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	TheFA.com - Plamen Markov
		Plamen Markov has proved the doubters wrong during his time in charge of the Bulgarian national side.
		Markov’s appointment in December 2001 was criticised by some pundits who questioned his credentials, having been plucked from Bulgarian Second Division side FC Vidima-Rakovski.
		Markov has a reputation for being tactically astute and communicating effectively with his players.
	www.thefa.com /EURO2004/Teams/Postings/2004/04/LeaderOpposition_PlamenMarkov (137 words)

	Euro04 - CalcioItalia.8m.com
		Markov, 46, was coaching his home-town club in December 2001 when the Bulgarian FA decided that this former international from the 1980s was the man they needed to head the national team's assault on the Euro 2004 and he has not let them down.
		But Markov is preaching caution as he prepares his players for their appearance on one of the biggest stages in sport for the first time in eight years.
		Markov, who studied at a French coaching school and is a graduate of Bulgaria's Sports Academy, previously coached French club Grenoble, the Bulgarian under-21 team and premier league club CSKA Sofia as well as Vidima.
	euro04.tripod.com /profile_bulgaria.htm (1240 words)

	SI.com - Soccer - Bulgaria comfortable with underdog status for Euro finals - Wednesday June 9, 2004 9:52PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Markov, 46, was coaching his home-town club in December 2001 when the Bulgarian FA decided that this former international from the 1980s was the man they needed to head the national team's assault on the 2004 European Championship and he has not let them down.
		Markov will be hoping that he brings all his energy and pace to the party in Portugal.
		Markov has urged Berbatov to work harder in training and is convinced the striker has the ability to make a huge impact in Portugal, provided he knuckles down.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/soccer/06/09/bulgaria.pre (2417 words)

	ireland.com / Today / Sport / Soccer
		Plamen Markov cannot yet compare his achievements with those of 1994 World Cup hero Dimitar Penev.
		Markov was plucked from his role in charge of Bulgarian second division outfit Vidima-Rakovski in 2001 on the back of an international career which saw him make 38 appearances for his country.
		The striker, dubbed "the devil with the face of an angel", was Bulgaria's top scorer with five goals in their impressive Euro 2004 qualifying campaign and coach Plamen Markov knows he has unearthed a gem.
	www.ireland.com /sports/soccer/euro2004/teams_bulgaria.html (569 words)

	SUARA MERDEKA - OLAHRAGA
		PLAMEN Markov, pelatih tim nasional (timnas) Bulgaria, adalah penggemar buku-buku klasik.
		Markov sekaligus mampu mengeluarkan tim asuhannya keluar dari bayang-bayang kegagalan Piala Dunia 1998.
		Kendati demikian, Markov sejauh ini telah membuktikan Federasi Sepak Bola Bulgaria (Bulgarski Futbolen Soyuz - BFS) tak salah memilih.
	www.suaramerdeka.com /harian/0406/07/ora16.htm (696 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Bulgarian soccer coach Markov resigns after team's poor performance
		SOFIA, Bulgaria – Bulgaria's national coach Plamen Markov resigned Thursday in the wake of his squad's poor performance at the Euro 2004 championships where it lost all three games.
		Markov, 46, was appointed national coach in December 2001 and managed to build a young, athletic team centered around a strong midfield and relying on one or two top strikers.
		But despite this unusual measure of trust, Markov decided to quit after the squad was hammered 5-0 by Sweden and beaten 2-0 by Denmark and 2-1 by Italy.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/soccer/20040701-0612-eu-spt-soc-euro2004-bulgaria-markovquits.html (248 words)

	FT.com / SportingLife.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Bulgaria coach Plamen Markov was disappointed his team could not sign off with a win.
		Bulgaria coach Plamen Markov is hoping his team can leave Euro 2004 on a high by beating Italy.
		Plamen Markov is not fearing for his job despite Bulgaria's exit from Euro 2004 after defeat to Denmark.
	www.sportinglife.com /clients/ft2/football/minisite/teams/bulgaria.html (329 words)

