Zdravko Zdravkov

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Zdravko Zdravkov
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Personal information
Full name	Zdravko Zdravkov
Date of birth	4 October, 1970
Place of birth	Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.87m
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1997 1997-1999 1990-2000 2000-2002 2002 2003 2004 2004-2007	Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg PFC Levski Sofia Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg PFC Levski Sofia Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg PFC Slavia Sofia Image:Flag of Turkey.svg İstanbulspor A.Ş. Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Adanaspor Image:Flag of Turkey.svg İstanbulspor A.Ş. Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Cherno More Varna Image:Flag of Turkey.svg İstanbulspor A.Ş. Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Litex Lovech Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Çaykur Rizespor	66 (0) 19 (0) 12 (0) 60 (0) 47 (0) 24 (0) 58 (0) 12 (0) 18 (0) 9 (0) 93 (0)
National team
1996-2004	Bulgaria	70 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Zdravko Zdravkov (Bulgarian: Здравко Здравков) (born October 4, 1970 in Sofia) is a former Bulgarian football goalkeeper, who has end his career at end of 2006-2007 season.

On the club level, Zdravkov has played for Levski Sofia (1989-1995), Istanbulspor (1997-1999 and 2000-2002), Adanaspor (1999-2000), Cherno more (2002–2003), and Litex Lovech (2003-2004). For Bulgaria, Zdravkov has been capped over 60 times. He was the starting goalkeeper for his country at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2004.

Halfway through the France World Cup in 1998, with Bulgaria having played two games (0–0 against Paraguay and a 0–1 loss to Nigeria), Zdravkov was ranked as the 2nd best goalkeeper in form. Although he went on to concede 6 goals in Bulgaria's unforunate loss to Spain in the next game, Zdravkov was an exceptional performer at the World Cup.

In December 2002–January 2003, Zdravkov spent a trial period with Arsenal F.C., but did not eventually sign with the then-reigning FA Premier League champions. [1][2]

Six years later, at Euro 2004, Zdravkov's age began to show. Although he did not concede any 'soft' goals and a few could say he made any serious errors, he was outclassed by some very talented Swedish, Danish and Italian attackers. Bulgaria lost 0–5 to Sweden, 0–2 to Denmark and 1–2 to Italy, and this was to be Zdravkov's final tournament as national team goalkeeper.

v • d • e Bulgaria squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Zdravkov • 2 Kishishev • 3 T. Ivanov • 4 I. Petkov • 5 Yordanov • 6 Yankov • 7 Kostadinov • 8 Stoichkov • 9 Penev • 10 Balakov • 11 Iliev • 12 Mikhailov • 13 Ginchev • 14 Hristov • 15 Zafirov • 16 Nankov • 17 Stoilov • 18 Borimirov • 19 Bachev • 20 G. Ivanov • 21 Kirilov • 22 M. Petkov • Coach: Bonev	Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg

bg:Здравко Здравков

pl:Zdrawko Zdrawkow tr:Zdravko Zdravkov