Dimitar Penev

Dimitar Penev
	Penev with Bulgaria
Personal information
Full name	Dimitar Dushkov Penev
Date of birth	12 July 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth	Mirovyane, Bulgaria
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1962–1964	Lokomotiv Sofia
1964–1977	CSKA Sofia
Total
International career
1964–1977	Bulgaria
Managerial career
1977–1979	Dimitrovgrad
1979–1983	CSKA Sofia (assistant)
1983–1985	Al-Yarmouk
1985	CSKA Sofia (assistant)
1985–1990	CSKA Sofia
1989	Bulgaria
1991–1996	Bulgaria
1997	Al-Nassr
1998	Spartak Varna
1998–2000	CSKA Sofia
2003	Liaoning
2007	Bulgaria
2008–2009	CSKA Sofia
2011–2012	CSKA Sofia
2019	CSKA Sofia (consultant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dimitar Dushkov Penev (Bulgarian: Димитър Душков Пенев, born 12 July 1945) is a Bulgarian football coach and former player and central defender of CSKA Sofia. He played 90 games for Bulgaria national team and scored two goals.^[1] He is regarded as one of his country's best ever defenders, winning Bulgarian footballer of the year in 1967 and 1971, he also participated in three world cups for his national team in 1966, 1970 and 1974.^[2] He is Honorary President of CSKA Sofia and semi-pro side Nottingham United FC.^[3]

Personal life

Penev is uncle of former Bulgarian international and national team coach Lyuboslav Penev.

Coaching career

Penev was manager of the Bulgaria national team during the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where his team reached the semi-finals and then lost the bronze medal game with Sweden. Throughout his career as manager he demonstrated excellence in both tactics and team psychology. Penev's most notable quality was his ability to work well with young players. During his career at CSKA Sofia he discovered a lot of previously unknown or little-known talented youths and used them as a basis for a domestically and internationally successful squad. Amongst them Hristo Stoichkov, Emil Kostadinov, Lyuboslav Penev, Martin Petrov, Stiliyan Petrov and Dimitar Berbatov.^{[citation needed]}

On 30 July 2007, he was appointed manager of the Bulgaria national team for the second time. Last he was the manager of CSKA Sofia, but on 6 March 2009 CSKA fired the coach – the Bulgarian team decided to sub him with his nephew Lyuboslav Penev, former player of CSKA Sofia, Celta Vigo, Valencia CF and Atlético Madrid.^[4]

Relevant statistics

As of April 2007, Penev has been in charge of the Bulgaria national team for 55 matches in total (25 wins, 15 draws, 15 losses, with a goal difference of 88:60).^[5]

Honours

Player

Lokomotiv Sofia

A Group: 1963–64

CSKA Sofia

A Group (7): 1965–66, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
Bulgarian Cup: 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974

Manager

Bulgaria

FIFA World Cup: fourth place 1994

References

^ Dimitar Penev – International Appearances. Rsssf.com (22 January 2009). Retrieved on 21 July 2016.
^ FIFA Tournaments – Players & Coaches – Dimitar PENEV. Fifa.com (1 July 2016). Retrieved on 21 July 2016.
^ Penev Becomes Nottingham United President!. nottinghamunitedfc.co.uk (November 2010)
^ за главен мениджър. cska.sportal.bg (6 March 2009)
^ Това е Димитър Пенев – Topsport.bg. Topsport.ibox.bg (25 April 2007). Retrieved on 21 July 2016.

[1] Dimitar Penev – International Appearances. Rsssf.com (22 January 2009). Retrieved on 21 July 2016.

[2] FIFA Tournaments – Players & Coaches – Dimitar PENEV. Fifa.com (1 July 2016). Retrieved on 21 July 2016.

[3] Penev Becomes Nottingham United President!. nottinghamunitedfc.co.uk (November 2010)

[4] за главен мениджър. cska.sportal.bg (6 March 2009)

[5] Това е Димитър Пенев – Topsport.bg. Topsport.ibox.bg (25 April 2007). Retrieved on 21 July 2016.

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