Dian Todorov Genchev (; born 8 February 1975) is a

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n retired

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and now youth coach at Olympic Varna. He played as a playmaker who can play well both as an attacking central midfielder.

Career

Dido as he is known among the supporters in Bulgaria, started his career in home town

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, playing for local side Spartak. He became one of the best midfielders in the country very soon and attracted the attention of one of the elite clubs from

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– Lokomotiv. In season 2002–03 Genchev played for

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in Greece. In June 2003 he returned to Bulgaria, signing a contract with

Cherno More Varna Cherno More () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on 3 March 1913, as an association football branch ...

. In 2007–08, for six months, Genchev played in

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for

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. From January 2008 he was part of the Beroe Stara Zagora team, officially joining them in February 2008. He left the team in late 2011 to join Nesebar until end of the season. After that he announced his retirement. In the summer of 2015 he come back from retirement to join the newly joined to V Group team Inter Plachidol. In 2016, together with other retired footballers, he establimished the football academy Olympic Varna.

Statistic

Honours

Club

* Cherno More **

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: ***Runner-up: 2005–06 * Beroe **

: ***Winner: 2009–10

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* Bulgarian men's footballers 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen 1975 births Living people Men's association football midfielders First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Aksakovo players FC Spartak Varna players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players Kalamata F.C. players PFC Cherno More Varna players FC Jenis players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players OFC Nesebar players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Footballers from Varna, Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub