Dimitar Yakimov
Yakimov at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov
Date of birth (1941-08-12) 12 August 1941
Place of birth Šlegovo, Kingdom of Bulgaria (now North Macedonia)
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1960 Septemvri Sofia 21 (10)
1960–1974 CSKA Sofia 287 (141)
Total 308 (151)
International career
1959–1973 Bulgaria 67[1] (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov (Bulgarian: Димитър Николов Якимов; born 12 August 1941) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. He represented Septemvri Sofia and CSKA Sofia at club level, and the Bulgaria national team internationally.

International career

Yakimov was part of the Bulgaria under-18 team that won the 1959 UEFA European Under-18 Championship. On 11 October 1959, he first played for the Bulgarian senior squad, in a match versus France.[2] Yakimov played for Bulgaria at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[3][4]

Honours

Septemvri Sofia

CSKA Sofia

Individual

References

  1. ↑ player stats EU Football. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Bulgaria 1–0 France 11.10.1959". eu-football.info.
  3. ↑ "Dimitar Yakimov Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Dimitar Yakimov". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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