Georgi Ivanov Peev (; born 11 March 1979) is a Bulgarian former

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who played as a

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Career

A youth product of

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 ...

he spent three seasons in the Bulgarian A Group with the first team before switching to

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, winning six major honours with the Ukrainian club. In January 2007, he moved to

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. He was capped 45 times for

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from his debut in 1999, appearing at the

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Career

Peev started his career in home town

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

in local club Lokomotiv. He made his official debut for his native club in a match against

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on 8 August 1998. He played for 13 minutes as a substitute. On 5 December 1998 he scored his first goal in professional football against

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. He scored goal in the 10th minute. Peev was discovered at the age of 21 by

manager

Valery Lobanovsky Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi (, ; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Soviet and Ukraine, Ukrainian association football, football player and manager. He was Master of Sports of the USSR, Distinguished Coach of the USSR, and a laureate of ...

, while playing for Lokomotiv, and signed for €2,5 million. He has also played for

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. On 16 January 2007, Peev signed with

for a reported fee of €500,000. In 2008, he was chosen the fans favorite player of the

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and received a rare revolver from 1936 used by the

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International career

A right back or right winger known for his pace and attacking attitude, he was part of the Bulgarian

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team who exited in the first round, finishing bottom of Group C, having finished top of Qualifying Group 8 in the pre-tournament phase. Between 1999 and 2007 Peev featured in 40 games for Bulgaria. On 10 May 2010, following his strong performances for his club team, Peev was recalled to the national side for the friendly match against

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. On 27 March 2011, Georgi Peev announced his retirement from international football.

Honours

** Ukrainian Championship (3): 2001, 2003, 2004 **

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(2): 2003, 2005 **

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(1): 2004

Personal

His brother

Daniel Peev Daniel Peev (; born 6 October 1984) is a Bulgarian retired footballer 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. Later he jo ...

is also a professional footballer.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Peev, Georgi 1979 births Living people Footballers from Sofia Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv players FC Dnipro players FC Amkar Perm players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Russia UEFA Euro 2004 players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Men's association football midfielders