At the age of 74, the emblematic football player and coach of Pirin (Blagoevgrad) Yordan Samokovliyski died today. He is a teenager from Marek, and as a football player he had a remarkable career with the Eagles, reaching the national team, BNR recalls.
As a coach, he has several stints at the head of Pirin, and he has also led Vihren, Mineor (Pernik), Bansko, Dobrudja and Bregalnica Delchevo (North Macedonia). With them, Samokovliyski achieved a historic promotion in the local football elite.
FACTS expresses its condolences to the relatives and family of Yordan Samokovliyski.