Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 March 1916 | ||
Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
Date of death | 12 April 2005 | (aged 89)||
Place of death | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1932–1936 | Sportklub Sofia | ||
1937–1943 | AS 23 Sofia | ||
1944–1946 | Chavdar Sofia | ||
1946–1950 | Levski Sofia | 36 | (11) |
1950–1953 | Stroitel Sofia | ||
International career | |||
1935–1950 | Bulgaria | 9 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
1956–1960 | Levski Sofia | ||
1960–1962 | Bulgaria | ||
1968–1970 | AC Omonia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Georgi Pachedzhiev ( Bulgarian: Γеорги Пачеджиев; 1 March 1916 – 12 April 2005) was a Bulgarian football manager who coached Bulgaria at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, [1] the first ever time that Bulgaria did reach the finals. As a footballer, he won the most trophies while playing for Levski Sofia, and was the top scorer in the A Group in 1939 with fourteen goals. He died in April 2005. [2]