Diyan Petkov

Diyan Petkov Dimov (Bulgarian: Диян Петков Димов; born 4 August 1967) is a former Bulgarian footballer and currently manager of Neftochimic Burgas.

Diyan Petkov

Personal information
Full name	Diyan Petkov Dimov
Date of birth	(1967-08-04) 4 August 1967 (age 58)
Place of birth	Burgas, Bulgaria
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Neftochimic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1988	Naftex Burgas	94	(26)
1988–1993	Chernomorets Burgas	137	(35)
1993–1994	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	21	(3)
1994–1997	Lokomotiv Sofia	71	(23)
1997	Belenenses	6	(1)
1998	Lokomotiv Sofia	9	(0)
1998–2000	Naftex Burgas	39	(7)
2001	Lokomotiv Sofia	4	(0)
2001–2002	Slanchev Bryag	21	(6)
Total		405	(103)
International career
1992	Bulgaria	1	(0)
Managerial career
2002–2005	Chernomorets Pomorie
2005–2006	Chernomorets Burgas
2007–2008	Chernomorets Burgas (assistant)
2009	Naftex
2009	Sliven
2010–2011	Lokomotiv Sofia
2012–2013	Chernomorets Burgas (scout)
2014–2015	Lokomotiv Sofia (assistant)
2015–2016	Neftochimic
2017	Neftochimic (assistant)
2018–	Neftochimic
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

He played for Naftex Burgas, Chernomorets Burgas, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Lokomotiv Sofia, Nesebar/Slanchev Bryag and C.F. Os Belenenses. In 'A' group has 268 matches and 64 goals. Secondly in 1995 and third place in the 1996 with Lokomotiv Sofia and a finalist for the Bulgarian Cup in 1989 on a Chernomorets Burgas. In UEFA has 14 matches and 2 goals (4 matches with 1 goal for Lokomotiv Sofia and 2 matches with 1 goal for Chernomorets Burgas in SSC, 4 matches for Lokomotiv Sofia and 2 matches Naftex Burgas for the tournament for the Cup of the UEFA).

International career

He played for the Bulgaria national football team only 1 game.

Coaching career

Petkov is former coach of Pomorie, Chernomorets Burgas and Naftex Burgas.^[1] On 1 July 2009 he was officially presented senior as coach of Sliven and on 3 November 2009 the Coach has quit the club, a replacement has not been named yet.^[2]

On 5 July 2017, Petkov was appointed as assistant manager of Neftochimic.^[3]