Best player I have seen playing for Sporting. Hands down.
@killingjoker54246 ай бұрын
He would be a 80 million Euro player today... in the 90s due to the foreign players restrictions, most teams could only have 1 or 2 foreign high class players, because of this european football was well balanced, at one time Sporting managed to have a team filled with Portuguese stars and Balakov, players like Figo, Paulo Sousa, just to mention some, this team was capable of rivaling with the best teams in europe. Balakov was a superb player who despite having a great career, respected as legend in all the clubs he played, he could have achieved way more status with a bit of luck... He was per example a player of the same level of brilliance and talent like >George Hagi per example, he had that kind of insane technique and criativity, also possessed a vicious left foot who was deadly in free kicks... Balakov was one of those typical n. 10 playmakers that dont exist in football anymore... I miss this times so much, my childhood in this video. I remember venting for Bulgaria in 1994, as Portugal was not qualified for the World cup just because of Balakov, my favourite Sporting all time player.
@ZamWeazle5 ай бұрын
This is very true. He reminded me very much of Hagi.
@DanielSilva-gf4kk Жыл бұрын
"Bala" Probably Sporting's best all time number 10. My favourite player of all time. 👏
@begood16010 ай бұрын
Fantástic player. What a left foot. Balakov was an artist of football👍
@rdg4721 Жыл бұрын
One of the best footballers in the history of Bulgaria
@miljonair3882 Жыл бұрын
After Stoickov the best
@borisborisov83859 ай бұрын
@@miljonair3882in fact way better than Stoichkov
@rvp17 ай бұрын
Better than Stoichkov @@miljonair3882
@carlossalvadorreyes5456 Жыл бұрын
Krasimir Balakov, uno de los integrantes de la mejor generación del fútbol búlgaro
@krasimirbachvarov81393 ай бұрын
Great bulgarian football player Krasi Balakov.
@marcovieira30446 ай бұрын
Balakov merecia muito mais títulos que ganhou , um dos melhores senao o melhor medio estrangeiro a passar em Portugal , foi um privilégio o ter visto a actuar no meu Sporting ❤❤
@gavendean3565 Жыл бұрын
One of the best free kick shooters of his time.
@stoyanvisuals5 ай бұрын
One of the best playmakers ever!
@miguelcourela9709 Жыл бұрын
Legend.
@leibnitz23577 ай бұрын
O melhor Número 10 de sempre do meu Sporting!
@andyberridge6455 Жыл бұрын
Remember krasimir Balakov from the 1994 world cup, good player. Bulgaria, if memory serves right made it to the semi finals.
@hugotorres5114 ай бұрын
Legend
@jdee8267 Жыл бұрын
Long range shots off both feet has anyone else ever done that.
@anteosof3 ай бұрын
Diego Forlán has done
@Raydensheraj Жыл бұрын
Him with Fredi Bobic and Giovanne Elber was something very special.... unfortunately Stuttgart never had a defense similar in class....Bobic was the classic striker....Elber was already world class at the time....and Balakov was the playmaker....his free kicks and long distance passes were incredible.
@lordhuebi Жыл бұрын
das gute alte "magische Dreieck" :D
@KaneChamp Жыл бұрын
That guy was way better than his career, but his huge salary (over 6 million Deutsche Mark, an amount rivaling the biggest salaries in Europe at that time) and the fact that he saw Germany as his second home prevented him from leaving Stuttgart.
@stoyanvisuals4 ай бұрын
Barcelona wanted him bad, so they can form a duo with Stoichkov, but he turned them down.
@artemivanov-uz9zk Жыл бұрын
My favorite team was Bulgaria in 1994
@BugWalk4 ай бұрын
If he had a better agent he would have joined one of the top clubs of Europe and not Stuttgart after 1994. He would be considered one of the greatest now. He was in a class of his own at Stuttgart but in the end he did not reach his full potential because he never played at a club of his magnitude.
@marcosanchez7162 Жыл бұрын
Leyenda del Futbol Búlgaro
@napoleao34094 ай бұрын
What player he was .Still my best player ever at SCP despite CR7,Figo,Gyokeres...
@noah3576 Жыл бұрын
Nunca escuche hablar de el y me sorprendio la verdad
@JoaoAlmeida-wv5yv Жыл бұрын
Se fosse valia milhões ,tinha lugar a titular em qualquer equipa Real Barca,Manchester etc etc fora de serie
@carloscerf91able Жыл бұрын
Footage compilation
@lukaboksic9842 Жыл бұрын
Bulgarian Legendary Player
@alexevo80163 ай бұрын
Bulgarian legend, the best of all time! Better than Stoichkov! Greetings from Romania!
@nikolaytsintsarski61736 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@hernangimenez2500 Жыл бұрын
Buen video
@diegomartingimenezibanez5708 Жыл бұрын
Letal remate
@slajk549 ай бұрын
Balakov stoichkov ivanov
@siberianTiger639 Жыл бұрын
It's a shame Bulgaria can't produce players nowhere near as good as him (not to mention Stoickhov) these days.