Petar Genchev ( Bulgarian: Петър Генчев; born 29 March 1998) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Septemvri Sofia

Genchev begin his career in Chernomoretz Burgas and won bronze medal at 2013 with U15 team, coached by Angel Stoykov. After the tournament, he moved with 5 more Burgas boys at Dit Sofia, later moving to

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after the Dit academy took Septemvri. In 2015 he started the season with Septemvri in V Group, but later during the same season he was loaned to Pirin Razlog in the B Group. Genchev completed his professional debut on 17 July 2017, playing in the first league game for the season in First League against

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. He was chosen for the perfect eleven from the second round of First League match against

Pirin Blagoevgrad Football club Pirin (), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the Second League, the second division of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 2008, after a merger ...

, which was won by Septemvri. On 4 July 2018, Genchev was loaned to Second League club CSKA 1948 until the end of the season. He left

in July 2019.

Ludogorets Razgrad

In August 2019 Genchev signed with the Bulgarian champions

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and joined to their reserve squad. He made his professional debut on 5 August in a 2:0 league victory over

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. On 24 August 2020 Genchev was included in the Champions League squad for the match against

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after the injury of

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Botev Vratsa

In December 2020 Genchev resigned his contract with

to join

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in First League

International career

Youth levels

Genchev was called up for the Bulgaria U19 team for the 2017 European Under-19 Championship qualification from 22 to 27 March 2017. Playing in all three matches, Bulgaria qualified for the

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Career statistics

Club

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* 1998 births Living people Footballers from Burgas Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football central defenders PFC Septemvri Sofia players FC Pirin Razlog players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II players FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players FC Sozopol players FC Chernomorets 1919 Burgas players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-defender-stub