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Todor Kolev (footballer, born 1942)

Bulgarian footballer (born 1942)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ929782 ↗
Source-derived summary

Todor Petkov Kolev (Bulgarian: Toдoр Пeтков Кoлeв; born 29 April 1942) is a Bulgarian former football defender who played for Bulgaria in the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He also played for PFC Slavia Sofia.

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The public source identifies “Todor Kolev (footballer, born 1942)” as bulgarian footballer (born 1942). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Todor, Kolev and footballer.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1942, 1970—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1942-04-29. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Todor, Kolev and footballer providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q929782. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1942 and 1970.

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This entry incorporates text from “Todor Kolev (footballer, born 1942)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.