G U I N N E S S   R E C O R D S

My name is Hristo Ivanov Petkov. I'm a professional footballer and juggler with a  soccer ball. I've set up the following records for the GUINNESS Book of Records:

1
Juggling with a ball on my head only, I walked six km in 1989. I made it for 13 hours and 30 minutes, in the meantime I hit the ball 93000 times. With this action I broke the previous record, made by the Polish juggler in 1983. He was juggling with a ball on his head all the way of 5,2km.

2

 Juggling non-stop with a ball on my head for two hours, I made more than 20,000 headers (3 headers by second).  This was in
1990.
Previous record: A Swedish juggler hit the ball 14,000 times for the same time in 1989
.
3

 I drove a football into a basketball basket 1000 times for 1.45 hours with the system head, basket, foot, knee: head, 2, 3, ... basket, etc. - 1991.
No hand or floor touching.
This is a U N I Q U E   N E W   R E C O R D!!!
4

Juggling non-stop with a ball on my feet, knees, shoulders and head for five hours, I hit the ball 42,000 times -
13 May 1992.
Previous record: A Korean Juggler hit the ball 36,000 times for 6 hours in 1991.
5
Juggling in a sitting position with a ball on my feet, knees, shoulders and head, I hit the ball 8,360 times for 48 minutes - 23 October 1993, broadcast live on Bulgarian TV.
6
For 13 hours and 30 minutes I hit the ball 93210 times with feet, shoulders, knees and head; keeping the ball up.
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I have performed my football show during the break at tens of international football matches, or before the match itself. Here are some of the more important matches, the scores of the matches and the names of the TV channels that have broadcasted the show:

  • Bulgaria - DDR, 0-0, 1988
  • Bulgaria - Scotland, 1 -1, 1989
  • Bulgaria - Italia, U18, 1989
  • Dynamo Bucharest - Real Saragoza; in memory of Georgie Asparuhov '89
  • Levski Spartak Sofia - Dynamo Berlin
  • Dynamo Bucharest - Dynamo Berlin
  • Levski Spartak Sofia- Real Saragoza
  • Yugoslavia - San Marino, 1990/94
  • OFK Belgrade – Red Star 1990
  • Bulgaria - Austria
  • Bulgaria - Saudi Arabia
  • Bulgaria - Georgia
  • Bulgaria- Azerbaydzhan
  • Bulgaria - Israel
  • Bulgaria - Greece
  • Bulgaria - Lichtenschtein
  • Bulgaria - Norway
  • Bulgaria - Malta
  • Bulgaria - Luxemburg
  • Bulgaria - Sweden, 1 - 1, 1994
  • Bulgaria - Germany, 3 - 2, 1995, Bulgarian National TV, ZDF, etc.
  • Red Star - Sampdoria, RAI 1
  • Red Star - Panathinaikos, 3 - 0, 1992,11 European TV channels
  • Leicester - Atletico Madrid, 1 - 2, 1997, SKY 1 and other TV channels
  • Leicester - West Ham, 1997
  • Leicester - Middlesborough, 0 - 1 1998
  • Wolverhampton - Birmingham City
  • Wolverhampton - Blackburn
  • Wolverhampton - Whatford, 2 - 3, 1999
  • Levski FC- Apoel23. Levski FC - Anorthosis
  • Levski FC - INTER, 1 - 3, 1999, RAI 1, Bulgarian National TV and other Bulgarian TV channels.
  • Levski 1914 - Anortozis
  • Levski 1914 - Litex (Pro Cup Finals)
  • Levski 1914 - Juventus, 1999, RAI 1
  • CSKA FC - Botev Plovdiv
  • CSKA FC - Nafteks
  • CSKA FC - Newcastle, 0 - 2, 1999, ATV, Bulgarian National TV and other Bulgarian TV channels
  • CSKA FC - MTK, 0-2, 2001, Bulgarian National TV and other Bulgarian TV channels
  • BULGARIA - RUSSIA (2:2), 2004, BNT & ORT
  • Litex - Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Bulgarian supercup finals)