Dobromir Georgiev Zhechev ( bg, Добромир Георгиев Жечев; born 12 November 1942) is a

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n former

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player and later manager. Zhechev was born in

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. At club level he played

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and Levski in his home town. He was also capped 93 times for the Bulgaria national team and was part of the squad at four World Cups, which makes him the only Bulgarian footballer who has played in four

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s so far. European champion with the Bulgarian national under-19 team in

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. Dobromir Zhechev is also

1973–76 Balkan Cup The 1973–76 Balkan Cup was the 11th Balkan Cup football tournament. It was the first tournament played in a knockout system with semi-finals and finals. It was played between April 1973 and November 1976 between Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Gree ...

champion. As manager of Levski Sofia, he won one

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Honours

Club

;Spartak Sofia *

(1): 1967–68 ;Levski Sofia *

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 ...

(2): 1969–70, 1973–74 *

(2): 1969–70, 1970–71

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