# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/krasimir-balakov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:17:27.844Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/krasimir-balakov"
name: "Krasimir Balakov"
slug: "krasimir-balakov"
description: "Krasimir Genchev Balakov is a former Bulgarian footballer and manager. A former attacking midfielder, he was a key member of the Bulgaria national team that finished fourth in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He is considered as second only to Hristo Stoichkov among Bulgarian men's footballers of his generation."
tagline: "Bulgarian footballer and manager"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Krasimir_Balakov_2015_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1966-03-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.89
  momentum:             11.33899815690249
  historical:           21.26654933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Krasimir Balakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كراسيمير بالاكوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كراسيمير بالاكوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کراسیمیر بالاکوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Красимир Балъков"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Krassimir Guenchev Balakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasimir_Balakov"
    title: "Krasimir Balakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krassimir_Balakov"
    title: "Krassimir Balakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krassimir_Balakow"
    title: "Krassimir Balakow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Krasimir Balakov"
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    title: "Krasimir Balakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کراسیمیر بالاکوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasimir_Bal%C4%83kov"
    title: "Krasimir Balăkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasimir_Balakov"
    title: "Krasimir Balakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraszimir_Balakov"
    title: "Kraszimir Balakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Կրասիմիր Բալակով"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasimir_Bal%C4%83kov"
    title: "Krasimir Balăkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "クラシミール・バラコフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "크라시미르 발라코프"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasimirs_Balakovs"
    title: "Krasimirs Balakovs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasimir_Balakov"
    title: "Krasimir Balakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Красимир Балаков"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313380"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump