Vanyo Shishkov

Vanyo Shishkov
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-05-06) 6 May 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1992 Beroe 94 (20)
1992–1994 CSKA Sofia 40 (11)
1994 Beroe 8 (1)
1994 CSKA Sofia 12 (2)
1995 Beroe 15 (4)
1995 Slavia Sofia 6[1] (0)
1996 Rakovski Ruse 14 (5)
1996–1998 Dobrudzha Dobrich 46 (11)
1998 Espérance 7 (2)
1998 Belasitsa Petrich 14 (4)
1999 Akademik Sofia 10 (1)
1999 Olympik-Beroe 1 (0)
2000–2002 Beroe 33 (6)
2002 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 11 (2)
2003 Olympik Teteven 14 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vanyo Shishkov (Bulgarian: Ваньо Шишков) (born 6 May 1969) is a former Bulgarian footballer.

Career

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Born in Stara Zagora, Shishkov spent the majority of his playing days in the top flight of Bulgarian football, with his career being associated most notably with Beroe in the late 1980s and early 1990s as well as with Bulgarian powerhouse CSKA Sofia between 1992 and 1994.[2] He played 8 matches for the "armymen" in European tournaments, scoring 6 goals in the process. During the later stages of his footballing career, Shishkov also had short spells in Tunisia (winning the national league with Espérance) and Greece.[3] Following his retirement from the game of football, Shishkov switched to police work.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "15 лета от шампионския триумф! (p. 3)" (PDF) (in Bulgarian). slaviasofia.com. August 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. ^ Serafimov, Lyubomir (14 January 2011). "ЦСКА "Беройско знаме" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Рожденици: Ваньо Шишков - футболист" (in Bulgarian). events.bg. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. ^ Stefanov, Stefan (6 February 2007). "Беройци станаха учители и кръчмари. Ако ви спрат катаджии, погледнете ги внимателно - може да са Шишков и Мечев" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved 20 January 2015.