{"id":539,"date":"2025-11-13T22:24:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betanofuturestars.bg\/?page_id=539"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:19:53","slug":"krasimir-balakov","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/betanofuturestars.bg\/en\/mentors\/krasimir-balakov\/","title":{"rendered":"Krasimir Balakov"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<sr7-module data-alias=\"ivet-goranova-1\" data-id=\"24\" id=\"SR7_24_1\" data-version=\"6.7.38\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-adjuster><\/sr7-adjuster>\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_24_1-226\" data-key=\"226\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-bg id=\"SR7_24_1-226-slidebg\" class=\"sr7-layer\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/betanofuturestars.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img-154.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"img-154\"><\/noscript><\/sr7-bg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"SR7_24_1-226-2\" class=\"sr7-layer\"><span style=\"font-family:'MD Nichrome';\">KRASIMIR BALAKOV<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_24_1-226-4\" class=\"sr7-layer\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_24_1-226-6\" class=\"sr7-layer\"><i class=\"fa-remove\"><\/i><\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_24_1-226-7\" class=\"sr7-layer\">\u0412\u0418\u0416 \u0412\u0418\u0414\u0415\u041e <i class=\"fa-video-camera\"><\/i><\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_24_1-226-8\" class=\"sr7-layer\"><i class=\"fa-volume-up\"><\/i><\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_24_1-226-16\" class=\"sr7-layer\"><span style='font-family: \"Haffer\", sans-serif;'>Bulgaria\u2019s football legend and your pathway to sporting excellence. 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Born on 29 March 1966 in Veliko Tarnovo, he earned 92 caps and scored 16 goals for Bulgaria. His club career included Etar Veliko Tarnovo, Sporting CP and VfB Stuttgart, where he became a Bundesliga legend. After his playing days, he moved into coaching and management. 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