Iliya Valov


Iliya Valov is a Bulgarian former football goalkeeper who played for Bulgaria.

Career

Valov made 180 appearances for Botev Vratsa from 1981 to 1988. He was the number two goalkeeper to Borislav Mihaylov in Bulgaria's squad at Mexico 86. He made a total of 31 caps with the national team.
During his career he saved 12 penalty kicks in the top division of Bulgarian football.
After retiring as a player, Valov worked as a goalkeeping coach for Cherno More Varna until 2004 before following coach Plamen Markov to CSKA Sofia.
He is the father of Valentin Iliev.