Hristo Stoichkov to make a great show in May

Former Barcelona attacker Hristo Stoichkov is organizing a match for his 50th birthday (20 May 2016). The event is called “50 years N:8” and will be held at The Vasil Levski Stadium in Sofia. The legendary Bulgarian attacker has invited a big number of football stars. Among them are Diego Maradona, Carlos Valderrama, Romario, Roberto Baggio and many other football stars.

Hristo Stoichkov made his first major impact in CSKA Sofia. He played at top level and was showing speed and clinical finishes with his left foot. In 1988/89 season he reached the semi-finals of The European Cup Winner’s Cup with his team and the quarter finals of the European Cup (Champions League) in the next season. It was clear that he had to play for a bigger team and in 1990 Barcelona bought him. Then, he lifted the European Cup in 1992.

For the Bulgarian national team, the attacker scored 38 goals in 84 appearances. He was a part of the team, which won the fourth place at The World Cup 1994 in the USA. He scored 6 goals in the tournament and won The Golden Shoe. Stoichkov won the Ballon d’Or too in 1994. In his career Hristo has also played for Parma, Al-Nassr, Kashiwa Reysol, Chicago Fire and DC United.

After retiring from the professional football, Hristo Stoichkov became a manager. He was a head coach of the Bulgarian national team for the period between 15th July 2004 and 10th April 2007. Then he was at Celta Vigo, Mamelodi Sundowns and Litex Lovech.

Now, he is one of the football legends and is going to make a great show for the people in the Balkans. You still have time to buy a ticket, but hurry up because you may never see again all these great players at the same time, at the same place. The ticket prices are from 18,88 – 88,88 BGN (£7,40 – £34,60).

Here is the full list of players (who have accepted the invitation so far) to take part in the match: Hristo Stoichkov, Diego Maradona, Carlos Valderrama, Romario, Jose Luis Chilavert, Georghe Hagi, Gica Popescu, Jorge Campos, Daniele Massaro, Ivan Zamorano, Gianfranco Zola, Antonio Benarrivo, Davor Suker, Zvonimir Boban, Nasko Sirakov, Yordan Letchkov, Lyuboslav Penev, Emil Kostadinov, Krassimir Balakov, Roberto Baggio, Juan Roman Riquelme, Jean-Pierre Papin.