Dimitar Vasev ( bg, Димитър Васев; born 10 September 1965) is a

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n former football player and

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Septemvri Sofia Septemvri ( bg, Септември) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the First League, the first tier of Bulgarian football. Its home ground is the Septemvri Stadium, but due to i ...

Career

Playing career

Born in

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, Dimitar Vasev played in his career for

Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) 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 refou ...

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

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Manager career

Lokomotiv Sofia

After being an assistant manager in his youth club

, on 31 May 2010 he was appointed as head manager of the team after leaving of Dragan Okuka, 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. 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 The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

, but the team failed to gain license and later was dissolved.

Septemvri Sofia

On 8 June 2017 Vasev was announced as the new manager of

with Hristo Arangelov, the caretaker manager after

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's tenure, as his first assistant. He was released from the club on 23 August 2017 for bad results, stepping down from the position in favor of

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Managerial statistics

Honours

As a player

; Lokomotiv Sofia: *

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** Winner (1): 1994-95 *

A PFG The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

** Runner-up (1): 1994-95

As a manager

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

Personal life

His son Daniel is also a footballer who currently plays for

References

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