Andrey Zhelyazkov

Andrey Zhelyazkov
Personal information
Full name	Andrey Zhelyazkov
Date of birth	9 July 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Radnevo, Bulgaria
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1960–1969	Minyor Radnevo
Senior career*
Years	Team
1969–1971	Minyor Radnevo
1971–1981	Slavia Sofia
1981–1984	Feyenoord
1984–1985	Slavia Sofia
1985–1986	RC Strasbourg
1986–1987	Beerschot
1988–1989	Slavia Sofia
Total
International career
1974–1986	Bulgaria
Managerial career
1992–1997	Levski Sofia
2004	Feyenoord (scout)
2012	Ludogorets Razgrad (scout)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrey Kolev Zhelyazkov (Bulgarian: Андрей Колев Желязков; born 9 July 1952 in Radnevo) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a forward. He spent 12 years of his career playing for Slavia Sofia and is the club's all-time top goalscorer in the A Group with 136 goals. Zhelyazkov is also the most capped player in the history of the club with 338 league appearances. He participated in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Career

Zhelyazkov played in his home country for Minyor Radnevo and Slavia Sofia, in the Netherlands for Feyenoord, in France with RC Strasbourg, in Belgium for Beerschot, and for the Bulgaria national football team.^[1] With Slavia he won the Bulgarian Cup in 1975 and 1980 and reached the final twice more in 1972 and 1981. He hold Slavia's record for both most caps with 338 and most goals 136.

Feyenoord

In 1981, Zhelyazkov joined Eredivisie side Feyenoord. During 1983–84 season he formed a successful partnership with Johan Cruijff and Ruud Gullit, which led Feyenoord to the first league title since 1974. They contributed a total of 34 goals in the campaign.