Doncho Roychev Donev ( Bulgarian: Дончо Ройчев Донев; born 24 January 1967) is a retired

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n professional

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who played as a

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for several clubs and the Bulgarian national team. Donev is the current president of the Bulgarian Football Players' Association.

Career

Donev began his career playing for

FC Dimitrovgrad Football Club Dimitrovgrad are a Bulgarian association football club based in Dimitrovgrad, Haskovo Province, currently playing in the South-East Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Minyor Stadium ...

, before spells with

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 FC Lokomotiv Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refounded in 2015, following ...

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 ...

. In August 1996, he moved to Turkey to play for Sarıyer G.K.,

Vanspor Vanspor A.Ş. was a football team of Van in eastern Turkey. History They played in the Süper Lig, top division of Turkish football, between 1994 and 1998, playing once more in 1999–2000 season. After relegation from the first division, Vans ...

Çanakkale Dardanelspor Çanakkale Dardanelspor Kulübü is a sports club located in Çanakkale, Turkey. History Çanakkale Dardanel SAŞ was founded as Çanakkalespor after merging Boğazspor, Türkgücü and Kalespor, which were amateur clubs of Çanakkale. The club' ...

and

Denizlispor Denizlispor is a Turkish sports club based in Denizli. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and gymnastics. The Denizli Atatürk Stadium, which has a seati ...

in the

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

. Donev received three caps for the

Bulgaria national football team The Bulgaria national football team () represents Bulgaria in men's international Association football, football, and is administered by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. Bulgaria's best achievements are reaching the ...

, first appearing in a friendly against

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on 26 August 1992.International Matches 1992 - Europe, July - December
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Honours

Club

;CSKA Sofia * Bulgarian A Group (2): 1988–89, 1989–90 *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

(2): 1987–88, 1988–89 * Cup of the Soviet Army (2): 1988–89, 1989–90 ;Lokomotiv Sofia *

: 1994–95 ;Levski Sofia *

: 1997–98

References

External links

Profile at LevskiSofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Donev, Doncho 1967 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers FC Dimitrovgrad players PFC CSKA Sofia players Botev Plovdiv players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players PFC Levski Sofia players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Sarıyer S.K. footballers Vanspor footballers Çanakkale Dardanelspor footballers Denizlispor footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Men's association football forwards Sportspeople from Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria Footballers from Haskovo Province 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen