- Dimitar Penev
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Dimitar Penev Personal information Date of birth 12 July 1945 Place of birth Mirovyane, Bulgaria Playing position Defender Club information Current club CSKA Sofia Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1959–1965 Lokomotiv Sofia 1965–1977 CSKA Sofia National team 1965–1974 Bulgaria 90 (2) Teams managed 1985–1991 CSKA Sofia 1991–1996 Bulgaria 1998 Spartak Varna 1998–2000 CSKA Sofia 2003 Liaoning 2007 Bulgaria 2008–2009 CSKA Sofia 2011– CSKA Sofia * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Dimitar Penev (Bulgarian: Димитър Пенев) (born July 12, 1945) is a Bulgarian football coach and former player and central defender of CSKA Sofia.[1] He played 90 games for Bulgaria national football team and scored 2 goals.[2] He is regarded as one of his country's best ever defenders, winning Bulgarian footballer of the year in 1967 and 1971, he also participated in 3 world cups for his country in 1966, 1970 and 1974.[3] He is currently the Honorary President of CSKA Sofia and semi-pro side Nottingham United FC.[4]
Coaching career
Penev was manager of the Bulgaria national football team during the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where his team reached the semi-finals and then lost the bronze medal game with Sweden. Throughout his career as manager he demonstrated excellence in both tactics and team psychology. Penev's most notable quality was his ability to work well with young players. During his career at CSKA Sofia he discovered a lot of previously unknown or little-known talented youths and used them as a basis for a domestically and internationally successful squad. Amongst them Hristo Stoichkov, Emil Kostadinov, Luboslav Penev, Martin Petrov, Stilian Petrov and Dimitar Berbatov. On 30 July 2007 he was appointed manager of the Bulgaria national football team for the second time. Last he was the manager of CSKA Sofia, on 6 March 2009 CSKA fired the coach, The Bulgarian team decided to sub him with his nephew Luboslav Penev, former player of CSKA Sofia, Celta Vigo, Valencia and Atletico Madrid.[5]
Personal life
He is the uncle of former Bulgarian international and current national team coach Luboslav Penev.
References
Sporting positions Preceded by
Krasimir BorisovBulgaria national football team manager
1991 – 1996Succeeded by
Hristo BonevPreceded by
Stanimir StoilovBulgaria national football team manager
2007Succeeded by
Plamen MarkovBulgarian Footballer of the Year 1961: Naydenov | 1962: Kolev | 1963: Shalamanov | 1964: Kotkov | 1965: Asparuhov | 1966: Shalamanov | 1967: Penev | 1968: Simeonov | 1969: Bonev | 1970: Aladzhov | 1971: Penev | 1972: Bonev | 1973: Bonev | 1974: Ivkov | 1975: Ivkov | 1976: Grigorov | 1977: Panov | 1978: Goranov | 1979: Mihaylov | 1980: Zhelyazkov | 1981: Velinov | 1982: Zdravkov | 1983: Mladenov | 1984: Nikolov | 1985: Dimitrov | 1986: Mihaylov | 1987: Iliev | 1988: Penev | 1989: Stoichkov | 1990: Stoichkov | 1991: Stoichkov | 1992: Stoichkov | 1993: Kostadinov | 1994: Stoichkov | 1995: Balakov | 1996: T. Ivanov | 1997: Balakov | 1998: Yordanov | 1999: Aleksandrov | 2000: G. Ivanov | 2001: G. Ivanov | 2002: Berbatov | 2003: S. Petrov | 2004: Berbatov | 2005: Berbatov | 2006: M. Petrov | 2007: Berbatov | 2008: Berbatov | 2009: Berbatov | 2010: Berbatov |Bulgaria squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup 1 Naydenov • 2 Shalamanov • 3 Vutsov • 4 Gaganelov • 5 Penev • 6 Zhekov • 7 Dermendzhiev • 8 Kitov • 9 Asparuhov • 10 Zhechev • 11 Kolev • 12 Metodiev • 13 Yakimov • 14 Kotkov • 15 Largov • 16 Kostov • 17 Abadzhiev • 18 Yanchovski • 19 Apostolov • 20 Davidov • 21 Simeonov • 22 Deyanov • Coach: VytlačilBulgaria squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup 1 Simeonov • 2 Shalamanov • 3 Dimitrov • 4 Aladzhov • 5 Davidov • 6 Penev • 7 Popov • 8 Bonev • 9 Zhekov • 10 Yakimov • 11 Dermendzhiev • 12 Gaydarski • 13 Yordanov • 14 Zhechev • 15 Gaganelov • 16 Nikodimov • 17 Kolev • 18 Marashliev • 19 Asparuhov • 20 Mitkov • 21 Grigorov • 22 Kamenski • Coach: BozhkovBulgaria squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup Bulgaria squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Mihaylov (c) • 2 Kremenliev • 3 Ivanov • 4 Tsvetanov • 5 Houbchev • 6 Yankov • 7 Kostadinov • 8 Stoichkov • 9 Letchkov • 10 Sirakov • 11 Borimirov • 12 Nikolov • 13 Yordanov • 14 Genchev • 15 Iliev • 16 Kiriakov • 17 Mihtarski • 18 Aleksandrov • 19 Georgiev • 20 Balakov • 21 Yotov • 22 Andonov • Coach: PenevBulgaria squad – UEFA Euro 1996 1 Mihaylov (c) • 2 Kishishev • 3 Ivanov • 4 Kiriakov • 5 Houbchev • 6 Yankov • 7 Kostadinov • 8 Stoichkov • 9 L. Penev • 10 Balakov • 11 Letchkov • 12 Popov • 13 Genchev • 14 Sirakov • 15 Yordanov • 16 Borimirov • 17 Kremenliev • 18 Tsvetanov • 19 Ginchev • 20 Donkov • 21 Georgiev • 22 Zdravkov • Coach: Dimitar PenevPFC CSKA Sofia – current squad 1 Chavdarov · 2 Vidanov · 3 Ademar · 5 Yanchev · 6 K. Stoyanov · 7 Delev · 8 Trifonov · 9 Platini · 10 Jr.Moraes · 11 Bandalovski · 12 Karadzhov · 14 Kostov · 15 Yovchev · 16 Yakimov · 18 Galchev · 19 Popov · 20 Karachanakov · 22 P. Stoyanov · 23 Dechev · 27 Zicu · 28 Halilović · 29 Nelson · 66 Krachunov · 77 Živec · 88 Makendzhiev · 92 M'Bolhi · Manager: Penev
Categories:- 1945 births
- Bulgarian footballers
- Bulgarian football managers
- Living people
- PFC Lokomotiv Sofia players
- PFC CSKA Sofia players
- 1966 FIFA World Cup players
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup managers
- UEFA Euro 1996 managers
- Bulgaria international footballers
- PFC CSKA Sofia managers
- Bulgaria national football team managers
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