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Dimitar Vasev
Personal information
Full name Dimitar Nikolaev Vasev
Date of birth (1965-09-10) 10 September 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Lokomotiv Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1993 Lokomotiv Sofia 224 (8)
1993–1994 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 13 (0)
1994–1996 Lokomotiv Sofia 46 (2)
1997 Shanghai Shenhua 2 (0)
1998–2000 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 (3)
2000–2001 El Paso Patriots 26 (0)
2001 Lokomotiv Sofia 0 (0)
Total 341 (13)
International career
1988–1993 Bulgaria 17 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2010 Lokomotiv Sofia (Assistant)
2010 Lokomotiv Sofia
2014–2015 Lokomotiv Sofia
2017 Septemvri Sofia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dimitar Vasev (Bulgarian: Димитър Васев; born 10 September 1965) is a Bulgarian former football player and football manager lastly leading Septemvri Sofia.[1][2]

Career

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Playing career

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Born in Sofia, Dimitar Vasev played in his career for Lokomotiv Sofia, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Chinese Shanghai Shenhua and Chivas El Paso Patriots.[3]

Manager career

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Lokomotiv Sofia

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After being an assistant manager in his youth club Lokomotiv Sofia, on 31 May 2010 he was appointed as head manager of the team after leaving of Dragan Okuka,[4] but was released from the club on 22 November 2010.

On 7 April 2014 he was appointed as a manager for a second time taking the charge from Stefan Genov.[5] He was chosen by the Association of Professional Footballers in Bulgaria for best manager of season 2014-15 after qualifying the team on 3rd place in A Group, but the team failed to gain license and later was dissolved. [6]

Septemvri Sofia

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On 8 June 2017 Vasev was announced as the new manager of Septemvri Sofia with Hristo Arangelov, the caretaker manager after Nikolay Mitov's tenure, as his first assistant.[7] He was released from the club on 23 August 2017 for bad results, stepping down from the position in favor of Nikolay Mitov.[8]

Managerial statistics

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As of 23 August 2017
Team From To Record
G W D L Win % GF GA GD
Lokomotiv Sofia 1 July 2010 25 November 2010 12 7 1 4 058.33 25 12 +13
8 April 2014 1 July 2015 42 23 7 12 054.76 60 40 +20
Septemvri Sofia 8 June 2017 23 August 2017 5 1 0 4 020.00 1 6 -5
Total 59 31 8 20 052.54 76 58 +28

Honours

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As a player

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Lokomotiv Sofia

As a manager

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Best manager for the 2014/2015 A PFG season - chosen by the Association of Professional Footballers in Bulgaria[6]

Personal life

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His son Daniel is also a footballer who currently plays for Lokomotiv Sofia.

References

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