	Plamen Markov: I Retain the Mainstay of the National Squad - Standart / Стандaрт (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Plamen Markov: I Retain the Mainstay of the National Squad - Standart / Стандaрт
		Plamen Markov: I Retain the Mainstay of the National Squad
		Plamen Markov - newly select coach of the national football team, is not planning to set revolutionary reshuffles in the squad, he announced in person from Sevlievo yesterday.
	www.standartnews.com /archive/2001/12/05/english/sport (247 words)

	Markov dejected after third defeat - Bulgaria Football Team News from Football.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Bulgaria coach Plamen Markov was dejected after his side exited Euro 2004 without winning a single point.
		Defeats by Sweden and Denmark in their first two Group C games ensured that Markov's side had already been knocked out before Tuesday's clash with Italy.
		Markov was at pains to stress though that his squad could not realistically have hoped to do much better, because of the lack of players with top-level experience available to him.
	www.football.co.uk /bulgaria/markov_dejected_after_third_defeat_178628.shtml (233 words)

	Football \| Bulgaria: Plamen Markov
		Markov was a controversial choice when he was made Bulgaria coach after the country's failure to qualify for the 2002 World Cup - the bulk of his experience coming from Bulgaria's Second Division outfit Vidima Rakovski.
		He's silenced some of the critics with his results - including holding Germany to a 2-2 draw - but managed to lose friends by organising a team vote to decide the captaincy, ousting Charlton's Radostin Kishishev and bringing Stilian Petrov in.
		Markov's team plays a gritty-not-pretty 4-5-1, with a packed midfield and the emphasis on avoiding defeat rather than entertaining the punters.
	football.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4939077-113380,00.html (203 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet WorldCup: News - Bulgaria's Markov plans new tactics
		For Markov the aim of the friendly is to estimate the condition of the players and clock up their abilities 'compared to such a very strong rival as Croatia who are in a process of preparing for (this year's) World Cup finals'.
		Markov said he would talk to Stuttgart's midfielder Krassimir Balakov, who is the captain of the team, about his plans to continue playing for the Bulgarian team.
		Markov would have the same discussion with Kaiserslautern's midfielder Marian Hristov, who suffered a sore injury but has started playing after being out of the game for a long time.
	www.soccernet.com /worldcup/news/2002/0211/20020211bulgaria.html (336 words)

	bulgarian-football.com
		The coach of the national team Plamen Markov announced yesterday 12 of its players, based abroad, that will be called up for the next Euro 2004 qualification match against Croatia, at the “Vasil Levski” stadium, on 12.10.2002.
		Plamen Markov should also announce the rest of the squad within a week.
		Plamen Markov, the head coach of the Bulgarian national team, announced yesterday his 19-player squad for the upcoming friendly against Germany at the “Georgi Asparuhov” stadium in Sofia.
	www.bulgarian-football.com /headlines2.html (4321 words)

	Bulgaria Football Team News and Results from Football.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Bulgaria coach Plamen Markov has maintained that morale among his players is still good despite defeats in their opening two games at Euro 2004.
		Bulgaria coach Plamen Markov wants to go out of Euro 2004 in a blaze of glory by beating Italy in their final group game.
		Bulgaria coach Plamen Markov admitted his side had made some elementary defensive errors as they crashed to a 5-0 defeat against Sweden in their opening Group C match at Euro 2004.
	www.football.co.uk /bulgaria/index.shtml (185 words)

	News.bg - Plamen Markov - the New Coach of Wydad Casablanca
		Plamen Markov - the New Coach of Wydad Casablanca
		Markov, who was in charge of Bulgaria at the European Championship in Portugal three years ago, has signed a one-year deal with the former African champions.
		Markov, who will turn 50 next month, played for Bulgaria in the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico and captained and coached CSKA Sofia as well as playing in France.
	international.ibox.bg /news/id_1338610638 (239 words)

	uefa.com
		Their FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign had just ended with a 6-0 defeat by the Czech Republic, but two years later Markov's team are through to UEFA EURO 2004™ after dominating Group 8.
		Ironically, as Markov prepares for Wednesday's friendly at home to Russia and a finals group containing Italy, Denmark and Sweden, the coach admitted that he was already thinking even further ahead.
		Markov explained: "He has played in that position for his club [FC] Dynamo Kyiv, but EURO 2004™ is a completely different tournament.
	www.uefa.com /news/newsId=161129,printer.htmx (589 words)

