text: whatever happened to? hristo stoichkov ??????????????  here is a quote from him:  'i put the end of my 13 year old career in the national team and thank all the bulgarians,who have supported me,even those who haven't.noone is everlasting in this game.i give way to the youngsters right here on the stadium,where it all started for me.at the end i make a bow to the audience,who has always been with us and inspired us!" ----hristo stoitchkov  i guess he retired then yah? that is too cool he played for barcelona! i love fc barcelona!here is another quote from his fansite:  "dedicated to the most successful bulgarian soccer player of all the times!  the man who lead barca to their first ever european champions' cup!  the one that took bulgarian national soccer team all the way to the  semi-final in the world championship of soccer in 1994!  the first ever bulgarian to win the golden ball for best european soccer player!  the most hated and adored!  -----fansite   sounds like a cool guy! too bad i was too young to ever see him play. he won barca their first european cup and now.........ronaldinho/eto'o/belietti have won them their second. yayyy!   *go barca* go barca*