Petar Aleksandrov

Football player infobox
playername= Petar Aleksandrov
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dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1962|12|7|df=y
cityofbirth = Karlovo
countryofbirth = Bulgaria PR
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currentclub = Bulgaria "(assistant manager)"
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position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1981-1982 1982-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1994 1994-1995 1995 1996-1998 1998-2000 2000 2000-2001 2001-2002
clubs = Levski Karlovo Slavia Sofia Kortrijk Energie Cottbus FC Aarau Levski Sofia Neuchâtel Xamax FC Lucerne FC Aarau FC Basel Kickers Lucerne Blue Star Zürich
caps(goals) = 18 (2) 85 (37) 12 (10) 30 (24) 55 (29)
nationalyears = 1987-1994
nationalteam = Bulgaria
nationalcaps(goals) = 25 (5)
manageryears = 2002-2004 2004-2005 2006-2007 2007 2008-
managerclubs = FC Aarau Under-21 PAOK "(assistant)" FC St. Gallen "(assistant)" Grasshopper "(assistant)" Bulgaria "(assistant)"

Petar Aleksandrov ( _bg. Петър Александров; born 7 December 1962 in Karlovo, Plovdiv Province) is a Bulgarian former footballer who played for various clubs in Bulgaria, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland during the 1980's and 1990's. He was a striker, noted for his goal-scoring ability, and is now assistant manager of the Bulgarian national team.

Career

As a player

Aleksandrov started playing professionally with home-town club Levski Karlovo in 1981 before moving to PFC Slavia Sofia a year later. He played at Slavia for seven years and helped the club win the Balkans Cup in 1986 and 1988, and secure third-placed finishes in 1982 and 1986. In 1989, he signed for Belgium's K.V. Kortrijk where his form earned him a move to FC Energie Cottbus of East Germany in 1990. He struggled there, however, and moved on to FC Aarau in Switzerland after just one season. He was a major success at Aarau before he made his way back to Bulgaria to play for PFC Levski Sofia. Despite his excellent goal record, he played at Levski for just one and a half seasons as he returned to Switzerland with Neuchâtel Xamax in January 1995. The following January, he signed for FC Lucerne and he went on to play over fifty league matches for the club before going to FC Aarau for a second spell in 1998. In 2000, he played for FC Basel for a short while before dropping down to the Swiss lower leagues where he continued to play for another two years with Kickers Lucerne and Blue Star Zürich.

He was capped 25 times by the Bulgarian national team and was part of the squad that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup. His international debut came in a 0-0 draw with Scotland on September 10 1987 and he went on to score five international goals.

As a coach

After his retirement from playing, Aleksandrov stayed in Switzerland and managed the reserve squad of FC Aarau from 2002 until 2004 when he became the assistant manager of Greek side PAOK F.C.. In 2006, he was appointed as fellow countryman Krassimir Balakov's assistant at FC St. Gallen but he left after a few months to join the coaching staff at Grasshopper-Club Zürich. In 2008, Plamen Markov named him as his assistant at the Bulgarian national team.

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=28553 Career Stats]