Stanislav Genchev ( bg, Станислав Генчев; born 20 March 1981) is a Bulgarian former

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and now manager, who is currently the manager of

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 ...

Career

SC Vaslui

SC Vaslui CS Sporting Juniorul Vaslui (), commonly known as Sporting Vaslui, Juniorul Vaslui or simply as Vaslui, is a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and re-founded in 2014. The club is currently playin ...

signed Genchev as a free player, on 14 June 2008. Genchev signed a three-year contract. He scored in his first game for

, in a 2–1 defeat against Neftchi Baku, scoring with a 25 metres shot. He played as a

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundari ...

central midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

right midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

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and as a right defender, having some great performances. On 4 August, against

Omonia Nicosia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοιας Λευκωσίας, ΑΣΟΛ; ''Athlitikos Sillogos Omonias Lefkosias'', ''ASOL''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia (" Harmony"; also tran ...

, he played for 10 minutes, as a goalkeeper, after Kuciak was sent off.

Ludogorets Razgrad

Genchev featured regularly for Ludogorets and was an important player for the team during the 2011/2012 season. On 18 November 2012, he scored a brace 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 ...

to help his team to a 2–1 win and enable it to reclaim the top spot in the

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table. On 2 June 2017, Genchev announced his official retirement as player.

International career

In March 2008, the Bulgarian national coach

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called up Stanislav Genchev to Bulgaria national football team for a friendly match with

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. On 26 March 2008, Genchev made his debut for

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. He played for 25 minutes and scored the winning goal in the 90th minute. The result of the match was 2–1 in favour of Bulgaria. Genchev's last call-up to the national team was in October 2011 (under caretaker manager Mihail Madanski) for a

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qualifier against

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Managerial statistics

Career statistics

Club

International goal

:''Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.''

Honours

Levski Sofia *

Bulgarian A Football 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 ...

: 2001–02 *

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: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05 Ludogorets Razgrad *

: 2011–12,

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: 2011–12 Litex Lovech *

: 2007–08 Etar *

Bulgarian Second League The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...

: 2016–17 FC Vaslui * UEFA Intertoto Cup:

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Individual

FC Vaslui CS Sporting Juniorul Vaslui (), commonly known as Sporting Vaslui, Juniorul Vaslui or simply as Vaslui, is a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and re-founded in 2014. The club is currently pla ...

Player of the Season: 2008–09

References

External links

Profile at LevskiSofia.info
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