Dimitar Vasev

Dimitar Vasev
Personal information
Full name Dimitar Nikolaev Vasev
Date of birth (1965-09-10) 10 September 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Lokomotiv Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1993 Lokomotiv Sofia 224 (8)
1993–1994 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 13 (0)
1994–1996 Lokomotiv Sofia 46 (2)
1997 Shanghai Shenhua 2 (0)
1998–2000 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 (3)
2000–2001 El Paso Patriots 26 (0)
2001 Lokomotiv Sofia 0 (0)
Total 341 (13)
International career
1988–1993 Bulgaria 17 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2010 Lokomotiv Sofia (Assistant)
2010 Lokomotiv Sofia
2014–2015 Lokomotiv Sofia
2017 Septemvri Sofia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dimitar Vasev (Bulgarian: Димитър Васев; born 10 September 1965) is a Bulgarian former football player and football manager lastly leading Septemvri Sofia.[1][2]

Career

Playing career

Born in Sofia, Dimitar Vasev played in his career for Lokomotiv Sofia, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Chinese Shanghai Shenhua and Chivas El Paso Patriots.[3]

Manager career

Lokomotiv Sofia

After being an assistant manager in his youth club Lokomotiv Sofia, on 31 May 2010 he was appointed as head manager of the team after leaving of Dragan Okuka,[4] but was released from the club on 22 November 2010.

On 7 April 2014 he was appointed as a manager for a second time taking the charge from Stefan Genov.[5] He was chosen by the Association of Professional Footballers in Bulgaria for best manager of season 2014-15 after qualifying the team on 3rd place in A Group, but the team failed to gain license and later was dissolved.[6]

Septemvri Sofia

On 8 June 2017 Vasev was announced as the new manager of Septemvri Sofia with Hristo Arangelov, the caretaker manager after Nikolay Mitov's tenure, as his first assistant.[7] He was released from the club on 23 August 2017 for bad results, stepping down from the position in favor of Nikolay Mitov.[8]

Managerial statistics

As of 23 August 2017
Team From To Record
G W D L Win % GF GA GD
Lokomotiv Sofia 1 July 2010 25 November 2010 12 7 1 4 058.33 25 12 +13
8 April 2014 1 July 2015 42 23 7 12 054.76 60 40 +20
Septemvri Sofia 8 June 2017 23 August 2017 5 1 0 4 020.00 1 6 -5
Total 59 31 8 20 052.54 76 58 +28

Honours

As a player

Lokomotiv Sofia

As a manager

Best manager for the 2014/2015 A PFG season - chosen by the Association of Professional Footballers in Bulgaria[6]

Personal life

His son Daniel is also a footballer who currently plays for Lokomotiv Sofia.

References

  1. ^ "Димитър Васев ще води Локо (Сф) за в бъдеще". footballbulgaria.gol.bg. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Vasev in at Lokomotiv Sofia". uefa.com. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  3. ^ Dimitar Vasev at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ Николай Гигов махна главата на Драгомир Окука www.gong.bg, 25 април 2010 г.
  5. ^ Димитър Васев смени Стефан Генов като старши треньор на Локомотив lokosf.info, 22 април 2014 г.
  6. ^ a b "Гигов си взе автобуса от Локо (Сф), возилото е собственост на оръжейния бос". topsport.bg. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Димитър Васев ще води Септември в Първа професионална лига" (in Bulgarian). fcseptemvri.com. 8 June 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Николай Митов се завърна начело на Септември". Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.