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Dimitar Yakimov

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Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.84 m

Role
  
Football player


Name
  
Dimitar Yakimov

1958–1960
  
Septemvri Sofia

Position
  
Forward

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Full name
  
Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov

Date of birth
  
(1941-08-12)12 August 1941

Place of birth
  
Slegovo, now Republic Macedonia

Playing position
  
Attacking midfielder / Forward

Yakimov against Garrincha


Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov (Bulgarian: Димитър Николов Якимов; born 12 August 1941), is a Bulgarian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or Forward. Throughout his career, he played for the Bulgarian football club CSKA Sofia, and was sometimes called "the poet of football" for his dribbling skills. Yakimov played a decisive role in probably the most important victories of the Bulgarian national team in the 1960s. He scored the winning goal for Bulgaria in the World Cup qualifier play-off against France, played on a neutral field in Italy in 1961, leading his country to its first participation in World Cup finals.

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In Italy, four years later, his precise long pass cut the whole Belgian defense, reaching Georgi Asparuhov in a clear scoring position to seal another famous victory which sent Bulgaria to the World Cup in England. On a club level, Yakimov reached the semifinal of the Cup of European Champions with CSKA Sofia in 1967. His career was ended prematurely in the early 1970s, although he was neither injured, nor with declining skills. He still can be seen occasionally playing for the CSKA veterans. The most successful Bulgarian player of all time, Hristo Stoichkov (CSKA, Barcelona), has pointed out Yakimov as a big inspiration of his youth.

Yakimov played for Bulgaria at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

Dimitar Yakimov Wikipedia