Stanislav Petrov Genchev (; born 20 March 1981) is a Bulgarian former

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and current manager.

Club career

SC Vaslui

SC Vaslui Fotbal Club Vaslui, commonly known as FC Vaslui, or simply as Vaslui (), was a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and dissolved in 2014. Its official club colours were yellow and green, hence th ...

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

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right midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

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and as a

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, having some great performances. On 4 August, against

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, 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

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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 Plamen Markov called up Stanislav Genchev to

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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

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Mihail Madanski) for a

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qualifier against

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Managerial career

In June 2023, Genchev was appointed as head coach of

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professiona ...

. In August 2023, he was released from the team after a disappointing start to the season.

Playing statistics

Club

International

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

Managerial statistics

Honours

Levski Sofia *

Bulgarian A Football Group The First Professional Football League (), commonly known as Parva Liga or Bulgarian First League (currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons), is a professional association football league in Bulgaria and the highest level of t ...

: 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 (), also known as Second League () or Vtora liga, is the second level of the Bulgarian football league system, below First League and above the Third League. Twenty teams take part in the league ...

: 2016–17 FC Vaslui *

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Individual

FC Vaslui Fotbal Club Vaslui, commonly known as FC Vaslui, or simply as Vaslui (), was a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and dissolved in 2014. Its official club colours were yellow and green, hence t ...

Player of the Season: 2008–09

References

External links

Profile at LevskiSofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Genchev, Stanislav 1981 births Living people People from Dryanovo Footballers from Gabrovo Province Men's association football midfielders Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers PFC Levski Sofia players FC Spartak Varna players Velbazhd Kyustendil players PFC Cherno More Varna players FC Lovech players FC Vaslui players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players AEL Limassol players PFC Slavia Sofia players FC Montana players SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo players Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Liga I players Cypriot First Division players Bulgarian football managers PFC Ludogorets Razgrad managers 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen