Hristo Bonev

Hristo Bonev

Hristo Bonev in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Hristo Atanasov Bonev
Date of birth	(1947-02-03) 3 February 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1967	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	64	(19)
1967–1968	CSKA Sofia	6	(5)
1968–1979	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	337	(161)
1979–1981	AEK Athens	10	(0)
1982–1984	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	6	(0)
Total		422	(185)
National team
1967–1979	Bulgaria	96	(48)
Teams managed
1983–1985	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1987–1988	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1988–1990	Panathinaikos
1990–1993	Larissa
1993–1994	Ionikos
1994–1996	APOEL
1996–1998	Bulgaria
1997–1998	Lokomotiv Sofia
2000	Sachsen Leipzig
2010	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hristo Atanasov Bonev (Bulgarian: Христо Aтанасов Бонев; born 3 February 1947), also known as Zuma (Bulgarian: Зума), is a former Bulgarian footballer. He last managed Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A PFG.

He was capped 96 times by Bulgaria bwtewwn 1967 and 1979, where he scored 48 goals. He played at the 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups. He mostly played for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, but he also played for CSKA Sofia and AEK Athens. In 1982, he came out of retirement to play for Oxford United in 1982.

After his retirement, he became a manager for Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He would also manage Panathinaikos, AEL Larissa, Ionikos, APOEL, the Bulgarian national team, Lokomotiv Sofia, and Sachsen Leipzig.

Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bulgaria goal.

List of international goals scored by Hristo Bonev^[1]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 October 1968	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2	27 October 1968	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Netherlands	1–0	2–0	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	15 June 1969		Poland	1–0	4–1
4	22 October 1969	Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–1	1–1
5	7 December 1969	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3–1	3–1
6	5 May 1970	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Soviet Union	3–2	3–3	Friendly
7	2 June 1970	Estadio León, León, Mexico	Peru	2–0	2–3	1970 FIFA World Cup
8	9 June 1971	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	1–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
9				4–0
10	7 September 1971	Grünwalder Stadion, Munich, Germany	West German Amateurs	1–3	1–3	Friendly
11	27 October 1971	Stadionul Național, Bucharest, Romania	Romania	1–1	1–1	Unofficial Friendly
12	10 November 1971	Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes, France	France	1–0	1–2	UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
13	24 November 1971	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Spain	7–3	8–3	1972 Summer Olympics qualification
14	24 March 1972	Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria	Soviet Union	1–1	1–1	Friendly
15	16 April 1972	Stadion Beroe, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	Poland	1–1	3–1	1972 Summer Olympics qualification
16				3–1
17	31 May 1972	Estadio El Plantío, Burgos, Spain	Spain	1–1	3–3
18	21 June 1972	Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria	Italy	1–0	1–0	Friendly
19	18 October 1972	Stadion Beroe, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	Northern Ireland	1–0	3–0	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
20				3–0
21	19 November 1972	Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus	Cyprus	3–0	4–0
22				4–0
23	31 January 1973	Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens, Greece	Greece	2–2	2–2	Friendly
24	2 May 1973	Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia, Bulgaria	Portugal	2–0	2–1	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
25	13 October 1973	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal		1–1	2–2
26				2–1
27	6 February 1974	Morphou Municipal Stadium, Morphou, Cyprus	Cyprus	2–1	4–1	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
28				3–1
29				4–1
30	8 February 1974	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	2–0	3–1	Friendly
31	10 February 1974			1–1	2–1
32				2–1
33	31 March 1974	Z.T.E. Stadion, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary	Hungary	1–3	1–3
34	8 May 1974	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Turkey	1–0	5–1	1973–76 Balkan Cup
35				2–0[1]
36	25 May 1974		North Korea	1–0	6–1	Friendly
37				5–0
38				6–1
39	19 June 1974	Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, Germany	Uruguay	1–0	1–1	1974 FIFA World Cup
40	13 October 1974	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Greece	1–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 1976 qualification
41	11 June 1975		Malta	4–0	5–0
42	25 January 1976	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Japan	1–1	3–1	Friendly
43	28 January 1976	Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka, Japan		1–0	1–1
44	5 May 1976	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	North Korea	1–0	3–0
45				2–0
46	22 September 1976		Turkey	1–0	2–2
47	9 October 1976		France	1–2	2–2	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
48	25 April 1979	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	1–1	1–2	Friendly

Notes

¹ Some sources credit Bonev's second goal as an own-goal by Nikos Kovis.