the season in Greece. Then he managed AEL for 3 seasons following a year at Ionikos, where he won the second division league and got his club promoted to the first division. After Greece, he became manager of the Cypriot team APOEL in 1995 and until 1996 when he quit from his team, he won the Cypriot Cup in his first year in Cyprus in 1995 and the Double the following season. He went back to his home country to become manager of Lokomotiv Sofia and then he was appointed as head coach to his country's national team for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Despite a disappointing showing in France, with only one point achieved from three games, he continued as national coach, but after a 3–0 defeat to Poland in the first qualifying match for Euro 2000 in September 1998, he decided to resign from his post, stating "I believe I have taken the team as far as I am able, and now it is time for the players to respond to someone else who, I hope, can improve our results." Honours As a player Lokomotiv Plovdiv Cup of the Soviet Army (1): 1983 As a manager Panathinaikos Alpha Ethniki: 1989–90 Ionikos Beta Ethniki: 1993–94 APOEL Cypriot First Division: 1995–96 Cypriot Cup: 1995–96, 1994–95 Individual Bulgarian Footballer of the Year (3): 1969, 1972, 1973 Best Bulgarian Footballer of 20th century: Third place Best Footballer of Plovdiv for 20th century Stara Planina Orden – 1st Class Honorary citizen of Plovdiv Manager of the year in Greece: 1989–90 Source: International goals Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bonev goal. Notes Some sources credit Bonev's second goal as an own-goal by Nikos Kovis. References 1947 births Living people Footballers from Plovdiv AEK Athens F.C. players Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Bulgarian football managers Bulgarian footballers PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Panathinaikos F.C. managers 1970 FIFA World Cup players 1974 FIFA World Cup players 1998 FIFA World Cup managers Bulgaria international footballers Bulgarian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Super League Greece players Bulgaria national football team managers Bulgarian expatriate football managers Ionikos F.C. managers APOEL FC managers PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv managers FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia managers Association football midfielders Expatriate football managers in Greece