Dobromir Georgiev Zhechev (; born 12 November 1942) is a

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n former

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player and later manager. Zhechev was born in

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. 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

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s so far. European champion with the Bulgarian national under-19 team in

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. Dobromir Zhechev is also

1973–76 Balkan Cup The 1973–76 Balkan Cup was the 11th Balkan Cup football tournament. It was the first tournament played in a knockout system with semi-finals and finals. It was played between April 1973 and November 1976 between Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Gree ...

champion. As manager of Levski Sofia, he won one

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Honours

Club

;Spartak Sofia *

(1): 1967–68 ;Levski Sofia *

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(2): 1969–70, 1973–74 *

(2): 1969–70, 1970–71

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at levskisofia.info 1942 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers PFC Levski Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1966 FIFA World Cup players 1970 FIFA World Cup players 1974 FIFA World Cup players Bulgarian football managers PFC Levski Sofia managers Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers PAS Giannina F.C. managers Veria F.C. managers Bulgarian expatriates in Greece Footballers from Sofia Men's association football defenders Expatriate football managers in Greece Bulgarian expatriate football managers 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-defender-stub