Emil Kostadinov

Emil Kostadinov belongs to that golden Bulgarian generation that genuinely surprised the world, and I find that era irresistible. A forward from Sofia who represented Bulgaria at two World Cups, he was part of a national team that punched far above its weight in the mid-1990s. There's something I love about footballers who carry a whole country's hopes on relatively modest individual fame, and Kostadinov fits that mold. The data here is sparse, but I'd note the tagline mistakenly calls him American when he is clearly Bulgarian. To me he represents a particular kind of underdog national pride that bigger footballing nations rarely understand.

Name (English)

Emil Kostadinov

Name (Japanese)

エミル・コスタディノフ

Reading

えみる・こすたでぃのふ

Born

August 12, 1967 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Goat

Origin

Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria

Height

177 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8E%E3%83%95

Tags

• Sofia City
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.