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Some write that I'm a genius, others say that I'm disrespectful towards their country... If you remember in 1993 I squatted to tie my shoe during the French national anthem.

Hristo Stoichkov

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Hristo Stoichkov
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: February 8
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Soccer Player
Philippopolis
Hristo Stoitchkov
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Bulgaria
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