Iliya Valov
# Iliya Valov

Iliya Valov (Bulgarian: Илия Вълов; born 29 December 1961 in Knezha) 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.

