Daniel Peev (; born 6 October 1984) is a

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n retired

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who played as a left attacking midfielder. Daniel is also the younger brother of Georgi Peev.

Career

Daniel had short reigns at Lokomotiv Sofia and

Levski Sofia PFC Levski Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 by a group of high sc ...

. Later he joined Rodopa Smolyan where he played 4 years, making 83 appearances and scoring 14 goals. Peev signed a two years contract with Pirin Blagoevgrad in July 2008. On 29 April 2009, he scored the only goal for his team in the 1:0 win against

in a 1/2 final of the

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. During 2008-09 season, Peev became the only footballer who was able to score against all metropolitan teams -

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sports Club of the Army'' ...

, Lokomotiv Sofia and

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia 1913 () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground is the Stadion Aleksandar Sh ...

. In his first season in Pirin, Peev earned 33 appearances, netting seven goals. In the first half of season 2009-10 he earned 15 appearances, netting four goals. In December 2009, it was announced in the Bulgarian media that

are having an interest in signing the midfielder to the club. On December 28, Slavia signed Peev for a two-a-half-year deal. In 2012 he returned to Lokomotiv Sofia, helping the struggling team avoid relegation. In January 2014, Peev relocated to

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, signing a contract for one year with newly promoted

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club Spartak Semey. Spartak Semey were relegated following the conclusion of the

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and Peev joined

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n club

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in February 2015. On 20 June 2017, Peev signed with Vitosha Bistritsa. On 28 April 2018, he scored the only goal in the 1:0 victory over Cherno More Varna, helping the "tigers" from Bistritsa secure their first ever win in the top flight of Bulgarian football.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peev, Daniel 1984 births Living people Footballers from Sofia Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players PFC Levski Sofia players FC Rodopa Smolyan players OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players PFC Slavia Sofia players FC Elimai players NK Osijek players FC Vitosha Bistritsa players Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Kazakhstan Premier League players Croatian Football League players Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen