Krum Yanev

Krum Yanev

Personal information
Full name	Krum Ivanov Yanev
Date of birth	(1929-01-09)9 January 1929
Place of birth	Plovdiv, Kingdom of Bulgaria
Date of death	24 August 2012(2012-08-24) (aged 83)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1948	Spartak Plovdiv
1948–1949	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	4	(4)
1949–1950	Botev Plovdiv
1950–1960	CDNA Sofia	157	(50)
1960–1961	Spartak Sofia
International career
1952–1959	Bulgaria	31	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Krum Ivanov Yanev (Bulgarian: Крум Иванов Янев) (9 January 1929 – 24 August 2012) was a Bulgarian footballer who played at both professional and international levels, as a forward.^[1]

Career

Yanev started his career with Spartak Plovdiv.^[2] In 1948–49 season he scored four goals in four matches for Lokomotiv Plovdiv^[3] and then joined Botev Plovdiv.

In 1950 Yanev joined CDNA Sofia. For the club he played 157 matches, scoring 50 goals.^[4] With CSKA Sofia, he won eight A Group titles and two Bulgarian Cups.^[5]

He earned 31 caps for Bulgaria, earning a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics;^[5] he also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[6][7]

References

1. "Krum Yanev". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. "Почина легендата на ЦСКА Крум Янев – Палакмана" (in Bulgarian). marica.bg. 24 August 2012.
3. "Играчите на Локомотив от 1948 насам" (in Bulgarian). loko-pd.com.
4. "Крум Янев Палакмана" (in Bulgarian). cska-forever.com.
5. "Bulgaria mourns CSKA Sofia great Krum Yanev". UEFA. 25 August 2012. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012.
6. Krum Yanev – FIFA competition record (archived)
7. "Profile". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.