Dobromir Zhechev

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Georgiev and the family name is Zhechev.

Dobromir Georgiev Zhechev (Bulgarian: Добромир Георгиев Жечев; born 12 November 1942) is a Bulgarian former football player and later manager. Zhechev was born in Sofia.

Dobromir Zhechev

Zhechev at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Dobromir Georgiev Zhechev
Date of birth	(1942-11-12) 12 November 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1968	Spartak Sofia	216	(7)
1968–1974	Levski Sofia	153	(12)
Total		369	(19)
International career
1961–1974	Bulgaria	73	(2)
Managerial career
1975	Levski Sofia (assistant)
1975–1976	Aris Thessaloniki
1976–1977	PAS Giannina
1977–1978	Veria
1979–1981	Botev Vratsa
1981–1983	Levski Sofia
1983–1984	Haskovo
1985–1988	Lokomotiv GO
1989	Levski Sofia
1991	Dunav Ruse
1994	PAS Giannina
1995	Dunav Ruse
1999	Lokomotiv GO
2001–2002	Al-Najma
2010–2011	Velbazhd
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

At club level he played Spartak and Levski in his home town. He was also capped 93 times for the Bulgaria national team and was part of the squad at four World Cups, which makes him the only Bulgarian footballer who has played in four FIFA World Cups so far. European champion with the Bulgarian national under-19 team in 1959. Dobromir Zhechev is also 1973–76 Balkan Cup champion. As manager of Levski Sofia, he won one Bulgarian Cup in 1982.

Honours

Club

Spartak Sofia

• Bulgarian Cup (1): 1967–68

Levski Sofia

• A PFG (2): 1969–70, 1973–74
• Bulgarian Cup (2): 1969–70, 1970–71

External links

• Dobromir Zhechev at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at levskisofia.info