Petar Yuriy Denchev (; born 16 March 1989) is a Bulgarian

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, who plays as a

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. At international level, Denchev was

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's second-choice goalkeeper, behind

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at the

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Career

Born in

Plovdiv Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490,983 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub ...

, Denchev started his playing career at

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Stadion Lokomotiv (Plovdiv), Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park and ha ...

's youth system, before moving to

Spartak Plovdiv PFC Spartak Plovdiv () is a Bulgarian football club based in Plovdiv, which plays in the third tier of Bulgarian football, the Third League. The club was established in 1947 and folded its senior team in 2016, before being 'refounded' in 2017. ...

, where he made his first-team debut in the Bulgarian second division. Petar made his debut during the 2007–08 season on 3 November 2007 in a 1–0 away loss against Volov Shumen. In June 2008, Denchev signed a three-year contract with newly promoted

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side Sliven 2000. On 23 June 2010, Denchev joined

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 ...

as cover for Ilko Pirgov. He made his debut, coming on as a substitute for

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after Pirgov's sending-off against

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on 23 October, but was powerless to stop the rivals from scoring two times in a 4–0 loss at the Ogosta Stadium. Denchev took over as Cherno More's first-choice goalkeeper, when Pirgov was transferred to

Litex Lovech FC Lovech (; formerly Litex Lovech) is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Lovech, that competes in the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Spor ...

in December 2011. He made 12 league appearances for the team during the second half of the A PFG season. In May 2012, Denchev sustained a serious injury, which kept him out of action for a number of months. He recovered in mid-September 2012 and in January 2013 signed a contract with

. In the summer of 2014 he signed a contract with

Navbahor Namangan PFC. Navbahor Namangan () is an Uzbek professional association football, football club based in Namangan. The club's name literal translation, means ''New Spring''. They play in the Uzbekistan Super League. Name RAHIMOV origins from Persian lang ...

and moved as a free agent to Uzbek League club to play the second half of the season. On 28 December 2016, Denchev joined

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Gorna Oryahovitsa, which currently competes in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football. Established in 1932 as a sports association of the railway workers in the t ...

but left the club at the end of the season following their relegation to the Second League.

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* Living people 1989 births Bulgarian people of Russian descent 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Uzbekistan Super League players PFC Spartak Plovdiv players FC Sliven players PFC Cherno More Varna players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players PFC Neftochimic Burgas (2009–2014) players PFC Neftochimic Burgas players FC Spartak Varna players FC Levski Karlovo players FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa players PFC Navbahor Namangan players Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan {{Bulgaria-footy-goalkeeper-stub