSKA Sofia	1968–69	29	36	0	0	29	36
	1969–70	28	31	2	2	30	33
	1970–71	27	16	4	2	31	18
	1971–72	33	27	3	1	36	28
	1972–73	31	29	4	2	35	31
	1973–74	14	2	4	2	18	4
	1974–75	5	3	1	0	6	3
Career total		333	253	18	9	351	262

Honours

CSKA Sofia

• 1974–75
• Bulgarian Cup: 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974

Individual

• European Golden Boot: 1969
• Bulgarian League top scorer (6): 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973

References