Nedko Nedev (

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: Недко Недев) (18 October 1920,

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– 23 January 2001, Varna) was a

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n football player who played for Vladislav, Ticha-Vladislav, TVP 45, Botev Stalin and VMS, (1938-1952) different names for the same team which would eventually become known as

Cherno More Varna Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an assoc ...

in 1959. Nedev made his debut for

Vladislav Varna Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an assoc ...

at the age of 17 years and 8 months in a friendly against

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

(3-1) on 12 July 1938. He started his career as an all-round player but eventually settled in centre forward position. Heavily built and two footed, he was known for the power and accuracy of his shots. Most of his goals were scored from a long range. After

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he kept playing for the team under its yearly name changes by the communist regime. Nedko Nedev was a joint top scorer in the first post war league, 1948-49 to be known as

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. He scored 11 goals, as many as

Dimitar Milanov Dimitar Milanov Stoyanov ( bg, Димитър Миланов Стоянов; 18 October 1928 – 1995) was a Bulgarian international footballer who played as a right winger. Club career Born in Sofia, Milanov began his career at Botev Sofia, be ...

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. Nedev played his last competitive match on 4 September 1952 for VMS against Udarnik Sofia (3-2) when he came in as a substitute in the second half. He had a short lived career as a coach for Udarnik Varna. Nedko Nedev was also a qualified

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and worked as such until his retirement

References

1920 births PFC Cherno More Varna players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 2001 deaths Association footballers not categorized by position Bulgarian footballers {{Bulgaria-footy-bio-stub