Career
Currently he manages PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A PFG. One of the greatest Bulgarian football players, Bonev was renowned for his vision and technique. Between 1967 and 1979, Bonev played for the Bulgarian national team 96 times, scoring a record 48 goals. He played for his country at the 1970 and 1974 World Cups.
Most of Bonev"s club career was spent with Lokomotiv Plovdiv, but he also played for CSKA Sofia and AEK Athens Football Club and later briefly came out of retirement to play for Oxford United in 1982, before an injury to his thigh muscle ended his playing career.
After his retirement he became a manager and he went to Greece and became coach of Panathinaikos Football Club, AEL 1964, Ionikos Football Club. Despite a poor showing in France with only one point from three games he continued as national coach, but after a 3–0 defeat to Poland in the first qualifying match for Euro 2000 in September 1998, he resigned from his post.