Hristo Stoichkov
Bulgarian footballer and manager (born 1966) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Bulgaria
- Born
- 8 February 1966
- Position
- Forward
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1977–2003
Clubs FC Maritsa Plovdiv · FC Hebros · PFC CSKA Sofia · FC Barcelona · Parma Calcio 1913 · Al-Nassr · Kashiwa Reysol · Chicago Fire FC · D.C. United
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
454
Club league goals
220
International caps
85
International goals
39
League goals / match
0.48
International goals / cap
0.46
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC HebrosClub | 1982–1984 | League | 32 | 14 |
| PFC CSKA SofiaClub | 1984–1998 | League | 123 | 82 |
| Bulgaria men's national football teamNational team | 1986–1999 | Full caps | 84 | 38 |
| Catalonia national football teamNational team | 1990 | Full caps | 1 | 1 |
| FC BarcelonaClub | 1990–1998 | League | 175 | 84 |
| Parma Calcio 1913Club | 1995–1996 | League | 23 | 5 |
| Al-NassrClub | 1998 | League | 2 | 1 |
| Kashiwa ReysolClub | 1998–1999 | League | 27 | 12 |
| Chicago Fire FCClub | 2000–2002 | League | 51 | 17 |
| D.C. UnitedClub | 2003 | League | 21 | 5 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×5
La Liga
Domestic
- 1990–91 · FC Barcelona
- 1991–92 · FC Barcelona
- 1992–93 · FC Barcelona
- 1993–94 · FC Barcelona
- 1997–98 · FC Barcelona
- ×1
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1991–92 · FC Barcelona
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×1
Ballon d'Or
Individual award · France Football
- 1994
- ×1
European Golden Shoe
Performance award · European Sports Media
- 1990
Career timeline
1977
- Joins FC Maritsa Plovdiv — Until 1981
1982
- Joins FC Hebros — Until 1984
1984
- Joins PFC CSKA Sofia — Until 1990
1986
- Senior international debut: Bulgaria men's national football team — Until 1999
1990
- European Golden Shoe — 1990(provisional)
- Senior international debut: Catalonia national football team — Until 1990
- Joins FC Barcelona — Until 1995
1991
- La Liga winner — 1990–91 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
1992
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1991–92 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
- La Liga winner — 1991–92 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
1993
- La Liga winner — 1992–93 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
1994
- Ballon d'Or — 1994(provisional)
- La Liga winner — 1993–94 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
1995
- Joins Parma Calcio 1913 — Until 1996
1996
- Joins FC Barcelona — Until 1998
1998
- La Liga winner — 1997–98 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
- Joins Al-Nassr — Until 1998
- Joins Kashiwa Reysol — Until 1999
- Joins PFC CSKA Sofia — Until 1998
2000
- Joins Chicago Fire FC — Until 2002
2003
- Joins D.C. United — Until 2003
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
52.1
Rank #40
Partially verified4/5 categories with full evidence · 0% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence53.2+15.96 points
- Best window
- 1990–1994
- Individual award points in window
- 16
- Award availability in window
- 0.794
- Team honor points in window
- 20
- Peak index
- 30.16
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence59.3+14.82 points
- League goals per match
- 0.485 → 50.53
- International goals per cap
- 0.459 → 54.41
- International caps per year
- 6.07 → 72.62
Individual accoladesFull evidence35.3+7.07 points
- Contemporary award points
- 16
- Award availability coverage
- 0.787
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 20.33
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- European Golden Shoe (1990)
- 4
- Ballon d'Or (1994)
- 12
Team accomplishmentsLimited evidence44.6+6.69 points
- Team honor points
- 23
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.333
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1991–92)
- 8
- La Liga (1990–91)
- 3
- La Liga (1991–92)
- 3
- La Liga (1992–93)
- 3
- La Liga (1993–94)
- 3
- La Liga (1997–98)
- 3
Only 33% of senior club years were in leagues the honor catalog covers.
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence76.2+7.62 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 27 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 6 → 52
- International career length (years)
- 14 → 88.75
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Hristo Stoichkov (Q187125)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Hristo stoichkov-2010.jpgCC BY 3.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026