Milen Lahchev ( bg, Милен Лахчев; born 1 April 1987) is a former
Bulgaria
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footballer
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and a current
coach
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Guidance/instruction
* Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities
* Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process
** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers
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Career
Lahchev began his youth career at
Germanea, but later moved to
Marek Dupnitsa
FC Marek ( bg, ФК Марек) is a Bulgarian football club based in Dupnitsa, currently playing in the Third League, the third level of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded in 1947 following the unification of four local clubs. ...
. His professional years were spent mainly at
Vidima-Rakovski and
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 ...
, for whom he played in the
UEFA Europa League
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. Following brief stints at
Montana
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and Romanian side
Concordia, Lahchev returned to Marek in 2013, where he served as team captain.
In early 2017, without announcing that he is retiring as an active player, Lahchev, who holds a
UEFA B Licence
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, left Marek to become head coach of
Germanea.
Lahchev Takes the Helm at Germanea
(in Bulgarian) ''ViaraNews'' 2017-01-04. Retrieved on 2017-02-27.
Honours
Player
;Vidima-Rakovski[
* Second League (1): 2013–14
]
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
Bulgarian footballers
Bulgarian football managers
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Liga I players
FC Marek Dupnitsa players
PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo players
FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players
CS Concordia Chiajna players
FC Montana players
Expatriate footballers in Romania
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Bulgarian expatriate footballers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Association football midfielders
People from Dupnitsa
Sportspeople from Kyustendil Province
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