	RTE.ie Sport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Manager Plamen Markov has produced a team that are not bursting at the seams with world class players, but are disciplined and hardworking enough to have finished on top of Group 8, which included a re-emerging Croatia and perennial qualifiers Belgium.
		Markov has given youth its chance in his squad selection for the tournament with the inclusion of 18-year-old Lecce striker Valeri Bojinov being the biggest surprise.
		In December 2001 The Bulgarian FA decided to appoint Plamen Markov, then coach of second division outfit Vidima-Rakovski, to the bemusement of many.
	www.rte.ie /sport/soccer/euro2004/bulgaria.html (1062 words)

	Sky Sports Euro 2004 in association with T Mobile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Plamen Markov has rejected the option to extend his contract with Bulgaria after a disappointing Euro 2004 campaign.
		Plamen Markov was sad his side's efforts on Tuesday counted for nothing.
		Bulgaria coach Plamen Markov insists he is not concerned over his future.
	euro2004.skysports.com /team.asp?clid=502 (382 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today Bulgaria look to restore pride
		Bulgaria coach Plamen Markov says he wants his players to show some pride in their final Group C match against Italy before they fly home from Euro 2004.
		Their lack of concern about facing Bulgaria suggests they are taking victory for granted, but Markov said Italy had every right to feel confident about winning in Guimaraes.
		Markov, who in his first job as a coach at French side Grenoble became a father figure to future World and European champion Youri Djorkaeff, dismissed suggestions that his team were too defensive in their first two matches.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/330372.htm (582 words)

	euro 2004
		Bargaining over money with officials before the match proved a distraction to the players and the matter has yet to be resolved, although Markov has backed their demand for a rise in match fees.
		He had a change of mind soon afterwards and said he hoped to be included in the squad after all - but Markov left him out of his squad in the end, unable to forgive or forget.
		More bad news for Markov is that Portsmouth striker Svetoslav Todorov is out after failing to maintain a recovery from a serious knee injury while training last August.
	www.abc.net.au /soccer/euro/2004/teams/bulgaria.htm (966 words)

	Bahrain Tribune Daily Newspaper, Bahrain
		Plamen Markov’s team threatened rarely, but was furious when it was denied a free kick near the end.
		Tomasson’s goal prompted Bulgarian coach Plamen Markov to send on a forward, Zdravko Lazarov for a defender early in the second half to give support to lone striker Dimitar Berbatov.
		Markov’s team certainly saw far more of the ball in the second half but still made little use of it as the Danes sat back on their lead.
	www.bahraintribune.com /ArticleDetail.asp?CategoryId=6&ArticleId=35259 (629 words)

	Hampered by injuries - Sport news
		BULGARIAN national head coach Plamen Markov is facing serious problems before the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifier against Belgium in Sofia on June 7.
		The gap in the Bulgarian squad became even bigger when Plamen Markov heard that Charlton Athletic's defender Radostin Kishishev announced that he was quitting the national team after a row over the captaincy with Celtic's Stilian Petrov, following the resignation of Krassimir Balakov.
		Markov reacted immediately and called for other players to fill the gap.
	www.sofiaecho.com /article/hampered-by-injuries/id_7445/catid_34 (407 words)

	Winners may be grinners, but grinners are not always winners - smh.com.au
		Another, perhaps more believable, theory is that sex is a psychological distraction from the task ahead and a ban is a way for coaches to keep a close eye on their charges.
		This was probably Bulgarian coach Markov's primary motivation in locking his players down, Lewis said.
		It was also the thinking behind Springbok coach Rudolf Straeuli's edict earlier in the week denying South Africa's rugby players not only the pleasures of the flesh while in camp this season but also their mobile phones, the ping-pong bats and the snooker cues.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/06/06/1054700391610.html (885 words)

