Atanas Golomeev

Atanas Golomeev
Personal information
Born (1947-07-05) July 5, 1947
Sofia, Bulgaria
Nationality Bulgarian
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
College McGill (1968–1969)
Playing career 1967–1984
Position Center
Coaching career 1985–1986
Career history
As player:
1967–1968 CSKA Sofia
1969–1974 Academic Sofia
1974–1984 Levski Sofia
As coach:
1985–1986 Levski Sofia
Career highlights and awards

As a player

As a coach

Atanas Golomeev (Bulgarian: Атанас Голомеев) is a retired Bulgarian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10") tall, he played at the center position. He is the most decorated Bulgarian basketball player of all time. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.

College career

Golomeev played college basketball at McGill University, with the McGill Redmen, in the 1968–69 season. He played in 24 games, and averaged 37.5 points per game, with a single-game scoring high of 57 points.[1]

Club career

During his club career, Golomeev won 8 Bulgarian League championships (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1981, and 1982), and 4 Bulgarian Cups (1976, 1979, 1982, and 1983).

Bulgarian national team

As a member of the senior men's Bulgarian national basketball team, Golomeev participated in five EuroBasket competitions (1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, and 1977).[2] At the EuroBasket 1973 and EuroBasket 1975, he was the top scorer of the tournament, scoring 156 and 160 points respectively.[3][4] He earned an EuroBasket All-Tournament Team selection four times, in 1971, 1973, 1975, and 1977 .

References

  1. ↑ Atanas Golomeev, Bulgarian legend.
  2. ↑ FIBA tournament profile
  3. ↑ 1973 leading scorers
  4. ↑ 1975 leading scorers


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