Petko Petkov (footballer)

Petko Petkov (Bulgarian: Петко Петков; 3 August 1946 – 10 January 2020) was a Bulgarian footballer who played as a forward, most notably for Beroe Stara Zagora. He is the club's record goalscorer in the top league with 144 goals in 260 matches.

Career
In his career, Petkov played for Gorubso Madan, Beroe Stara Zagora and Austria Wien.

Beroe
For Beroe, he scored 144 goals in A PFG. This makes him the club's best goalscorer of all time in the top division. During the 1974–75 season, he scored the fantastic 53 goals in the second division, unbeaten record to this day.

For the Bulgaria national football team, he was capped 33 times, scoring 5 goals.

Club

 * Beroe
 * Balkans Cup (2): 1967–68; 1969


 * Austria Wien
 * Austrian Bundesliga: 1980–81
 * Austrian Cup: 1981–82

Individual

 * Bulgarian League top scorer (2): 1973–74 (20 goals), 1975–76 (19 goals)