Hristo Bonev

Hristo Bonev

Hristo Bonev in 1974
Personal information
Full name	Hristo Atanasov Bonev-Zuma
Date of birth	(1947-02-03) 3 February 1947
Place of birth	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height
Position(s)	Attacking Midifielder
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)
International career
1967–1979	Bulgaria	96	(47)
Managerial career
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hristo Atanasov Bonev-Zuma (Bulgarian: Христо Aтанасов Бонев; born 3 February 1947 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a former Bulgarian footballer, the second all-time leading scorer for the Bulgarian national team behind Dimitar Berbatov, who surpassed his record on 18 November 2009. Currently he manages PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A PFG. One of the greatest Bulgarian footballers, Bonev was renowned for his vision and technique.

Between 1967 and 1979, Bonev played for the Bulgarian national team 96 times, scoring a record 48 goals. He played for his country at the 1970 and 1974 World Cups. Most of Bonev's club career was spent with Lokomotiv Plovdiv, but he also played for CSKA Sofia and AEK Athens FC and later briefly came out of retirement to play for Oxford United in 1982, before an injury to his thigh muscle ended his playing career.

After his retirement he became a manager and he went to Greece and became coach of Panathinaikos FC, AEL 1964, Ionikos FC. After Greece, he became manager of the Cypriot team APOEL FC in 1995 and until 1996 when he quit from his team, he won the Cup in his first year in Cyprus in 1995 and the Double the following season.

He went back to his country to become manager of Lokomotiv Sofia and then he coached his country's national team for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Despite a poor showing in France with only one point from three games he continued as national coach, but after a 3–0 defeat to Poland in the first qualifying match for Euro 2000 in September 1998, he resigned from his post.