	Bringing The Doublebass to life - Culture Shock news
		The Doublebass performance by Patrick Suskind, based on his novel The Perfume, and directed by Bulgarian Plamen Markov tells the story of a love affair between a man, a doublebass and a soprano.
		The play is often thought of as being written by a musician because it tackles skillfully the psychology of the musician, Markov said adding about the German immigrant's unfulfilled love for Sarah.
		The Doublebass by Markov is reminiscent of a musical performance, where music is another acting star.
	www.sofiaecho.com /article/bringing-the-doublebass-to-life/id_7346/catid_47 (614 words)

	uefa.com - Football Europe - News & Features - News Specific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		New Bulgaria coach Plamen Markov has left out Gueorgui Ivanov from his 18-man squad for his side’s friendly in Croatia on Wednesday.
		Markov said: "Ivanov has problems with a light injury and we should not take any risks by including him in the team for Rijeka."
		Markov called up seven players from the domestic championship to add to the eleven foreign-based footballers he named earlier this week.
	www.uefa.com /footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=17216.html (171 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Markov happy being 'underdogs'
		Bulgaria coach Plamen Markov is happy his side have been labelled underdogs at Euro 2004.
		Bulgaria face Sweden in their Group C opener on June 14 before taking on 1992 winners Denmark and much-fancied Italy.
		Markov said: "The fact that they tip us as outsiders is better for us.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2004/0609/bulgaria.html (67 words)

	Bulgarians bubbling under as Petrov heads up the quiet men - Evening Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Celtic midfield star has successfully grabbed his lucky club number in the squad which manager Plamen Markov has selected for this summer's soccer spectacular.
		Although the decision to appoint the then 23-year-old to the captaincy was the result of a squad vote, it did not go down with everyone - especially experienced Charlton defender Radostin Kishishev, whose knee-jerk reaction was to withdraw his services.
		As a result, the belief has built up that this young side could be as good as the team inspired by Balakov which lost out in a play-off for third place with Sweden (inspired by Larsson) in the 1994 World Cup Finals.
	www.eveningtimes.co.uk /print/sport/6012788.shtml (989 words)

	EnciclopedyExamples of Markov chains - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		This page contains examples of Markov chains in action.
		A game of snakes and ladders or any other game whose moves are determined entirely by dice is a Markov chain.
		The probabilities of weather conditions, given the weather on the preceding day, can be represented by a transition matrix:
	www.adago.com /Markov_chain_example.html (441 words)

	Sweden Scared Plamen Markov - Standart / Стандaрт (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		These were the first words of Plamen Markov at the press-conference yesterday.
		Their performance in Finland was as if they were not the guesting team but playing before their supporters in Sweden - Plamen Markov told.
		Plamen Markov admitted there were no observers to the friendlies of the other rivals of Bulgaria - Denmark and Italy, in the group for Euro'2004 finals in Portugal.
	www.standartnews.com /archive/2004/06/01/english/sport (269 words)

	Daily Peloton - Pro Cycling News
		With 30km to go, they had a good lead of 1'30" but due to a dilligent chase by VC Rouen as well as BigMat Auber - protecting their leader Talabardon - the break was reeled in with a few kilometres to go, allowing a bunch sprint to ensue.
		It was Russian Alexei Markov (riding for Hoop CCC-Polsat), who has been accustomed in recent years to battling Edo and Barbosa in Portuguese sprints with Lokomotiv, who emerged from the melee to outfox BigMat fast man Lenaic Olivier for his first victory of the year.
		Markov's teammate Plamen Stoianov increased Hoop CCC's pleasure with third behind Olivier.
	www.dailypeloton.com /displayarticle.asp?pk=5861 (238 words)

	News.bg - Plamen Markov: No Ill Feelings between CSKA's Managers
		CSKA's coach Plamen Markov said he was satisfied with their work in the Turkish resort.
		Plamen Markov said this was a great stimulus for the players.
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	international.ibox.bg /news/id_1016962288&cid=0&ei=BrTYRY_TM4fyoQKtzf3_BA (321 words)

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