Diyan Donchev ( bg, Диян Дончев; born 8 January 1974 in

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) is a former

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. As a player, he was a defender and

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from 1992 to 2012. He played for Spartak Varna and

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, having also had spells with Greek side AEK Athens, Cherno More, Sportist Svoge and Dorostol Silistra. He was capped once for the Bulgarian team in 1999.

International career

In March 1999 the Bulgarian national coach Dimitar Dimitrov called Donchev in

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for friendly match against

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. Diyan made his debut, but the result of the match was a 0:1 loss for Bulgaria.

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