Tenyo Tenev Minchev ( bg, Теньо Тенев Минчев; born 3 March 1954) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

n former

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who played as a

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 ...

Career

Tenyo Minchev started his career in Energetik Galabovo before moving to

Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...

in 1973. He became one of the key players and was

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for 12 years. With Minchev's help, Beroe became champions in 1985–86 season. After a short stint in Lokomotiv Stara Zagora, Tenyo Minchev moved to

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

side Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev. He became the first foreign player in Soviet football. After playing 28 matches for Krylia Sovetov, Minchev ended his career. Minchev played 4 official and 3 unofficial matches for

Honours

Bulgarian 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 ...

winner: 1985-86 *

Balkans Cup The Balkans Cup was an international football competition for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. It was introduced in 1961 and was very popular in the 1960s (the 1967 final attracted 42,000 spectators), being t ...

winner: 1983, 1984

References

External links

Profile on FC Krylia Sovetov Samara official web-site

Career summary at KLISF
* * 1954 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players Expatriate men's footballers in the Soviet Union First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Soviet Second League players Men's association football midfielders {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub